Liberals, Democrats and Radicals
Defunct political alliance in Italy
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The Agreed Lists of Liberals, Democrats and Radicals (Italian: Liste concordate di liberali, democratici e radicali) were a liberal and radical political alliance in Italy in the first decades of the 20th century.
Liberals, Democrats and Radicals Liberali, democratici e radicali | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Dissolved | 1921 |
| Split from | Liberals Italian Radical Party |
| Succeeded by | Democratic Liberal Party |
| Ideology | Liberalism Radicalism |
| Political position | Centre |
History
It was formed for the 1919 Italian general election, arriving third after the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian People's Party, with 15.9% and 96 seats, doing particularly well in Piedmont and Southern Italy, especially in Sicily, the home-region of party's leader and former Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.[1]
Ideology
The Liberals, Democrats, and Radicals were the expression of the liberalism and radicalism in Italy and the upper-middle class, such as cities' bourgeoisie, business owners, and artisans. In the alliance, there were also a main group of the Italian Radical Party. The alliance supported a right to vote and the public school for all children.
Electoral results
| Election | Leader | Chamber of Deputies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | ||
| 1919 | 904,195 | 15.9 | 96 / 508 |
 96 |
3rd | |