Monarchist National Party

Monarchist National Party Partito Nazionale Monarchico
File:Partito Nazionale Monarchico Logo.png
Secretary	Alfredo Covelli
Founded	June 13, 1946 (1946-06-13)
Dissolved	April 11, 1959; 65 years ago (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]

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

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
Chamber of Deputies
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

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
Senate
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

^ ^a ^b ^c 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
^ ^a ^b 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

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