1886 Italian general election

none Kingdom of Italy legislative 1882 Italian general election 1882 1890 Italian general election 1890 All 508 seats in the Chamber of Deputies255 seats needed for a majority 23 May 1886 (first round)30 May 1886 (second round) 130x130px Agostino Depretis.jpg Agostino Depretis Historical Left 292 3 Silvio Spaventa (cropped).jpg Silvio Spaventa Historical Right 145 2 Felice Cavallotti.jpg Felice Cavallotti Historical Far Left 45 1 Giuseppe Zanardelli iii without oval frame.jpg Giuseppe Zanardelli Dissident Left 26 7 Prime Minister Elected Prime Minister Agostino Depretis Agostino Depretis Historical Left Historical Left General elections were held in Italy on 23 May 1886, with a second round of voting on 30 May.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook, p. 1047 978-3-8329-5609-7 The "ministerial" left-wing bloc emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 292 of the 508 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1082 As in 1882, the elections were held using small multi-member constituencies of between two and five seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1030 Electoral system As in 1882, the election was held using small multi-member constituencies with between two and five seats. Campaign The Historical Left was led by the Prime Minister of Italy, Agostino Depretis, a prominent member of the Italian politics for decades. Depretis had been head of the government since 1881 and also from 1876 to 1879. The leader of the Historical Right was Antonio Starabba di Rudinì, a conservative marchese from Sicily. The Historical Far-Left was led by Felice Cavallotti, a famous Italian poet. The Left emerged as the largest in Italian Parliament, winning 292 of the 508 seats, before the Right, which gained 145 seats. Parties and leaders PartyIdeologyLeaderHistorical LeftLiberalismAgostino DepretisHistorical RightConservatismSilvio SpaventaHistorical Far LeftRadicalismFelice CavallottiDissident LeftProgressivismGiuseppe Zanardelli Results File:Italian Parliament 1886.svg Historical Left 292 +3 Historical Right 145 −2 Historical Far Left 45 +1 Dissident Left 26 +7 1399072 16729 0 2420327 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:General elections in Italy General Italy