Democratic Party (Italy, 1913)

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Democratic Party
Partito Democratico
Founded1913
Dissolved1919
Split from Liberal Union
Merged into Social Democracy
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Ideology Social liberalism
Political position Centre-left

The Democratic Party (Partito Democratico, PD) was a social liberal political party in Italy.

It emerged in 1913 from the left-wing of the dominant Liberal Union, of which it continued to be a government coalition partner until 1919. In the 1913 general election the party won 2.8% of the vote and 11 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In 1919 the PD was merged with other liberal parties and groupings in the Social Democracy party, that gained 10.9% and 60 seats in the 1919 general election, while other Democrats joined LiberalRadical joint lists. [1] [2]

Electoral results

Chamber of Deputies
Election year# of
overall votes
 % of
overall vote
# of
overall seats won
+/–Leader
1913 138,967 (#7)2.8
11 / 508
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  2. Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia, Zanichelli, Bologna 2009