Country: | Kingdom of Italy |
Type: | legislative |
Previous Election: | 1882 Italian general election |
Previous Year: | 1882 |
Next Election: | 1890 Italian general election |
Next Year: | 1890 |
Seats For Election: | All 508 seats in the Chamber of Deputies255 seats needed for a majority |
Election Date: | 23 May 1886 (first round) 30 May 1886 (second round) |
Image1: | Agostino Depretis.jpg |
Leader1: | Agostino Depretis |
Party1: | Historical Left |
Seats1: | 292 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Leader2: | Silvio Spaventa |
Party2: | Historical Right |
Seats2: | 145 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Image3: | Felice Cavallotti.jpg |
Leader3: | Felice Cavallotti |
Party3: | Historical Far Left |
Seats3: | 45 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Image4: | Giuseppe Zanardelli iii without oval frame.jpg |
Leader4: | Giuseppe Zanardelli |
Party4: | Dissident Left |
Seats4: | 26 |
Seat Change4: | 7 |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Elected Prime Minister |
Before Election: | Agostino Depretis |
After Election: | Agostino Depretis |
Before Party: | Historical Left |
After Party: | Historical Left |
General elections were held in Italy on 23 May 1886, with a second round of voting on 30 May.[1] The "ministerial" left-wing bloc emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 292 of the 508 seats.[2] As in 1882, the elections were held using small multi-member constituencies of between two and five seats.[3]
As in 1882, the election was held using small multi-member constituencies with between two and five seats.[3]
The Historical Left was led by the Prime Minister of Italy, Agostino Depretis, a prominent member of the Italian politics for decades. Depretis had been head of the government since 1881 and also from 1876 to 1879.
The leader of the Historical Right was Antonio Starabba di Rudinì, a conservative marchese from Sicily.
The Historical Far-Left was led by Felice Cavallotti, a famous Italian poet.
The Left emerged as the largest in Italian Parliament, winning 292 of the 508 seats, before the Right, which gained 145 seats.[4]
Party | Ideology | Leader | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
bgcolor= | Historical Left | Liberalism | Agostino Depretis | ||
bgcolor= | Historical Right | Conservatism | Silvio Spaventa | ||
bgcolor= | Historical Far Left | Radicalism | Felice Cavallotti | ||
bgcolor= | Dissident Left | Progressivism | Giuseppe Zanardelli |