Constitutional Democratic Party (Italy)
Constitutional Democratic Party Partito Costituzionale Democratico | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1913 |
| Dissolved | 1919 |
| Split from | Liberal Union |
| Merged into | Italian Social Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Ideology | Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
The Constitutional Democratic Party (Italian: Partito Democratico Costituzionale, PDC) was a social-liberal political party in Italy.
The party emerged in 1913 from the left-wing of the dominant Liberals, of which it continued to be a government coalition partner. In the 1913 general election the party, which was rooted in Southern Italy while in the North it often presented joint candidates with the Liberals, won 4.8% of the vote and 40 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In 1919 the PDC was merged with other liberal parties and groupings in the Italian Social Democratic Party, that gained 10.9% and 60 seats in the 1919 general election, while other Democrats joined Liberal–Radical joint lists.[1][2]
Electoral results[]
| Chamber of Deputies | ||||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 277,251 (#4) | 5.5 | 29 / 508
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Categories:
- Liberal parties in Italy
- Defunct political parties in Italy
- Social liberal parties
- 1913 establishments in Italy
- 1919 disestablishments in Italy
- Political parties established in 1913
- Political parties disestablished in 1919