Monarchist National Party

The Monarchist National Party (Italian: Partito Nazionale Monarchico, PNM) was a political party in Italy founded in 1946. It was a right-wing competitor to Christian Democracy and was especially strong in Southern Italy.^[2]

Monarchist National Party Partito Nazionale Monarchico
Abbreviation	PNM
Secretary	Alfredo Covelli
Founded	13 June 1946 (1946-06-13)
Dissolved	11 April 1959; 66 years ago (1959-04-11)
Preceded by	Italian Democratic Party
Merged into	Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Ideology	Conservatism[1] Monarchism[1]
Political position	Right-wing
Colours	Savoy blue
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History

The party's best electoral result was in the 1953 general election, when the party scored 6.9% and came fourth after Christian Democracy, the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Socialist Party.^[3]

In 1954 the party suffered a major split led by Achille Lauro, mayor of Naples from 1952 to 1957, who formed the People's Monarchist Party (PMP), which was closer to Christian Democracy.^[2][4] In the 1958 general election, the PNM won 2.2% of the vote, while the rival PMP 2.6%.^[5]

In 1959 the two monarchist parties joined the Italian Democratic Party (PDIUM).^[2][4]

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Leader
1948	729,078 (5th)	2.78	14 / 630	2[6]	Alfredo Covelli
1953	1,854,850 (4th)	6.85	40 / 630	26	Alfredo Covelli
1958	659,997 (8th)	2.23	11 / 630	29	Alfredo Covelli

Senate of the Republic
Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Leader
1948	393,510 (5th)	1.74	3 / 315	–	Alfredo Covelli
1953	1,581,128 (4th)	6.51	14 / 315	11	Alfredo Covelli
1958	565,045 (8th)	2.16	2 / 315	12	Alfredo Covelli