Italian general election, 1880
Italian general election, 1880
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General elections were held in Italy on 16 May 1880, with a second round of voting on 23 May.[1]
The race
The Historical Left was led by the Prime Minister of Italy, Benedetto Cairoli, a statesman from Pavia, Lombardy.
The bloc of the Historical Right was led by Marco Minghetti, a conservative politician and former Prime Minister, from Bologna.
A third large parliamentary group was the Dissident left-wing, composed by former members of the Left, which were against the alliance with the Right. Also known as La Pentarchia (The Pentarchy), its main leader was Giuseppe Zanardelli, a jurisconsult from Brescia.
The Historical Left group emerged as the largest in Parliament, although left-wing dissidents won 119 of the 508 seats, becoming the third parliamentary group.[2] Only 621,896 men of a total population of around 29 million were entitled to vote.[3] Benedetto Cairoli was confirmed Prime Minister by the king Umberto I.
Parties and leaders
Results
Affiliation |
Votes |
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Seats |
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Historical Left | 146,096 | 40.7 | 218 | –196 |
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Historical Right | 135,797 | 37.9 | 171 | +77 |
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Dissident left-wing | 70,479 | 19.7 | 119 | New |
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Others | 6,147 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 11,245 | – | – | – |
Total | 369,624 | 100 | 508 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 621,896 | 59.4 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1047 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1082
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1049