Liberals, Democrats and Radicals

{{Infobox political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Liberals–Democrats–Radicals}}

| name = Liberals, Democrats and Radicals

| native_name = Liberali, democratici e radicali

| logo =

| leader1_title = Leader

| leader1_name = Vittorio Emanuele Orlando

| foundation = {{start date|1919}}

| dissolution = {{end date|1921}}

| split = Liberals
Italian Radical Party

| successor = Democratic Liberal Party

| headquarters =

| ideology = Liberalism
Radicalism

| position = Centre

| national =

| international =

| country = Italy

}}

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

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.Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia, Zanichelli, Bologna 2009

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \| Election ! rowspan="2" \| Leader ! colspan="5" \| Chamber of Deputies
Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
1919 \| {{center\|Vittorio Emanuele Orlando}} \| 904,195 \| 15.9 \| {{Composition bar\|96\|508\|hex={{party color\|Liberals–Democrats–Radicals}}}} \| {{increase}} 96 \| {{increase}} 3rd

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" | Election

! rowspan="2" | Leader

! colspan="5" | Chamber of Deputies

Votes

Seats

+/–

Position

1919

| {{center|Vittorio Emanuele Orlando}}

| 904,195

| 15.9