Conservative Catholics (Italy)

The Conservative Catholics (Italian: Cattolici Conservatori) was a right-wing conservative political group in Italy, active from 1861 as a kind of "Historical conservatism" (composed by strong conservatives and clericalists), but became important only in the early years of the 20th century.

Conservative Catholics Cattolici Conservatori
Leader	Various
Founded	1861
Dissolved	1919
Merged into	Italian People's Party
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Ideology	Royalism Clericalism Reactionarism
Political position	Far-right (1861–1890s) Right-wing (1890s–1919)
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It emerged in 1913 from the right-wing of the clerical Catholic Electoral Union. In the 1913 general election the party won 1.8% of the vote and 9 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[1] 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 general election.[2][3]

Electoral results

Chamber of Deputies
Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Leader
1913	89,630 (#9)	1.8	9 / 508	–	several

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1047 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Francesco Leoni, Storia dei partiti politici italiani, Guida, Naples 2001
3. Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia, Zanichelli, Bologna 2009