Liberals, Democrats and Radicals

The Agreed Lists of Liberals, Democrats and Radicals (Italian: Liste concordate di liberali, democratici e radicali) were a liberal and radical political alliance in Italy in the first decades of the 20th century.

Liberals, Democrats and Radicals Liberali, democratici e radicali
Leader	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Founded	1919 (1919)
Dissolved	1921 (1921)
Split from	Liberals Italian Radical Party
Succeeded by	Democratic Liberal Party
Ideology	Liberalism Radicalism
Political position	Centre
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History

It was formed for the 1919 Italian general election, arriving third after the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian People's Party, with 15.9% and 96 seats, doing particularly well in Piedmont and Southern Italy, especially in Sicily, the home-region of party's leader and former Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.^[1]

Ideology

The Liberals, Democrats, and Radicals were the expression of the liberalism and radicalism in Italy and the upper-middle class, such as cities' bourgeoisie, business owners, and artisans. In the alliance, there were also a main group of the Italian Radical Party. The alliance supported a right to vote and the public school for all children.

Electoral results

Election	Leader	Chamber of Deputies
		Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
1919	Vittorio Emanuele Orlando	904,195	15.9	96 / 508	96	3rd