Liberals, Democrats and Radicals

The Liberals, Democrats and Radicals (Italian: Liberali, Democratici e Radicali) was a social-liberal political alliance, active in Italy in the first decades of the 20th century.

Liberals, Democrats and Radicals

Liberali, Democratici e Radicali
LeaderVittorio Emanuele Orlando
Founded1919 (1919)
Dissolved1921 (1921)
Split fromLiberal Union
Succeeded byDemocratic Liberal Party
HeadquartersRome, Italy
IdeologySocial liberalism
Liberalism
Radicalism
Political positionCentre-left

History

It was formed for the 1919 general election, arriving third after the Socialist Party and the 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 Italian liberalism and the upper-middle class, like cities' bourgeoisie, business owners and artisans. In the alliance there were also a main group of radicals. The LDR also supported a right to vote and the public school for all children.

Electoral results
Chamber of Deputies
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
1919 904,195 (#3) 15.9
96 / 535
–
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando

References
  1. Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia, Zanichelli, Bologna 2009
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