1924 Italian General Election
The Acerbo election6 April 1924 · Proportional revolution and the Fascist seizure · 535 seats, 268 for a majority
General elections were held in Italy on 6 April 1924 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies.
Held amid Fascist squad violence and under the Acerbo Law, which handed two-thirds of the seats to the leading list. The last multi-party election before the dictatorship — and not a free one.
Prime Minister before
Benito Mussolini
PNF
Prime Minister (continued)
Benito Mussolini
PNF
Largest force
National List
355 of 535 seats
Turnout
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The result
| Share of the Chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National List | Benito Mussolini | 355 | +250 | 4.305.936 | 60.1% | — | |
| Italian People's Party | — | 39 | -69 | 645.789 | 9.0% | — | |
| Unitary Socialist Party | — | 24 | — | 422.957 | 5.9% | — | |
| Italian Socialist Party | — | 22 | -101 | 360.694 | 5.0% | — | |
| National List bis | Benito Mussolini | 19 | — | 347.552 | 4.8% | — | |
| Communist Party of Italy | — | 19 | +4 | 268.191 | 3.7% | — | |
| Italian Liberal Party | — | 15 | -28 | 233.521 | 3.3% | — | |
| Italian Democratic Liberal Party | — | 14 | -54 | 157.932 | 2.2% | — |
28 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.