MUSSOLINI ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT
In the Italian General Election on 15 May 1921, in which Benito Mussolini was elected for the first time to Parliament, the National Bloc, including the fascists' 35 seats, won 105 seats but not a majority in a chamber of 535 seats.
The Italian general election on 15.5.1921 produced a fragmented parliament. Giovanni Giolitti’s centrist bloc remained influential. Socialists lost seats, but remained the single largest left. The newly organized Fascists made a small (35 seats) but politically consequential showing. The Italian People's Party (Catholic popularists) increased its presence. Giolitti formed a coalition relying on diverse centrist and right‑leaning groups. Fascists' role in coalitions and control of street violence helped them convert a small parliamentary presence into growing political power with a rapid rise in 1921–22. The Communists (split from the Socialists) held a small number of Deputies (15).
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