National Bloc (Italy, 1948)

Not to be confused with National Bloc (Italy, 1921).

The National Bloc (Italian: Blocco Nazionale) was a right-wing electoral alliance formed for the 1948 Italian general election by the Italian Liberal Party and the Common Man's Front.

National Bloc Blocco Nazionale
Leader	Roberto Lucifero d'Aprigliano
Founded	1948
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Ideology	Conservatism Liberism Populism
Political position	Right-wing
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History

The alliance scored a poor 3.8% in the election for the House, gaining 16 seats,^[1] while a 5.4% was reached for the Senate where the single-man constituencies and the age-restricted suffrage gave an advantage to this list formed by old pre-fascist politicians. The list generally suffered the concurrence of Christian Democracy, which was seen by centrist and right-wing electors as the sole shield against the Soviet-aligned Popular Democratic Front.^[2]

The alliance soon disappeared, leaving only as a party with some electoral support.

Composition

It was composed of the following political parties:

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	Liberalism	Roberto Lucifero d'Aprigliano
	Common Man's Front (FUQ)	Populism	Guglielmo Giannini
	Union for National Reconstruction	Liberalism	Francesco Nitti

Election results

Chamber of Deputies
Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–
1948	1,003,727 (#4)	3.8	19 / 574	Roberto Lucifero d'Aprigliano

Senate of the Republic
Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–
1948	1,222,419 (#3)	5.4	7 / 237	Roberto Lucifero d'Aprigliano