General elections were held in Italy on 15 May 1921. It was the first election in which the recently acquired regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Venezia Giulia, Zara and Lagosta island elected deputies,
Giovanni Bacci
Don Luigi Sturzo 1919
Italian Socialist Party
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The Italian Socialist Party was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-surviving parties
1921 Italian general election
…governing coalition, strengthened by the joining of Fascist candidates in the National Bloc (33 of whom were elected deputies), obtained a majority. The Italian Socialist Party, weakened by the split into the Communist Party of Italy, lost many votes and seats, while the Italian People's Party was steady around 20%. The…
Filippo Turati was one of the founders of the party.
Nicola Bombacci was secretary of the PSI and leader of its revolutionary wing, who led the party to its best result ever in 1919.
Pietro Nenni was a historical leader of the PSI.
Bettino Craxi was party leader from 1976 to 1993 and the party's first prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987.