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1867 Italian general election

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Field	Value
country	Kingdom of Italy
type	legislative
previous_election	1865 Italian general election
previous_year	1865
next_election	1870 Italian general election
next_year	1870
seats_for_election	All 493 seats in the Chamber of Deputies247 seats needed for a majority
election_date	10 March 1867 (first round)
17 March 1867 (second round)
image1	Urbano Rattazzi lookingleft without oval frame.jpg
leader1	Urbano Rattazzi
leaders_seat1	Alessandria
party1	Historical Left
seats1	225
image2	Bettino Ricasoli 2.jpg
leader2	Bettino Ricasoli
leaders_seat2	Florence
party2	Historical Right
seats2	151
map_image	1867 Italian general election map.svg
map_caption	Constituencies used for the elections
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Elected Prime Minister
before_election	Bettino Ricasoli
after_election	Urbano Rattazzi
before_party	Historical Right
after_party	Historical Left

17 March 1867 (second round)

General elections were held in Italy on 10 March 1867, with a second round on 17 March. Before the elections, Bettino Ricasoli resigned as prime minister due to a disagreement with the Chamber; the Chamber disapproved of his agreements with the Vatican regarding the repatriation of certain religious properties. These snap elections resulted in Urbano Rattazzi being elected once again to office.

Due to the restrictive Italian electoral laws of the time, only 504,265 Italian men, out of a total population of around 26 million, were entitled to vote. The voters were largely aristocrats, rentiers, and capitalists, who tended to hold moderate political views, including loyalty to the crown and low government spending.

Campaign

The opposition to Ricasoli was mainly organized by former prime minister Rattazzi, a moderate member of the Historical Left, who had entered into a coalition with the Historical Right in Piedmont fifteen years earlier. Even though Italian elections were officially non-partisan, the political conflict was so evident that the election became a match between these two political heavyweights.

The 1867 election was a great defeat for Ricasoli, who thereafter retired to private life. However, while Ricasoli lost, Rattazzi did not receive a clear mandate, especially during the second part of the traditional two-round system. Many Independent candidates, who were ready to support any government that would support their local interests, were lukewarm supporters at best. Ultimately, Rattazzi was charged by the king to form a new government, but the fickle leftist faction abandoned him, forcing Rattazzi to form a new coalition. This was typical of Italian politics of the day, which were officially non-partisan with no structured parties. Voters instead were influenced more by localism and corruption, rather than loyalty to any leader or party.

Rattazzi tried to form a centrist government consisting of his centre-left moderate faction, some Independents, and the Historical Right. These groups agreed to the coalition in order to later regain control. However, despite his efforts, Rattazzi's victory was ephemeral, similar to his first term as prime minister in 1862: barely six months later he was unable to stop an armed attack by a national hero, Giuseppe Garibaldi, upon the Papal State. The King, seeing that Rattazzi was ineffective, quickly forced his resignation. Senator Luigi Federico Menabrea then took over as prime minister, with the Historical Right regaining full control of the government.

Parties and leaders

Party	Ideology	Leader
Historical Left}}		Historical Left	Liberalism
Historical Right}}		Historical Right	Conservatism

Results

Notes

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1047 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
[[La Stampa]], Sunday, 10 March 1867.
Nohlen & Stöver, p1028
[[La Stampa]], Saturday, 23 March 1867.
[[La Stampa]], Friday, 12 April 1867.
[[La Stampa]], Saturday, 13 April 1867.
"Federico Menabrea" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.
[http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,avanzata/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,1/articleid,1282_01_1867_0040_0001_18770667/anews,true/ La Stampa]

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