1976 Italian general election

1976 Italian general election
20 June 1976
All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
316 seats needed for a majority
All 315 elective seats in the Senate
162 seats needed for a majority
Registered40,426,658 (C) · 34,928,214 (S)
Turnout37,755,090 (C) · 93.4% (0.2 pp)
32,621,581 (S) · 93.4% (0.1 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Benigno Zaccagnini Enrico Berlinguer Francesco De Martino
Party DC PCI PSI
Leader since 21 July 1975 17 March 1972 13 March 1971
Leader's seat Bologna (C) Rome (C) Naples (C)
Seats won 263 (C) / 135 (S) 227 (C) / 116 (S) 57 (C) / 29 (S)
Seat change 3 (C) / 0 (S) 48 (C) / 22 (S) 8 (C) / 4 (S)
Popular vote 14,218,298 (C)
12,227,353 (S)		 12,622,728 (C)
10,637,772 (S)		 3,542,998 (C)
3,208,164 (S)
Percentage 38.7% (C)
38.8% (S)		 34.4% (C)
33.8% (S)		 9.6% (C)
10.2% (S)
Swing 0.0 pp (C)
0.7 pp (S)		 7.3 pp (C)
7.2 pp (S)		 0.4 pp (C)
0.5 pp (S)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Giorgio Almirante Pier Luigi Romita Oddo Biasini
Party MSI PSDI PRI
Leader since 29 June 1969 10 October 1976 2 March 1975
Leader's seat Rome (C) Turin (C) Bologna (C)
Seats won 35 (C) / 15 (S) 15 (C) / 6 (S) 14 (C) / 6 (S)
Seat change 21 (C) / 11 (S) 14 (C) / 5 (S) 1 (C) / 1 (S)
Popular vote 2,238,339 (C)
2,086,430 (S)		 1,239,492 (C)
974,940 (S)		 1,135,546 (C)
846,415 (S)
Percentage 6.1% (C)
6.6% (S)		 3.4% (C)
3.1% (S)		 3.1% (C)
2.7% (S)
Swing 2.6 pp (C)
2.6 pp (S)		 0.5 pp (C)
2.3 pp (S)		 0.2 pp (C)
0.4 pp (S)
Results of the election in the Chamber and Senate.
Prime Minister before election

Aldo Moro
DC

 Prime Minister after the election

Giulio Andreotti
DC

The 1976 Italian general election was held in Italy on 20 June 1976. It was the first election after the voting age was lowered to 18.

Christian Democracy (DC) won roughly the same number of votes as it had four years ago. The Italian Communist Party performed well, winning seven percent more votes than the previous election, while minor parties lost votes to the Christian Democrats due to fears of communism. The historic Italian Liberal Party was nearly annihilated. Two new parties made their debut in this election: the liberal Radical Party, which had led a successful referendum on divorce, and the far-left Trotskyist Proletarian Democracy.

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