1909 Italian general election

none Kingdom of Italy legislative 1904 Italian general election 1904 1913 Italian general election 1913 All 508 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 255 7 March 1909 (first round)14 March 1909 (second round) 130x130px Giovanni Giolitti.jpg Giovanni Giolitti Ministerials 336 3 995,290 54.45% 3.55 pp Ettore Sacchi.jpeg Ettore Sacchi Italian Radical Party 48 8 181,242 9.92% 1.54 pp Filippo Turati 3.jpg Filippo Turati Italian Socialist Party 41 12 347,615 19.02% 2.33 pp Prime Minister Elected Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti Giovanni Giolitti Ministerials Ministerials General elections were held in Italy on 7 March 1909, with a second round of voting on 14 March.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1047 978-3-8329-5609-7 The "ministerial" left-wing bloc remained the largest in Parliament, winning 329 of the 508 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1083 Background The right-wing leader Sidney Sonnino succeed to Giolitti's protégé Alessandro Fortis as prime minister in 1906. But his cabinet had a short lift; any way Sonnino formed an alliance with France on the colonial expansion in North Africa. His government lasted only few months. After Sonnino's resignation Giovanni Giolitti returned to power in 1906. Many critics accused Giolitti of manipulating the elections, piling up majorities with the restricted suffrage at the time, using the prefects just as his contenders. However, he did refine the practice in the elections of 1904 and 1909 that gave the liberals secure majorities. In the election, The Right lost his important position in the Parliament, replaced by the Radical Party of Ettore Sacchi, who became an ally of Giolitti and the Italian Socialist Party of Filippo Turati, which continued its strong opposition to the Left governments. Electoral system The election was held using 508 single-member constituencies. However, prior to the election the electoral law was amended so that candidates needed only an absolute majority of votes to win their constituency, abolishing the second requirement of receiving the votes of at least one-sixth of registered voters.Nohlen & Stöver, p1039 Parties and leaders PartyIdeologyLeaderMinisterialsLiberalismGiovanni GiolittiItalian Socialist PartySocialismFilippo TuratiItalian Radical PartyRadicalismEttore SacchiConstitutional oppositionConservatismSydney SonninoItalian Republican PartyRepublicanismNapoleone ColajanniItalian Catholic Electoral UnionChristian democracyOttorino Gentiloni Results File:Italian Parliament, 1909.svg Ministerials 995290 336 −3 Italian Socialist Party 347615 41 +12 Italian Radical Party 181242 45 +8 Constitutional opposition 108029 36 −40 Italian Republican Party 81461 24 0 Italian Catholic Electoral Union 73015 16 +13 Constitutional Independents 41213 10 New 61500 0 2930473 National Institute of StatisticsNational Institute of Statistics Leading party by region Region First party Second party Third party Abruzzo-Molise Min. PSI PR Apulia Min. PSI PR Basilicata Min. PSI PR Calabria Min. PR PSI Campania Min. PR PSI Emilia-Romagna PSI Min. PR Lazio Min. PSI PR Liguria Min. PSI PR Lombardy Min. PSI PR Marche Min. PSI PR Piedmont Min. PSI PR Sardinia Min. PSI PR Sicily Min. PR PSI Tuscany PSI Min. PR Umbria PSI Min. PR Veneto Min. PSI PR References Category:General elections in Italy General Italy