1886 Italian general election

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1886 Italian general election
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  1882 23 May 1886 (first round)
30 May 1886 (second round)
1890  

All 508 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
255 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Agostino Depretis.jpg Silvio Spaventa (cropped).jpg Felice Cavallotti.jpg
Leader Agostino Depretis Silvio Spaventa Felice Cavallotti
Party Historical Left Historical Right Historical Far Left
Seats won29214545
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1

 Fourth party
  Giuseppe Zanardelli iii without oval frame.jpg
Leader Giuseppe Zanardelli
Party Dissident Left
Seats won26
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7

Prime Minister before election

Agostino Depretis
Historical Left

Elected Prime Minister

Agostino Depretis
Historical Left

General elections were held in Italy on 23 May 1886, with a second round of voting on 30 May. [1] The "ministerial" left-wing bloc emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 292 of the 508 seats. [2] As in 1882, the elections were held using small multi-member constituencies of between two and five seats. [3]

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Electoral system

As in 1882, the election was held using small multi-member constituencies with between two and five seats. [3]

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. [2]

Parties and leaders

PartyIdeologyLeader
Historical Left Liberalism Agostino Depretis
Historical Right Conservatism Silvio Spaventa
Historical Far Left Radicalism Felice Cavallotti
Dissident Left Progressivism Giuseppe Zanardelli

Results

Italian Parliament 1886.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Historical Left 292+3
Historical Right 145−2
Historical Far Left 45+1
Dissident Left 26+7
Total5080
Valid votes1,399,07298.82
Invalid/blank votes16,7291.18
Total votes1,415,801100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,420,32758.50
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook, p. 1047 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1082
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1030