Monarchist National Party

The Monarchist National Party (Italian: Partito Nazionale Monarchico, PNM) was a political party in Italy founded in 1946, uniting conservatives, liberal conservatives and nationalists. It was a right-wing competitor to Christian Democracy and was especially strong in Southern Italy.[1]

Monarchist National Party Partito Nazionale Monarchico

Abbreviation	PNM
Secretary	Alfredo Covelli
Founded	June 13, 1946 (1946-06-13)
Dissolved	April 11, 1959 (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	Savoy blue
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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 again in the Italian Democratic Party (PDI).[1][3]

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Leader
Chamber of Deputies
1948	729,078 (5th)	2.78	14 / 630	2[5]	Alfredo Covelli
1953	1,854,850 (4th)	6.85	40 / 630	26	Alfredo Covelli
1958	659,997 (8th)	2.23	11 / 630	29	Alfredo Covelli

Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Leader
Senate of the Republic
1948	393,510 (5th)	1.74	3 / 315	–	Alfredo Covelli
1953	1,581,128 (4th)	6.51	14 / 315	11	Alfredo Covelli
1958	565,045 (8th)	2.16	2 / 315	12	Alfredo Covelli

References

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
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
Comparing with the National Bloc of Freedom

Historical political parties and coalitions in Italy

Communist
Communist Party of Italy Proletarian Unity Party Italian Communist Party Proletarian Democracy Movement of Unitarian Communists Party of Italian Communists

Democratic-socialist and post-communist
Italian Revolutionary Socialist Party Italian Workers' Party Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity Democratic Party of the Left Democratic Left Movement for the Left Left Ecology Freedom

Social-democratic
Italian Reformist Socialist Party Unitary Socialist Party (1922) Action Party Unitary Socialist Party (1949) Unified Socialist Party Italian Socialist Party Democrats of the Left Labour Federation Social Christians Italian Socialists Italian Democratic Socialist Party Italian Democratic Socialists

Green
Rainbow Greens Federation of Green Lists

Radical and social-liberal
Action Party (1848) Dissident Left Historical Far Left Italian Radical Party Democratic Party Constitutional Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party Italian Social Democratic Party Labour Democratic Party Republican Democratic Concentration Radical Party Democratic Alliance Republican Left Democratic Union The Network Italy Work in Progress

Centrist and centrist-liberal
Historical Left Liberal Union Democratic Union for the Republic Pannella List Union for the Republic Italian Renewal The Democrats Segni Pact Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy Bonino List Bonino-Pannella List Alliance for Italy Civic Choice Liberal Popular Alliance

Christian-democratic
Conservative Catholics Italian Catholic Electoral Union Italian People's Party (1919) German Association Christian Democracy Italian People's Party (1994) Christian Democrats for the Republic Christian Democratic Centre United Christian Democrats European Democracy Christian Democracy for the Autonomies Liberal Populars Union of Democrats for Europe

Conservative-liberal
Moderate Party Historical Right Italian Liberal Party Liberal Democratic Pole Union of the Centre Act to Stop the Decline

Liberal-conservative
Economic Party National Democratic Alliance Forza Italia The People of Freedom Future and Freedom New Centre-Right Conservatives and Reformists Direction Italy

National-conservative
Common Man's Front Monarchist National Party People's Monarchist Party Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity National Democracy National Alliance The Right National Movement for Sovereignty

Nationalist, fascist and post-fascist
Combatants' Party Italian Nationalist Association National Fascist Party Republican Fascist Party Italian Social Movement

Regionalist and federalist
Movement for the Independence of Sicily Federalist Italian League Federalists and Liberal Democrats Autonomists for Europe Force of the South Great South

Coalitions of parties

Leftist coalitions	Popular Democratic Front Alliance of Progressives
Centre-left coalitions	Socialist Unity The Olive Tree The Union Italy. Common Good
Centrist coalitions	Pact for Italy New Pole for Italy With Monti for Italy
Centre-right coalitions	National Democratic Union National Bloc Pole of Freedoms Pole of Good Government Pole for Freedoms House of Freedoms
Rightist coalitions	National Bloc of Freedom National Union
Government-only coalitions	Centrism Organic Centre-left Pentapartito

List of political parties in Italy
19th-century Italian political groups
Early 20th-century Italian political parties
1950s–1990s Italian political parties
Current Italian political parties

1950s–1990s political parties in Italy
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