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
National List
Benito Mussolini · 60.1% of votes · +250 seats
355
seats
Italian People's Party
9.0% of votes · -69 seats
39
seats
Unitary Socialist Party
5.9% of votes
24
seats
Italian Socialist Party
5.0% of votes · -101 seats
22
seats
National List bis
Benito Mussolini · 4.8% of votes
19
seats
Communist Party of Italy
3.7% of votes · +4 seats
19
seats
Italian Liberal Party
3.3% of votes · -28 seats
15
seats
Italian Democratic Liberal Party
2.2% of votes · -54 seats
14
seats
28 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.