1921 Italian general election

General elections were held in Italy on 15 May 1921. It was the first election in which the recently acquired regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Venezia Giulia, Zara and Lagosta island elected deputies, many of whom from Germanic and South Slav ethnicity. Some areas along the Adriatic Coast that were occupied after the Adriatic War did not take part.
The election was held during the early stages of the Decennio Rosso, a ten year period of political violence and proletarian unrest.
The Communist Party of Italy, formed out of the Italian Socialist Party, emerged as the largest party. Their vote share, however, was lower than that of the socialists in 1919 due to a number of reasons, including the formation of the Unitary Socialist Party after the expulsion of the reformists, and a loss of revolutionary fervor after two years of failed unrest.
Much of the parties opposed to the communists combined into an electoral coalition known as the National Blocs, led by Italian Liberal Party under Giovanni Giolitti. Included in the coalition was the Italian Fasci of Combat led by Benito Mussolini, which until then had been largely irrelevant in Italian politics. The coalition failed to achieve a majority, falling slightly behind the Italian People's Party.
A government was formed in July with Ivanoe Bonomi, a politician from the Reformist Socialist Party, as Prime Minister. His government had the backing of most of the non-leftist parties. It lasted until February 1922.
==Parties and leaders==
Party	Party 	Ideology 	Leader
 	Communist Party of Italy (PCd'I)	Marxism, revolutionary socialism 	Giacinto Menotti Serrati
 	Italian People's Party (PPI) 	Christian democracy, popularism 	Luigi Sturzo
 	National Blocs (BN) 	Italian nationalism, anti-communism 	Giovanni Giolitti
 	Democratic Liberal Party (PLD) 	Liberalism, radicalism 	Francesco Saverio Nitti
 	Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 	Liberalism, centrism 	Luigi Facta
 	Unitary Socialist Party (PSU) 	Democratic socialism, reformism 	Giacomo Matteotti
 	Social Democratic Party (PDSI) 	Social liberalism, radicalism 	Giovanni Antonio Colonna
 	Italian Republican Party (PRI) 	Republicanism, radicalism 	Eugenio Chiesa
 	Reformist Socialist Party (PSRI)	Social democracy, social liberalism 	Ivanoe Bonomi
 	Combatants' Party (PdC) 	Italian nationalism, veteran interests	several
==Coalitions==
Coalition	Coalition 	Parties	Parties
 	Majority 	 	Italian People's Party (PPI)
 	Majority 	 	National Blocs (BN)
 	Majority 	 	Democratic Liberal Party (PLD)
 	Majority 	 	Italian Liberal Party (PLI)
 	Majority 	 	Social Democratic Party (PDSI)
 	Majority 	 	Reformist Socialist Party (PSRI)
 	Majority 	 	Combatants' Party (PdC)
 	Opposition	 	Communist Party of Italy (PCd'I)
 	Opposition	 	Unitary Socialist Party (PSU)
 	Opposition	 	Italian Republican Party (PRI)
==Results==
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Swing	Seats	Change
 	Communist Party of Italy 	1,616,632 	24.5	New 	121 	New
 	Italian People's Party 	1,347,305 	20.4	0.1 	108 	8
 	National Blocs 	1,260,007 	19.1	New 	105 	New
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	684,855 	10.4	5.5 	68 	28
 	Italian Liberal Party 	470,605 	7.1 	New 	43 	New
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	319,522 	4.8 	New 	17 	New
 	Italian Social Democratic Party 	309,191 	4.7 	6.2 	29 	31
 	Italian Republican Party 	124,924 	1.9 	1.0 	6 	3
 	Italian Reformist Socialist Party	122,087 	1.8 	New 	11 	New
 	Combatants' Party 	113,839 	1.7 	2.4 	10 	10
 	Lists of Slavs and Germans 	88,648 	1.3 	New 	9 	New
 	Economic Party 	53,382 	0.8 	0.7 	5 	2
 	Independent Socialists 	37,892 	0.6 	0.0 	1 	0
 	Dissident People's Party 	29,703 	0.4 	0.8 	0 	0
 	Italian Fasci of Combat 	29,549 	0.4 	New 	2 	New
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	93,355 	– 	– 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	6,701,496 	100 	– 	535 	27
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	11,477,210	58.4	– 	– 	–
Due to the existence of the National Blocs coalition, the seat totals for the Italian Fasci of Combat, Italian Social Democratic Party and Italian Liberal Party only represent those elected on opposition lists or in areas where a National Blocs list did not run. Deputies that were elected via the National Blocs are included as part of the National Blocs seat total regardless of party affiliation.
Category:General elections in Italy