Monarchist National Party
Monarchist National Party Partito Nazionale Monarchico | |
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Secretary | Alfredo Covelli |
Founded | June 13, 1946 (1946-06-13) |
Dissolved | April 11, 1959 (1959-04-11) |
Preceded by | Italian Democratic Party |
Merged into | Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity |
Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
Ideology | Conservatism Monarchism |
Political position | Right-wing |
Colours | Blue |
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The Monarchist National Party (Italian: Partito Nazionale Monarchico, PNM) was a political party in Italy founded in 1946, uniting conservatives, liberal conservatives, conservative liberals and nationalists. It was a right-wing competitor to Christian Democracy and was especially strong in Southern Italy.[1]
Contents
1 History
2 Electoral results
2.1 Italian Parliament
3 References
History
The party's best electoral result was in the 1953 general election, when the party scored 6.9% and came fourth after Christian Democracy, the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Socialist Party.[2]
In 1954 the party suffered a major split led by Achille Lauro, mayor of Naples from 1952 to 1957, who formed the People's Monarchist Party (PMP), which was closer to Christian Democracy.[1][3] In the 1958 general election, the PNM won 2.2% of the vote, while the rival PMP 2.6%.[4]
In 1959 the two monarchist parties joined forces in the Italian Democratic Party (PDI).[1][3]
Electoral results
Italian Parliament
Chamber of Deputies | |||||
Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/– | Leader |
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1948 | 729,078 (#5) | 2.78 | 14 / 630 | – | Alfredo Covelli |
1953 | 1,854,850 (#4) | 6.85 | 40 / 630 | 26 | Alfredo Covelli |
1958 | 659,997 (#8) | 2.23 | 11 / 630 | 29 | Alfredo Covelli |
Senate | |||||
Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/– | Leader |
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1948 | 393,510 (#5) | 1.74 | 3 / 315 | – | Alfredo Covelli |
1953 | 1,581,128 (#4) | 6.51 | 14 / 315 | 11 | Alfredo Covelli |
1958 | 565,045 (#8) | 2.16 | 2 / 315 | 12 | Alfredo Covelli |
References
^ abc Massimo L. Salvadori, Enciclopedia storica, Zanichelli, Bologna 2000, pp. 1199-1200
^ http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=C&dtel=07/06/1953&tpa=I&tpe=A&lev0=0&levsut0=0&es0=S&ms=S
^ ab Michel Mourre, Dizionario enciclopedico di storia, Mondadori, Milano 1988
^ http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=C&dtel=25/05/1958&tpa=I&tpe=A&lev0=0&levsut0=0&es0=S&ms=S