1876 Italian general election

none Kingdom of Italy legislative 1874 Italian general election 1874 1880 Italian general election 1880 All 508 seats in the Chamber of Deputies255 seats needed for a majority 5 November 1876 (first round)12 November 1876 (second round) Agostino Depretis.jpg Agostino Depretis Stradella Historical Left 414 182 243,319 70.21% Marco Minghetti.jpg Marco Minghetti Legnago Historical Right 94 182 97,726 28.20% 1876 Italian general election map.svg Results by electoral college Prime Minister Elected Prime Minister Agostino Depretis Agostino Depretis Historical Left Historical Left General elections were held in Italy on 5 November, with a second round of voting on 12 November.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1047 978-3-8329-5609-7 Campaign The Historical Left was led by the current Prime Minister of Italy, Agostino Depretis, who became head of the government and early elections were called. On the other hand, the bloc of the Historical Right was led by Marco Minghetti, former prime minister from Bologna. The election on 5 and 12 November was a snap one, and it came after MPs from Tuscany became dissatisfied with the government of Minghetti following its refusal to intervene in the financial problems of Florence. The government was defeated on a vote on nationalising railways on 18 March 1876 and was forced to resign and Depretis was appointed prime minister.Nohlen & Stöver, p1029 For the first time, the left-wing won an election, taking 414 of the 508 seats, of which 12 were extreme left-wingers. As opposed to the previous right-wing governments, whose members were largely aristocrats representing rentiers from the north of the country, and held moderate political views including loyalty to the crown and low government spending,Nohlen & Stöver, p1028 the left-wing government represented the bourgeoisie of the south of the country and supported low taxation, secularism, a strong foreign policy and public jobs. Only 605,007 men of a total population of around 28 million were entitled to vote.Nohlen & Stöver, p1049 Parties and leaders PartyIdeologyLeader Historical Left Liberalism Agostino Depretis Historical Right Conservatism Marco Minghetti Results File:Italian Parliament, 1876.svg Historical Left 243319 414 +182 Historical Right 97726 94 −182 Others 5530 0 – 11688 0 605007 National Institute of StatisticsNational Institute of Statistics References Category:General elections in Italy General Italy