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Conservative Catholics
Cattolici Conservatori
Leader Stefano Cavazzoni
Carlo Santucci
Stefano Jacini
Founded1913
Dissolved1919
Split from Italian Catholic Electoral Union
Merged into Italian People's Party
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Ideology Conservatism
Clericalism
Reactionarism
Integralism
Political position Right-wing to far-right

The Conservative Catholics ( Italian: Cattolici Conservatori) were a right-wing conservative political party in Italy, composed by strong conservatives and clericalists.

History

The Conservative Catholics emerged as party in 1913 from the right-wing of the Italian Catholic Electoral Union. In the 1913 Italian general election, the party won 1.8% of the vote and 9 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. [1] In 1919, they merged were merged with other clerical parties and groupings in the Italian People's Party that gained 20.5% and 100 seats in the 1919 Italian general election. [2] [3]

Electoral results

Chamber of Deputies
Election year Votes % Seats +/– Leader
1913 89,630 (9th) 1.8
9 / 508
several

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Nomos Publishing House. p. 1047. ISBN  978-3-8329-5609-7.
  2. ^ Leoni, Francesco (2001). Storia dei partiti politici italiani (in Italian). Guida Editori. ISBN  978-88-7188-495-0.
  3. ^ Corbetta, Piergiorgio; Piretti, Maria Serena (2009). Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia: 1861-2008 (in Italian). Zanichelli. ISBN  978-88-08-06751-7.