1934 Italian general election

none Written by non-native English speakers, some of the prose is not clear. April 2023June 2026 Kingdom_of_Italy legislative 1929 Italian general election 1929 1946 Italian general election 1946 All 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies201 seats needed for a majority 25 March 1934 Mussolini mezzobusto (cropped).jpg Benito Mussolini PNF 400 10,045,477 99.85% 1.55 pp Prime Minister Elected Prime Minister Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini PNF PNF General elections were held in Italy on 26 March 1934. At the time, the country was a single-party state with the National Fascist Party (PNF) as the only legally permitted party. Following parliamentary reforms enacted in 1928 by the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, the elections were held in the form of a referendum. The Grand Council of Fascism, an official state organ since December 1928, was allowed to compose a single party list to be either approved or rejected by the voters. The list put forward was ultimately approved by 99.84% of voters.Italy, 24 May 1929: Fascist single list Direct Democracy de The overwhelming majority provoked Benito Mussolini to dub the election the "second referendum of Fascism." These would be the last elections of any sort held under Fascist rule. In 1939, the Chamber of Deputies was replaced with the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations, whose members were not elected but instead nominated by party organs. Background In 1929 a concordat with the Vatican was signed, ending decades of struggle between the Italian state and the Papacy that dated back to the 1870 takeover of the Papal States by the House of Savoy during the unification of Italy. The Lateran treaties, by which the Italian state was at last recognized by the Catholic Church, and the independence of Vatican City was recognized by the Italian state, were so much appreciated by the ecclesiastic hierarchy that Pope Pius XI acclaimed Mussolini as a "Man of Providence".Fattorini Emma Hitler, Mussolini and the Vatican : Pope Pius XI and the speech that was never made 2011 Polity Press Cambridge, UK 978-0-7456-4488-2 xi [English ed.] During 1930s, a number of organisations suppressed opposition to Mussolini's regime. The MVSN or "Blackshirts" terrorized urban and provincial resistance. OVRA, an institutionalized secret police, was founded in 1927 with official state support.What was the impact of fascist rule upon Italy from 1922 to 1945? - Swansea University https://www.swansea.ac.uk/history/history-study-guides/what-was-the-impact-of-fascist-rule-upon-italy-from-1922-to-1945/ 2026-06-09 www.swansea.ac.uk en-GB Opponents of the regime were often imprisoned or sent to confino (internal exile within Italy). After Adolf Hitler came into power, threatening Italian interests in Austria and the Danube basin, Mussolini proposed the Four Power Pact with Britain, France and Germany in 1933. When the Austrian 'austro-fascist' Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss was assassinated on 25 July 1934, by National-Socialist supporters, Mussolini even threatened Germany with war in the event of a German invasion of Austria. Mussolini for a period of time continued strictly opposing any German attempt to obtain Anschluss and promoted the ephemeral Stresa Front against Germany in 1935.June 2026 Electoral system thumb|Facade of the Palazzo Braschi, Rome, in 1934, with Mussolini's face and the word "SI" (yes) repeated. As was the case in the 1929 election, universal male suffrage was restricted to men who were members of trade unions or associations, soldiers and members of the clergy.June 2026 The election was a plebiscite; voters could vote "Yes" or "No" to approve or disapprove the list of deputies nominated by the Grand Council of Fascism. The voter was provided with two equal-sized sheets, white outside, inside bearing the words "Do you approve the list of members appointed by the Grand National Council of Fascism?" The "Yes" ballot paper was decorated with the Italian tricolour, while the "No" paper was plain.June 2026 The voter would be presented with both ballot papers, choosing one of the two and discarding the other in the voting booth. He would then fold over his chosen paper and present it to the electoral officials to ensure it was sealed. The process would not be considered free and fair by modern standards.June 2026 Theoretically, if the "No" option had won, the election would have been repeated with the admission of other electoral lists.Testo Unico 2 settembre 1928, n. 1993 Results horizontal 300 Scheda per la votazione - Legislatura XXIX - Elezioni politiche 25 marzo 1934 - Fronte.jpeg Scheda per la votazione - Elezioni politiche 25 marzo 1934 - No.jpg Ballot cards for yes and no options. The voters simply folded the card with their preference and discarded the other inside the voting booth. 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