Peasants' Party of Italy

The Peasants' Party of Italy () was a small political party in Italy founded in 1920 by Urbano Prunotto and Giacomo Scotti.Una storia delle lotte rurali nelle campagne piemontesi: il Partito dei Contadini

History Starting from left-wing agrarian and Christian leftist ideas, the party moved onto an independent ideological position, with the sole goal to defend the small farmers against major landowners. Its symbol was several ears of corn between two bunches of grapes, and its newspaper was called La Voce del Contadino ('The Peasant's Voice'). The party, founded in Piedmont, was never able to rise on a national plan, being limited to the Po Valley.

The party participated in the 1924 general election, where it elected 4 deputies, before being forcibly disbanded by the National Fascist Party government. After the war, the party was re-built by Alessandro Scotti, Chiesa e mondo operaio: Torino 1943-1948 who was elected the party's sole deputy in 1946 general election, and 1948 general elections. However, the Christian Democracy had strongly taken the representation of the agrarian interests,PRUNOTTO Urbano Benigno and the party was consequently marginalised. It survived on the local level, but eventually disbanded and in 1963 merged with the Italian Republican Party.

Election results Chamber of Deputies ElectionVotes% Seats+/−Leader 1924 73,569 (11th) 1.03 – Urbano PrunottoGiacomo Scotti 1929 banned– 4– 1934 banned– –– 1946 102,393 (10th) 0.44 1 Alessandro Scotti 1948 95,914 (9th) 0.37 – Alessandro Scotti 1953 into PNM– – Alessandro Scotti 1958 into MC– 1 Giacomo Boeris

Senate ElectionVotes% Seats+/−Leader 1948 65,986 (10th) 0.29 – Alessandro Scotti 1953 into PNM– – Alessandro Scotti 1958 into MC– – Giacomo Boeris

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