Acerbo Law
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The Acerbo Law was a 1923 electoral law, ostensibly proposed by Baron Giacomo Acerbo, forced through the Italian Parliament - the party gaining the majority of votes (providing they had at least 25 percent of the votes) gained 66% of the seats. It was conceived to give Fascism a grip on the political scene. Ironically enough in the 1924 election the fascist party got 66% of the votes.
After the 1924 election, this method gave Benito Mussolini a huge majority. The socialists would not recognize this law and did not participate in the government - which arguably gave the fascists even more room for maneuvers - an event which became known as the Aventine secession. Later, socialist leaders, such as Giacomo Matteotti, were assassinated by fascists agents of the Ceka (founded on the model of the Soviet Cheka), including Amerigo Dumini.
The breach made possible by the Acerbo law enabled Mussolini to create a dictatorship.
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