1924 Italian general election

General elections were held in Italy on 6 April 1924. It was the first election in which areas annexed after the Adriatic War were allowed to vote, including the Adriatic islands, Fiume and Sebenico. However, suffrage for Slavs in these areas were greatly restricted.
The election was held during the the Decennio Rosso, a ten year period of political violence and proletarian unrest.
Unlike previous elections, the electoral colleges encompassed regions rather than smaller provincial constituencies under the terms of the new electoral law.
The Communist Party of Italy emerged as the largest party, increasing its vote share over the last election. The dissolution of the National Blocs, following the failed fascist coup d'etat known as the March on Rome, resulted in the fracture of the anti-communist opposition. The National Fascist Party was subsequently banned and many of its parliament members were removed. The Italian Liberal Party under Giovanni Giolitti made a resurgence after having been devastated in the 1919 elections, emerging as the leading anti-communist party. Their results were bolstered by the running of many nationalists under the liberal ticket, in spite of the dissolution of the National Blocs.
A government was formed led by Alcide De Gasperi, a politician from the right-wing of the Italian People's Party. His government had the backing of most of the non-leftist parties and lasted until May 1926, when Luigi Sturzo succeeded him.
==Parties and leaders==
Party	Party 	Ideology 	Leader
 	Communist Party of Italy (PCd'I)	Marxism, revolutionary socialism 	Antonio Gramsci
 	Italian People's Party (PPI) 	Christian democracy, popularism 	Luigi Sturzo
 	Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 	Liberalism, centrism 	Giovanni Giolitti
 	Democratic Liberal Party (PLD) 	Liberalism, radicalism 	Francesco Saverio Nitti
 	Social Democratic Party (PDSI) 	Social liberalism, radicalism 	Giovanni Antonio Colonna
 	Unitary Socialist Party (PSU) 	Democratic socialism, reformism 	Giacomo Matteotti
 	Italian Republican Party (PRI) 	Republicanism, radicalism 	Eugenio Chiesa
 	Reformist Socialist Party (PSRI)	Social democracy, social liberalism	Ivanoe Bonomi
 	Party of Italian Peasants (PCI) 	Agrarianism, Christian left 	Alessandro Scotti
 	Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az) 	Sardinian nationalism, federalism 	Emilio Lussu
 	Lists of Slavs and Germans 	Minority interests, regionalism 	Josip Vilfan
==Coalitions==
Coalition	Coalition 	Parties	Parties
 	Majority 	 	Italian People's Party (PPI)
 	Majority 	 	Italian Liberal Party (PLI)
 	Majority 	 	Democratic Liberal Party (PLD)
 	Majority 	 	Social Democratic Party (PDSI)
 	Majority 	 	Reformist Socialist Party (PSRI)
 	Opposition	 	Communist Party of Italy (PCd'I)
 	Opposition	 	Unitary Socialist Party (PSU)
 	Opposition	 	Italian Republican Party (PRI)
 	Opposition	 	Party of Italian Peasants (PCI)
 	Opposition	 	Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az)
==Results==
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Swing	Seats	Change
 	Communist Party of Italy 	1,981,543 	28.0	3.5 	150 	29
 	Italian Liberal Party 	1,542,345 	21.8	14.7 	125 	82
 	Italian People's Party 	1,350,737 	19.1	1.3 	102 	6
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	712,411 	10.1	0.3 	58 	10
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	541,658 	7.6 	2.9 	40 	11
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	338,263 	4.8 	0.0 	19 	2
 	Italian Republican Party 	184,318 	2.6 	0.7 	7 	1
 	Reformist Socialist Party 	163,473 	2.3 	0.5 	13 	2
 	Party of Italian Peasants 	92,929 	1.3 	New 	6 	New
 	Sardinian Action Party 	88,072 	1.2 	New 	9 	New
 	Lists of Slavs and Germans 	87,647 	1.2 	0.1 	6 	3
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	95,914 	– 	– 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	7,179,310 	100 	– 	535 	–
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	11,939,452	60.1	– 	– 	–
==Results by Region==
=== Overall ===
Region 	
PCd'I	
PLI	
PPI	
PLD	
PDSI	
PSU	
PSRI	
PRI	
PCI	
PSd'Az	
SeT	TotalSeats
Region 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	TotalSeats
Piemonte 	22 	1 	7 	6 	3 	3 	– 	0	5	–	–	47
Liguria 	8 	3 	4 	1 	1 	1 	– 	0	0	–	–	18
Lombardia 	32 	11 	16 	2 	2 	6 	– 	0	1	–	–	70
Veneto 	13 	11 	21 	0 	2 	2 	– 	2	–	–	2	53
Venezia Giulia 	6 	5 	7 	1 	0 	0 	– 	0	–	–	4	23
Emilia-Romagna 	17 	9 	8 	1 	2 	2 	– 	2	–	–	–	41
Northern Italy 	100	40 	63 	11	10	14	– 	2	6	–	6	252
Toscana 	14 	8 	7 	2 	2 	4 	– 	1	–	–	–	38
Marche 	4 	4 	5 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1	–	–	–	16
Lazio e Umbria 	10 	7 	7 	2 	2 	0 	1 	1	0	0	–	30
Abruzzi e Molise 	4 	16 	1 	0 	– 	0 	– 	–	–	–	–	21
Central Italy 	32 	35 	20 	5 	5 	4 	1 	3	0	0	–	105
Campania 	4 	12 	6 	18	4 	1 	4 	0	–	–	–	49
Puglia 	7 	11 	3 	7 	3 	0 	1 	0	–	–	–	32
Calabria e Basilicata	3 	9 	3 	10	2 	0 	1 	0	–	–	–	28
Sicilia 	5 	16 	7 	7 	16	0 	6 	0	–	–	–	57
Sardegna 	1 	2 	0 	– 	0 	0 	– 	–	–	9	–	12
Southern Italy 	20 	60 	19 	42	25	1 	12	0	
–	9	–	178
Italy 	150	125	102	58	40	19	13	7	6	9	6	535
=== Northern Italy ===
==== Piemonte ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Communist Party of Italy 	302,797 	43.1	22
 	Italian People's Party 	107,489 	15.3	7
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	87,115 	12.4	6
 	Party of Italian Peasants 	69,552 	9.9 	5
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	54,095 	7.7 	3
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	46,368 	6.6 	3
 	Italian Liberal Party 	24,590 	3.5 	1
 	Italian Republican Party 	10,538 	1.5 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	11,235 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	713,779 	100 	47
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	1,187,653	60.1	–
==== Liguria ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Communist Party of Italy 	99,766 	40.6	8
 	Italian People's Party 	50,865 	20.7	4
 	Italian Liberal Party 	35,630 	14.5	3
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	20,887 	8.5 	1
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	18,921 	7.7 	1
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	12,286 	5.0 	1
 	Party of Italian Peasants 	4,669 	1.9 	0
 	Italian Republican Party 	2,703 	1.1 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	3,926 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	249,653	100 	18
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	423,859	58.9	–
==== Lombardia ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Communist Party of Italy 	451,824 	44.4	32
 	Italian People's Party 	228,965 	22.5	16
 	Italian Liberal Party 	155,696 	15.3	11
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	83,445 	8.2 	6
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	38,669 	3.8 	2
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	33,581 	3.3 	2
 	Party of Italian Peasants 	14,247 	1.4 	1
 	Italian Republican Party 	11,194 	1.1 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	14,543 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	1,032,164	100 	70
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	1,531,401	67.4	–
==== Veneto ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Italian People's Party 	253,421 	36.5	21
 	Communist Party of Italy 	159,544 	23.0	13
 	Italian Liberal Party 	141,637 	20.4	11
 	Italian Republican Party 	39,026 	5.6 	2
 	Lists of Slavs and Germans 	33,327 	4.8 	2
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	31,244 	4.5 	2
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	27,772 	4.0 	2
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	8,332 	1.2 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	9,732 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	704,035 	100 	53
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	1,094,922	64.3	–
==== Venezia Giulia ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Italian People's Party 	87,278 	28.5	7
 	Communist Party of Italy 	70,741 	23.1	6
 	Italian Liberal Party 	65,418 	21.4	5
 	Lists of Slavs and Germans 	54,320 	17.7	4
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	11,943 	3.9 	1
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	7,962 	2.6 	0
 	Italian Republican Party 	4,594 	1.5 	0
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	3,981 	1.3 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	4,231 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	310,468	100 	23
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	460,635	67.4	–
==== Emilia-Romagna ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Communist Party of Italy 	241,928	40.1	17
 	Italian Liberal Party 	122,473	20.3	9
 	Italian People's Party 	115,233	19.1	8
 	Italian Republican Party 	34,389 	5.7 	2
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	32,579 	5.4 	2
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	31,976 	4.3 	2
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	24,736 	4.1 	1
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	7,241 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	610,555	100 	41
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	912,638	66.9	–
=== Central Italy ===
==== Toscana ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Communist Party of Italy 	197,890	34.2	14
 	Italian Liberal Party 	112,253	19.4	8
 	Italian People's Party 	107,046	18.5	7
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	58,441 	10.1	4
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	41,661 	7.2 	2
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	33,560 	5.8 	2
 	Italian Republican Party 	27,774 	4.8 	1
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	6,679 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	585,304	100 	38
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	894,961	65.4	–
==== Marche ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Italian People's Party 	57,391 	29.1	5
 	Communist Party of Italy 	44,571 	22.6	4
 	Italian Liberal Party 	42,402 	21.5	4
 	Italian Republican Party 	14,397 	7.3 	1
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	13,805 	7.0 	1
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	10,650 	5.4 	1
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	7,692 	3.9 	0
 	Reformist Socialist Party 	6,311 	3.2 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	2,955 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	200,174	100 	16
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	368,645	54.3	–
==== Lazio e Umbria ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Communist Party of Italy 	126,552	31.2	10
 	Italian Liberal Party 	92,885 	22.9	7
 	Italian People's Party 	82,745 	20.4	7
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	30,015 	7.4 	2
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	23,931 	5.9 	2
 	Reformist Socialist Party 	17,847 	4.4 	1
 	Italian Republican Party 	16,630 	4.1 	1
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	10,140 	2.5 	0
 	Party of Italian Peasants 	4,461 	1.1 	0
 	Sardinian Action Party 	407 	0.1 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	6,310 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	411,923	100 	30
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	661,192	62.3	–
==== Abruzzi e Molise ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Italian Liberal Party 	216,582	69.4	16
 	Communist Party of Italy 	57,734 	18.5	4
 	Italian People's Party 	22,157 	7.1 	1
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	12,483 	4.0 	0
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	3,122 	1.0 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	4,264 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	316,342	100 	21
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout	516,055	61.3	–
=== Southern Italy ===
==== Campania ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	195,258 	34.3	18
 	Italian Liberal Party 	133,777 	23.5	12
 	Italian People's Party 	73,435 	12.9	6
 	Reformist Socialist Party 	52,942 	9.3 	4
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	49,526 	8.7 	4
 	Communist Party of Italy 	46,680 	8.2 	4
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	12,524 	2.2 	1
 	Italian Republican Party 	5,123 	0.9 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	7,020 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	576,285 	100 	49
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	1,093,520	52.7	–
==== Puglia ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Italian Liberal Party 	114,375	31.1	11
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	78,334 	21.3	7
 	Communist Party of Italy 	74,656 	20.3	7
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	37,144 	10.1	3
 	Italian People's Party 	36,776 	10.0	3
 	Reformist Socialist Party 	12,872 	3.5 	1
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	9,194 	2.5 	0
 	Italian Republican Party 	4,414 	1.2 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	5,001 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	372,766	100 	32
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	653,976	57.0	–
==== Calabria e Basilicata ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	107,520	31.7	10
 	Italian Liberal Party 	101,415	29.9	9
 	Italian People's Party 	41,041 	12.1	3
 	Communist Party of Italy 	36,633 	10.8	3
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	29,848 	8.8 	2
 	Reformist Socialist Party 	13,228 	3.9 	1
 	Italian Republican Party 	6,445 	1.9 	0
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	3,052 	0.9 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	4,107 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	343,289	100 	28
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	640,465	53.6	–
==== Sicilia ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	161,318 	27.3	16
 	Italian Liberal Party 	156,591 	26.5	16
 	Italian People's Party 	77,409 	13.1	7
 	Democratic Liberal Party 	72,682 	12.3	7
 	Reformist Socialist Party 	60,273 	10.2	6
 	Communist Party of Italy 	51,409 	8.7 	5
 	Italian Republican Party 	7,091 	1.2 	0
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	4,136 	0.7 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	7,433 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	598,342 	100 	57
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	1,259,668	47.5	–
==== Sardegna ====
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Seats
 	Sardinian Action Party 	87,665 	57.3	9
 	Italian Liberal Party 	26,621 	17.4	2
 	Communist Party of Italy 	18,818 	12.3	1
 	Italian People's Party 	9,486 	6.2 	0
 	Italian Social Democratic Party	6,579 	4.3 	0
 	Unitary Socialist Party 	3,825 	2.5 	0
Invalid/blank votes 	Invalid/blank votes 	1,237 	– 	–
Total 	Total 	154,231	100 	12
Registered voters/turnout	Registered voters/turnout 	239,862	64.3	–
==Notes==
Category:General elections in Italy