charges brought against them. Some parts of the country were under effective Fascist control by election day. In consequence, the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento had a much better electoral result than in 1919, but still only received 7% of the vote and 35 seats in parliament (out of 535 total); the pro-Fascist Italian Nationalist Association won 10 seats. Although the number of Fascists in parliament was small, one of the elected Fascist deputies was Mussolini himself, and this gave him a platform to increase his public profile and to exert more influence over the regional and local Fasci leaders. It also gave him immunity from prosecution, which was important because there was a pending criminal case against him. A few months later, Mussolini decided to transform the relatively decentralised Fasci Italiani di Combattimento into a more tightly organised political party under his control. Thus, in November 1921, the Fasci was renamed and reorganised as the National Fascist Party. Electoral results Italian Parliament Notes References 1919 establishments in Italy 1921 disestablishments in Italy Anti-communist organizations Defunct nationalist parties in Italy Fascist parties Italian Fascism National syndicalism