National Bloc (Italy)
| National Bloc | |
|---|---|
| Blocco Nazionale | |
 | |
| Leader | Leone Cattani |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Dissolved | 1949 |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Liberism Populism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
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Politics of Italy Political parties Elections | |
The National Bloc (Italian: Blocco Nazionale) was a right-wing political coalition formed for the 1948 Italian general election by:
- the Italian Liberal Party;
- the Common Man's Front.
The alliance scored a poor 3.8% in the election for the House, while a 5.4% was reached for the Senate where the single-man constituencies and the age-restricted suffrage gave an advantage to this list formed by old pre-fascist politicians. The list generally suffered the concurrence of Christian Democracy, which was seen by centrist and right-wing electors as the sole shield against the Soviet-aligned Popular Democratic Front.[1]
The alliance so disappeared soon, leaving only the Italian Liberal Party as party with some electoral support.
Election results
| Chamber of Deputies | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 1,003,727 (#4) | 3.8 | 19 / 574 |
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| Senate of the Republic | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 1,222,419 (#3) | 5.4 | 7 / 237 |
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