# Canonical recap data for Italian General Election (1913)
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slug: italian-election-1913
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1913/italian-election-1913"
title: Italian General Election
subtitle: Italy's first election under near-universal male suffrage brought together conservative, liberal, and socialist factions in a pivotal moment before fascism's rise.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1913-10-26
datePrecision: day
year: 1913
decade: 1910
country:
name: Italy
slug: italy
summaryShort: "General elections were held in Italy on 26 October 1913, with a second round of voting on 2 November. The Liberals narrowly retained an absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, while the Radical Party emerged as the largest opposition bloc. Both groupings did particularly well in Southern Italy, while the Italian "
summaryLong: General elections were held in Italy on 26 October 1913, with a second round of voting on 2 November. The Liberals narrowly retained an absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, while the Radical Party emerged as the largest opposition bloc. Both groupings did particularly well in Southern Italy, while the Italian Socialist Party gained eight seats and was the largest party in Emilia-Romagna. However, the election marked the beginning of the decline of Liberal establishment.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Flickr_-_NewsPhoto%21_-_Italianen_protesteren_in_Amsterdam.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_NewsPhoto%21_-_Italianen_protesteren_in_Amsterdam.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Jos van Zetten from Amsterdam, the Netherlands · via Wikipedia
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Italian_general_election"
  title: Italian general election, 1913
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: General elections were held in Italy on 26 October 1913, with a second round of voting on 2 November. The Liberals narrowly retained an absolute majority in the
wikidataQid: Q3722443
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- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20251223000901/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Italian_general_election"
  capturedAt: 2025-12-23
  label: Italian general election, 1913
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Italian_general_election"
