Italian general election, 1934
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The Italian general elections of 1934 were held on March 25, 1934. Due to a parliamentary reform in 1928 by the fascist-dominated Chamber of Deputies, the election were held as a simple referendum, with the voters were given the options to say yes or no to a single party list composed by the Grand Council
of the National Fascist Party
(Gran Consiglio del Fascismo). The party list was enacted with an overwhelming majority, provoking Benito Mussolini
, dictator
of Italy
to dub the election the "second referendum of Fascism".
A total of 10,433,536 Italians were eligible to vote, with a number of 10,041,997 registered as having visited the ballots, giving an official turnout of 96,2 %. As can be seen by the image of the ballot, the voters' choice would not be secret as they cast their vote.
Grand Council
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of the National Fascist Party
National Fascist Party
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(Gran Consiglio del Fascismo). The party list was enacted with an overwhelming majority, provoking Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
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, dictator
Dictator
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of Italy
Italy
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to dub the election the "second referendum of Fascism".
A total of 10,433,536 Italians were eligible to vote, with a number of 10,041,997 registered as having visited the ballots, giving an official turnout of 96,2 %. As can be seen by the image of the ballot, the voters' choice would not be secret as they cast their vote.
Results
Answer | |
---|---|
Yes | 99.84 % |
No | 0.15 % |
Not valid | 0.01 % |