The National Bloc () was a

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of political parties in Italy formed for the 1921 general election.

History

The National Bloc incorporated the electoral list of the Liberal former Prime Minister

Giovanni Giolitti Giovanni Giolitti (; 27 October 1842 – 17 July 1928) was an Italian statesman. He was the prime minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921. He is the longest-serving democratically elected prime minister in Italian history, and the sec ...

, the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento led by

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, the

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led by

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, and other right-wing forces. The list obtained 19.1% of votes and a total of 105 MPs, including 35 fascists (including Mussolini) and 20 MPs for the Italian Nationalist Association. Almost all of the MPs supported the Mussolini government, which took office 31 October 1922, after the

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. In 1924, the National Bloc was succeeded by Mussolini’s National List.

Composition

Electoral results

References

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