Legislative Election in Italy (1865)

The general parliamentary elections of 1865 were held on October 22 (first round) and October 29 (second round) in 1865 . ^[1] 443 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy were elected. The ruling liberal-conservative Pravaya party , led by the chairman of the Council of Ministers, General Alfonso Ferrero Lamarmora, spoke at them less successfully, gaining about 41% of the 443 seats in the house. ^[2] Nevertheless, the right, representing to a large extent the aristocracy of Northern Italy and holding moderate-conservative views, ^[3] thanks to the support of the moderate wing of the "Left" and part of the independents, managed to secure a parliamentary majority for their cabinet.

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Legislative Election in Italy (1865)
Elections to the Chamber of Deputies
October 22 and 29, 1865
Voter turnout	54.84%
Candidate	Alfonso Ferrero Lamarmora	Urbano Rattazzi
The consignment	"Right"	Left
Seats received	183	156
Votes	95,400 (34.5%)	76,873 (27.8%)
Change in the percentage of votes	▼ 11.6%	▲ 7.4%
Election result	Despite the decline in popularity, the ruling "Right" was able to win the election

276,523 people out of 504,263 who had the right to vote took part in the elections, so the turnout was 54.84%. ^[4] The turnout could have been higher if not for the opposition from the Catholic Church , whose head , Pius IX , unhappy with the accession to the Italian kingdom of most of the Papal States , demanded that Catholics not take part in the election of a new state. ^[5]