Liberals, Democrats and Radicals

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Liberals, Democrats and Radicals
Liberali, democratici e radicali
Leader
Democratic Liberal Party
IdeologyLiberalism
Radicalism
Political positionCentre

The Agreed Lists of Liberals, Democrats and Radicals (Italian: Liste concordate di liberali, democratici e radicali) were a liberal and radical political alliance in Italy in the first decades of the 20th century.

History

It was formed for the 1919 Italian general election, arriving third after the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian People's Party, with 15.9% and 96 seats, doing particularly well in Piedmont and Southern Italy, especially in Sicily, the home-region of party's leader and former Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.[1]

Ideology

The Liberals, Democrats, and Radicals were the expression of the

right to vote and the public school
for all children.

Electoral results

Chamber of Deputies
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
1919 904,195 (#3) 15.9
96 / 535

References

  1. ^ Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia, Zanichelli, Bologna 2009