Constitutional Democratic Party (Italy)

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

The Constitutional Democratic Party (Italian : Partito Democratico Costituzionale, PDC) was a social-liberal political party in Italy.

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The party emerged in 1913 from the left-wing of the dominant Liberals, of which it continued to be a government coalition partner. In the 1913 general election the party, which was rooted in Southern Italy while in the North it often presented joint candidates with the Liberals, won 4.8% of the vote and 40 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In 1919 the PDC was merged with other liberal parties and groupings in the Social Democracy, 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
ElectionVotes %Seats+/–LeaderGovernment
1913 277,251 (#4)5.5
29 / 508
severalOpposition

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References

  1. Francesco Leoni, Storia dei partiti politici italiani, Guida, Naples 2001
  2. Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia, Zanichelli, Bologna 2009

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