1865 Italian general election

none Kingdom of Italy legislative 1861 Italian general election 1861 1867 Italian general election 1867 All 443 seats in the Chamber of Deputies222 seats needed for a majority 22 October 1865 (first round)29 October 1865 (second round) 130x130px Alfonso La Marmora.jpg Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora Historical Right 183 Urbano Rattazzi-lookingleft.jpg Urbano Rattazzi Historical Left 156 Giuseppe Mazzini.jpg Giuseppe Mazzini Historical Far Left 14 1865 Italian general election map.svg Constituencies used for the elections Prime Minister Elected Prime Minister Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora Historical Right Historical Right General elections were held in Italy on 22 October 1865, with a second round of voting taking place on 29 October.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1047 978-3-8329-5609-7 These were only the second general election in the history of Italy, the first one having taken place in 1861. Electoral campaign The Historical Right was led by the former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, a long-time general who fought during the Italian unification. On the other hand, the bloc of the Historical Left was led by Urbano Rattazzi, a liberal politician who was between the founders of the Italian left-wing parliamentary group. In opposition to the two main blocs there were a third party known as The Extreme, a far-left coalition, under the leadership of Giuseppe Mazzini, an Italian revolutionary and a key figure of the Unification. On 22 and 29 October only 504,263 men of a total population of around 23 million were entitled to vote.Nohlen & Stöver, p1049 Right-wing candidates emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament with around 41% of the 443 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1082 They 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 general La Marmora was appointed prime minister by the king Victor Emmanuel II. Parties and leaders PartyIdeologyLeaderHistorical RightConservatismAlfonso Ferrero La MarmoraHistorical LeftLiberalismUrbano RattazziHistorical Far LeftRadicalismGiuseppe Mazzini Results Seats Historical Right 183 Historical Left 156 Historical Far Left 14 Others 90 259035 12888 504263 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:General elections in Italy General Italy