1882 Italian general election

none Kingdom of Italy legislative 1880 Italian general election 1880 1886 Italian general election 1886 All 508 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 255 29 October 1882 (first round)5 November 1882 (second round) Agostino Depretis.jpg Agostino Depretis Historical Left 289 71 Marco Minghetti.jpg Marco Minghetti Historical Right 147 24 Agostino Bertani 2.jpg Agostino Bertani Historical Far Left 44 New Giuseppe Zanardelli iii without oval frame.jpg Giuseppe Zanardelli Dissident Left 19 100 1882 Italian general election map.svg Constituencies used for the elections Prime Minister Elected Prime Minister Agostino Depretis Agostino Depretis Historical Left Historical Left General elections were held in Italy on 29 October 1882, with a second round of voting on 5 November.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1047 978-3-8329-5609-7 The "ministerial" left-wing bloc emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 289 of the 508 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1082 Electoral system Shortly before the elections the voting age was lowered from 25 to 21 and the tax requirement lowered from ₤40 to ₤19.80, whilst men with three years of primary education were exempted from it.Nohlen & Stöver, pp1029-1030 This resulted in the number of eligible voters increasing from 621,896 at the 1880 elections to 2,017,829.Nohlen & Stöver, p1049 The electoral system was changed from one based on single-member constituencies to one based on small multi-member constituencies with between two and five seats. Voters had as many votes as there were candidates, except in constituencies with five seats, in which they were limited to four votes.Nohlen & Stöver, p1039 To be elected in the first round a candidate needed an absolute majority of the votes cast and to receive a number of votes equivalent to at least one-eighth of the number registered voters. If a second round was required, the number of candidates going through was double the number of seats available. Campaign The Historical Left was led by the Prime Minister of Italy, Agostino Depretis, a prominent member of the Italian politics for decades. 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 Historical Far-Left, a far-left organization led by Agostino Bertani, an Italian revolutionary. Parties and leaders PartyIdeologyLeaderHistorical LeftLiberalismAgostino DepretisHistorical RightConservatismMarco MinghettiHistorical Far LeftRadicalismAgostino BertaniDissident LeftProgressivismGiuseppe Zanardelli Results The "Ministerial" left-wing bloc emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 289 of the 508 seats; the Right arrived second with 147 seats. Depretis was confirmed Prime Minister by king Umberto I. File:Italian Parliament, 1882.svg Historical Left 289 +71 Historical Right 147 −24 Historical Far Left 44 New Dissident Left 19 −100 Others 9 +9 1161205 62646 0 2017829 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:General elections in Italy General Italy Italy