1880 Italian general election
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General elections were held in Italy on 16 May 1880, with a second round of voting on 23 May.[1]
Campaign
The Historical Left was led by the Prime Minister of Italy, Agostino Depretis, longtime Prime Minister of Italy.
The bloc of the Historical Right was led by Marco Minghetti, a conservative politician and former Prime Minister, from Bologna.
A third large parliamentary group was the Dissident Left, composed by former members of the Left, which were against the alliance with the Right. Also known as La Pentarchia (The Pentarchy), its main leader was Giuseppe Zanardelli, a jurisconsult from Brescia.
Parties and leaders
Party | Ideology | Leader | |
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Historical Left | Liberalism | Agostino Depretis | |
Historical Right | Conservatism | Marco Minghetti | |
Dissident Left | Progressivism | Giuseppe Zanardelli |
Results
The Historical Left group emerged as the largest in
Umberto I
.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Historical Left | 146,096 | 40.76 | 218 | −196 | |
Historical Right | 135,717 | 37.86 | 171 | +77 | |
Dissident Left | 70,479 | 19.66 | 119 | New | |
Others | 6,147 | 1.71 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 358,439 | 100.00 | 508 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 358,439 | 96.96 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 11,245 | 3.04 | |||
Total votes | 369,684 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 621,896 | 59.44 | |||
Source: National Institute of Statistics |
References
- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1082
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1049