The Conservative Catholics ( it, Cattolici Conservatori) were a right-wing

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, composed by strong

s and clericalists.

History

They have been active since the unification of Italy as a

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of which brought together the most intransigent Catholic politicians of the hemicycle, which is why they are often referred to as the Historical Far Right. They emerged as party in 1913 from the right-wing of the clerical 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. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1047 In 1919, the Catholics 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 General elections were held in Italy on 16 November 1919. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1047 The fragmented Liberal governing coalition lost the absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, due ...

.Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, ''Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia'', Zanichelli,

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2009

Electoral results

References

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