The Democratic Party (''Partito Democratico'', PD) was a

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. It emerged in 1913 from the left-wing of the dominant Liberal Union, of which it continued to be a government coalition partner until 1919. In the 1913 general election the party won 2.8% of the vote and 11 seats in the

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. In 1919 the PD was merged with other liberal parties and groupings in the

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party, that gained 10.9% and 60 seats in the 1919 general election, while other Democrats joined Liberal–

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joint lists.Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, ''Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia'', Zanichelli,

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2009

Electoral results

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