Italian general election, 1924

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The Italian general elections of 1924 were held on April 6, 1924. Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party used intimidation tactics to try to get enough votes for the party so that they would receive 66% of Parliament seats per the Acerbo Law.

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Summary of the 6 April 1924 Italian Chamber of Deputies election results
Parties Chamber
Votes +/- % +/- Seats +/-
National Fascist Party (Fascism, Partito Nazionale Fascista) 66.5 375
Italian People's Party (Christian Democracy,Partito Popolare Italiano) 9.1 39
United Socialist Party (Socialism, Partito Socialista Unitario) 5.9 24
Italian Socialist Party (Socialism, Partito Socialista Italiano) 4.9 22
Italian Communist Party (Communism, Partito Comunista d'Italia) 3.8 19
Liberal Party (Conservatism, Partito Liberale) 2.8 15
Constitutional Opposition (Opposizione costituzionale) 1.8 14
Social Democratic Party (Centrism, Partito democratico sociale) 1.4 10
Italian Republican Party (Liberal Democracy, Partito Repubblicano Italiano) 1.6 7
List of Slavics and Germans (Regionalism, Liste di slavi e di tedeschi) 1.2 6
Agrarian Party (Agrarianism, Partito agrario) 1.0 4
Others 0.0
Total (turnout 63.1%)     100   535  
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