All Italy elections

1924 Italian General Election

The Acerbo election

6 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

The result

Share of the Chamber
National ListBenito Mussolini355+250
4.305.93660.1%
Italian People's Party39-69
645.7899.0%
Unitary Socialist Party24
422.9575.9%
Italian Socialist Party22-101
360.6945.0%
National List bisBenito Mussolini19
347.5524.8%
Communist Party of Italy19+4
268.1913.7%
Italian Liberal Party15-28
233.5213.3%
Italian Democratic Liberal Party14-54
157.9322.2%

28 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.