Alscian general election, 1916

Alscian general election, 1916

20 May 1916
70 seats in the Legislative Council 35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	94,9%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Donatella Rossetti Beatrice Albini Alessandro Martella Party FPP PdL PCA Last election 65 seats 65,6% FPV 3 seats 14,2% FPV 0 seats 5,5% FPV Seats won 64 4 1 Seat change 1 1 1 FP vote 404.938 99.230 30.817 Percentage 65,7% 16,1% 5,0% Swing 0,1% 1,9% 0,5%
Map of comuni by final preference votes
Governor before election Donatella Rossetti FPP Governor after election Donatella Rossetti FPP

Elections to the Legislative Council were held in Alscia on 20 May 1916. The Donatella Rossetti government was re-elected, winning one less seat than 1912.

The outbreak of the Divide War before two months before polling influenced the result slightly, making it something of an Alscian khaki election. The Donatella Rossetti government refused to assist the Cacertian Empire during the war, reserving the Border Guard solely for the Border War. Donatella called on voters to return the government with a majority, as a rebuke to pressure from Vichenza.

The PCA's leader Alessandro Martella regained the seat he'd lost 4 years before, aided by some unexpected vote transfers from SP and SDP voters. He benefited from taking a strong anti-war line, criticising the Divide War as an "imperialist folly".

This was the first election where the FPP failed to win all comuni — Castelrosso and Villanova gave a majority to the PdL in the final count.

Results

Party			FPV	%	±	Seats	±
	Progressive Popular Front (Fronte Popolare Progressista)		404.938	65,7%	0,1%	64	1
		Socialist Party (Partito Socialista)	44.378	7,2%	1,1%	6
		Social Democratic Party (Partito Social-Democratico)	51.159	8,3%	0,5%	7	1
		National Unity Party (Partito dell'Unità Nazionale)	123.270	20,0%	0,2%	19	1
		National Liberal Party (Partito Nazionale-Liberale)	97.381	15,8%	0,7%	17	1
		People's Radical Reformist Alliance (Alleanza Popolare Radicali i Reformisti)	88.752	14,4%	0,6%	15
	Party of Freedom (Partito della Libertà)		99.230	16,1%	1,9%	4	1
	Communist Party of Alscia (Partito Comunista di Alscia)		30.817	5,0%	0,5%	1	1
	Independents (Indipendenti)		61.633	10,0%	1,8%	1	1
Other parties			19.723	3,2%	0,3%	0
Total			616.334	100%	—	70	—
Registered voters and turnout			649.456	94,9%