Benito Mussolini projected two measures designed to give the Fascisti a majority in the Italian Parliament.
Proportional representation was introduced by Nitti four years ago. Under that system a political party is entitled to as great a percentage of seats in the Chamber of Deputies as its numbers bear to the electorate; a party that gets 40% of the votes gets 40% of the seats, etc.. Italy has many political parties and under this system the Catholic Party held the balance of power while the Fascisti and Nationalists combined only held 50 seats out of 430.
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