Essay:ElectoralData\PCInt43

This is part of a series that aggregates raw data relating to the participation of communist parties in bourgeois elections.

Party: Internationalist Communist Party (PCInt), founded 1943.

Preface

Despite being known for electoral abstentionism and even being criticized for it by Lenin, the Left-communists in Italy never abstained out of pure principle, but also because of a series of tactical choices. In 1946, the newly formed Internationalist Communist Party decided to participate in the elections for the Italian Constituent Assembly. It also would participate in the elections for the Chamber of Deputies during 1948.

Before the implosion of the PCInt that would create the numerous Left-communist parties and groups that exist today, the party was sizeable, with sections in 73 towns and cities, along with thousands of members. The party launched into the elections as a way to engage numerous skilled public speakers. The PCInt's symbol for the electoral list would be the origin of the Left-communist version of the hammer and sickle.

Electoral Data

Italian 1946 Constituent Assembly Elections

Votes	% Vote	Seats
24,420	0,11%	(0/556)

Italian 1948 Chamber of Deputies Election

Leading Candidate	Votes	% Vote	Seats
Onorato Damen Onorato Damen (PCInt)	20,736	0,08	0/574