Italian Reformist Socialist Party

The Italian Reformist Socialist Party (Italian: Partito Socialista Riformista Italiano, PSRI) was a social-democratic political party in Italy.

Italian Reformist Socialist Party
Partito Socialista Riformista Italiano
SecretaryPompeo Ciotti
LeadersLeonida Bissolati
Ivanoe Bonomi
Arturo Labriola
Alberto Beneduce
FoundedJune 10, 1912 (1912-06-10)
BannedNovember 6, 1926 (1926-11-06)
Split fromItalian Socialist Party
Succeeded byLabour Democratic Party (not legal successor)
HeadquartersRome
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left

History

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It was formed in 1912 by those leading reformist socialists who had been expelled from the Italian Socialist Party because of their desire of entering in the majority supporting Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti. Leading members of the PSRI were Leonida Bissolati, Ivanoe Bonomi, and Meuccio Ruini.[1] In the 1913 Italian general election, the party won 2.6% of the vote and 21 seats in single-seat constituencies spread in almost all the Italian regions; some others, such as Ruini, were elected for the Italian Radical Party.[2] In the 1919 Italian general election, they won 1.5% of the vote and gained 15 seats under the new proportional representation system.[3]

The party was dissolved by the Italian fascist regime on 6 November 1926, together with all opposition parties. After World War II, Bonomi and Ruini launched the Labour Democratic Party as the continuation of the PSRI and positioned it within the National Democratic Union, which comprised the Italian Liberal Party and some former Radicals.

Electoral results

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Italian Parliament

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Chamber of Deputies
Election Votes % Seats +/– Leader Government
1913 196,406 (6th) 3.9
19 / 508
Opposition (1914–1916)
Coalition (1916–1920)
1919 82,157 (9th) 1.4
6 / 508
  13
Opposition (1920)
Coalition (1920–1922)

References

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  1. ^ Massimo L. Salvadori, Enciclopedia storica, Zanichelli, Bologna 2000
  2. ^ David Busato, Il Partito Radicale in Italia da Mario Pannunzio a Marco Pannella, 1996
  3. ^ Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia, Zanichelli, Bologna 2009