Italian general election, 1880

16-23 May 1880

All 508 seats to the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Agostino Depretis	Marco Minghetti	Giuseppe Zanardelli
Party	Historical Left	Historical Right	Dissident left-wing
Seats won	218	171	119
Seat change	206	77	new party
Popular vote	146,096	135,797	70,479
Percentage	40.7%	37.9%	19.7%
Swing	29.5%	9.7%	new party

Composition of the Parliament

Prime Minister before election

Benedetto Cairoli
Historical Left

Subsequent Prime Minister

Benedetto Cairoli
Historical Left

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, Agostino Depretis, long time Prime Minister of Italy.

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

	Ideology	Leader
Historical Left	Liberalism, Centrism	Agostino Depretis
Historical Right	Conservatism, Monarchism	Marco Minghetti
Dissident left-wing	Progressivism, Social liberalism	Giuseppe Zanardelli

Results

Affiliation		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Historical Left	146,096	40.7	218	–196
	Historical Right	135,797	37.9	171	+77
	Dissident left-wing	70,479	19.7	119	New
	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

Popular vote

Historical Left			40.7%
Historical Right			37.9%
Dissident left-wing			19.7%
Others			1.7%

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

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See also: Elections in Abruzzo Aosta Valley Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia–Romagna Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardy Marche Molise Piedmont Sardinia Sicily Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Tuscany Umbria Veneto

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