National Bloc (Italy, 1948)

National Bloc

Blocco Nazionale
National Bloc Blocco Nazionale
Leader	Francesco Saverio Nitti
Founded	1948
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Ideology	Conservatism; Liberism; Populism
Political position	Right-wing
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The National Bloc (Italian: Blocco Nazionale) was a right-wing electoral alliance formed for the 1948 Italian general election by the Italian Liberal Party and the Common Man's Front. The alliance soon disappeared, leaving only as a party with some electoral support.

History

The electoral alliance scored a poor 3.8% in the election for the Chamber of Deputies, gaining 16 seats,^[1] while a 5.4% was reached for the Senate of the Republic where the single-man constituencies and the age-restricted suffrage gave an advantage to this list formed by old pre-Italian fascist politicians. The list generally suffered the concurrence of Christian Democracy, which was seen by centrist and right-wing electors as the sole shield against the left-wing Popular Democratic Front.^[2]

Composition

	Ideology	Leader
Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	Liberalism	Roberto Lucifero d'Aprigliano
Common Man's Front (FUQ)	Populism	Guglielmo Giannini
Union for National Reconstruction	Liberalism	Francesco Saverio Nitti

Election results

Election year	No. of overall votes	% of overall vote	No. of overall seats won	+/–
Chamber of Deputies
1948	1,003,727 (4th)	3.8	19 / 574	Francesco Saverio Nitti

Election year	No. of overall votes	% of overall vote	No. of overall seats won	+/–
Senate of the Republic
1948	1,222,419 (3rd)	5.4	7 / 237	Francesco Saverio Nitti

References

↑ John Foot (2014). Modern Italy. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-137-04192-0.
↑ Archvio storico delle elezioni

[Foot2014-1] John Foot (2014). Modern Italy. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-137-04192-0.

[2] Archvio storico delle elezioni

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