1953 Italian general election

1953 Italian general election
7 June 1953
All 590 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
296 seats needed for a majority
All 237 elective seats in the Senate
122 seats needed for a majority
Registered30,272,236 (C) · 27,172,871 (S)
Turnout28,406,479 (C) · 93.8% (1.6 pp)
25,483,201 (S) · 93.8% (1.6 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Alcide De Gasperi Palmiro Togliatti Pietro Nenni
Party DC PCI PSI
Leader since 29 December 1944 15 May 1943 16 May 1949
Leader's seat Trento (C) Rome (C) Rome (C)
Seats won 263 (C) / 112 (S) 143 (C) / 52 (S) 75 (C) / 26 (S)
Seat change 57 (C) / 19 (S) 19 (C) / 20 (S) 30 (C) / 12 (S)
Popular vote 10,862,073 (C)
9,660,210 (S)		 6,120,809 (C)
4,910,077 (S)		 3,441,014 (C)
2,891,605 (S)
Percentage 40.1% (C)
39.8% (S)		 22.6% (C)
20.2% (S)		 12.7% (C)
11.9% (S)
Swing 8.4 pp (C)
8.3 pp (S)		 — —
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Alfredo Covelli Augusto De Marsanich Giuseppe Saragat
Party PNM MSI PSDI
Leader since 11 June 1946 10 January 1950 7 October 1952
Leader's seat Benevento (C) L'Aquila (C) Turin (C)
Seats won 40 (C) / 14 (S) 29 (C) / 9 (S) 19 (C) / 4 (S)
Seat change 26 (C) / 10 (S) 23 (C) / 8 (S) 14 (C) / 4 (S)
Popular vote 1,854,850 (C)
1,581,128 (S)		 1,582,154 (C)
1,473,645 (S)		 1,222,957 (C)
1,046,301 (S)
Percentage 6.9% (C)
6.5% (S)		 5.8% (C)
6.1% (S)		 4.5% (C)
4.3% (S)
Swing 4.1 pp (C)
4.8 pp (S)		 3.8 pp (C)
5.4 pp (S)		 2.6 pp (C)
0.1 pp (S)
Prime Minister before election

Alcide De Gasperi
DC

 Prime Minister after the election

Alcide De Gasperi
DC

The 1953 Italian general election was held in Italy on Sunday 7 June 1953.

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