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Constitutional Democratic Party (Italy)

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Constitutional Democratic Party
Partito Costituzionale Democratico
Founded1913
Dissolved1919
Split fromLiberal Union
Merged intoSocial Democracy
HeadquartersRome, Italy
IdeologySocial liberalism
Political positionCentre-left

The Constitutional Democratic Party (Italian: Partito Democratico Costituzionale, PDC) was a social-liberal political party in Italy.

The party emerged in 1913 from the left-wing of the dominant Liberal Union, of which it continued to be a government coalition partner. In the 1913 general election the party, which was rooted in Southern Italy while in the North it often presented joint candidates with the Liberals, won 4.8% of the vote and 40 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In 1919 the PDC was merged with other liberal parties and groupings in the Social Democracy, that gained 10.9% and 60 seats in the 1919 general election, while other Democrats joined LiberalRadical joint lists.[1][2]

Electoral results

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Chamber of Deputies
Election Votes % Seats +/– Leader Government
1913 277,251 (#4) 5.5
29 / 508
several Opposition

References

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  1. ^ Francesco Leoni, Storia dei partiti politici italiani, Guida, Naples 2001
  2. ^ Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia, Zanichelli, Bologna 2009

See also

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