Italian general election, 1886

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23–30 May 1886

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All 508 seats to the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Agostino Depretis	Antonio Starabba di Rudinì	Felice Cavallotti
Party	Historical Left	Historical Right	Historical Far Left
Seats won	292	142	45
Seat change	3	2	1
Percentage	57.5%	27.9%	8.8%
Swing	0.7%	1.0%	0.2%

Prime Minister before election

Agostino Depretis
Historical Left

Elected Prime Minister

Agostino Depretis
Historical Left

General elections were held in Italy on 23 May 1886, with a second round of voting on 30 May. The "ministerial" left-wing bloc emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 292 of the 508 seats. As in 1882, the election was held using small multi-member constituencies with between two and five seats.

The Historical Left was led by the Prime Minister of Italy, Agostino Depretis, a prominent member of the Italian politics for decades. Depretis had been head of the government since 1881 and also from 1876 to 1879.

The leader of the Historical Right was Antonio Starabba di Rudinì, a conservative marchese from Sicily.

The Historical Far-Left was led by Felice Cavallotti, a famous Italian poet.

The Left emerged as the largest in Italian Parliament, winning 292 of the 508 seats, before the Right, which gained 145 seats. As in 1882, the election was held using small multi-member constituencies with between two and five seats.

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