Peasants' Party of Italy

The Peasants' Party of Italy (Italian: Partito dei Contadini d'Italia) was a small Italian political party founded in 1920 by Urbano Prunotto and Giacomo Scotti[1].

Peasants' Party of Italy

Partito dei Contadini d'Italia
LeaderAlessandro Scotti,
Giacomo Boeris,
Giovanni Cerruti
Founded1920
Dissolved1963
Merged intoItalian Republican Party
NewspaperLa Voce del Contadino
IdeologyAgrarianism (official)
Political positionCentre

History

Starting from left-wing agrarian and Christian leftist ideas, the party moved to an independent ideological position, with the sole goal to defend the small farmers against the great landowners. Its symbol was an ear between some grapes, and its newspaper was called La Voce del Contadino ('The Peasant's Voice'). The party, born 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 fascism. After the war, it was re-built by Alessandro Scotti,[2] who was elected deputy in 1946 and 1948. However, the Christian Democracy had strongly taken the representation of the agrarian interests,[3] and the party was consequently marginalized. It survived only on local plan for many years, before being finally disbanded in 1963, merging with the PRI.

Electoral results

Italian parliament
Chamber of Deputies
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
1924 73,569 (11th) 1.03
4 / 535
–
Urbano Prunotto
Giacomo Scotti
1929 banned
–
0 / 400
4
–
1934 banned
–
0 / 400
–
–
1946 102,393 (10th) 0.44
1 / 556
1
Alessandro Scotti
1948 95,914 (9th) 0.37
1 / 574
–
Alessandro Scotti
1953 into PNM
–
1 / 590
–
Alessandro Scotti
1958 into MC
–
0 / 596
1
Giacomo Boeris
Senate of the Republic
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
1948 65,986 (10th) 0.29
0 / 237
–
Alessandro Scotti
1953 into PNM
–
0 / 237
–
Alessandro Scotti
1958 into MC
–
0 / 246
–
Giacomo Boeris

References
  1. Una storia delle lotte rurali nelle campagne piemontesi: il Partito dei Contadini
  2. Chiesa e mondo operaio: Torino 1943-1948
  3. PRUNOTTO Urbano Benigno
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