Italian General Election of 1921

The 1921 Italian General Election was held in the Kingdom of Italy on 16th February 1921. This was the first election in which the recently acquired regions of Trentino-Alto Adige, Venezia Giulia, Zara and Lagosta island elected deputies, many of whom from Germanic and South Slav ethnicity. The elections were called on the order of King Carlo Emmanuel V of Italy, as a result of his displeasure with the Liberal government under Prime Minister Aurelio Sabbatini. The election resulted in the victory of the Italian Reformists Socialist Party of Vittorio Bruno, who became Prime Minister of Italy the same day. No party achieved a majority in the election, which led to the creation of the Coalition of Italian Workers, between the Italian Reformists Socialist Party and the Italian Workers' Revolutionary Party.

The election proved to be one of the most divisive in Italian history. The left-wing easily won a victory in the Chamber of Deputies, which began to show the shift in political affiliation toward the left and the rise of the lower classes in political issues. The massive defeat for the Liberal Union led to the resignation and retirement of Aurelio Sabbatini. He would be replaced as the leader of the Liberal Union by Giuseppe Mastel. The Chamber of Deputies reconvened the day of the election, now under the Coalition of Italian Workers as the ruling two parties. Alessandro Ricci would abandon his party affiliation and be reelected as President of the Chamber of Deputies once again.