Monarchist National Party Partito Nazionale Monarchico
Abbreviation	PNM
Secretary	Alfredo Covelli
Founded	June 13, 1946 (1946-06-13)
Dissolved	April 11, 1959; 64 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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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]

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

Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Leader
Chamber of Deputies
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

Election year	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Leader
Senate of the Republic
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

References

^ ^a ^b G., M. (August 1953). "The Italian General Election and Its Consequences". The World Today. 9 (8): 331–343. JSTOR 40392653.
^ ^a ^b ^c Massimo L. Salvadori, Enciclopedia storica, Zanichelli, Bologna 2000, pp. 1199–1200
^ "Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali".
^ ^a ^b Michel Mourre, Dizionario enciclopedico di storia, Mondadori, Milano 1988
^ "Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali".
^ Comparing with the National Bloc of Freedom

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