1980 Piedmontese regional election
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The Piedmontese regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.
Largest party by municipality
Events[]
Christian Democracy resulted narrowly ahead of the Italian Communist Party. After the election, the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Socialist Party decided to continue their political cooperation and formed a coalition government with the PSDI under the leadership of Socialist .
However in 1983 the Socialists switched sides and , a Socialist who had been President of the Region from 1975 to 1980, formed a new regional government with the Christian Democrats, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, the Italian Liberal Party and the Italian Republican Party (Pentapartito).
Results[]
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| Party | votes | votes (%) | seats | |
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| Italian Communist Party | 932,888 | 31.7 | 20 | |
| Italian Socialist Party | 417,763 | 14.2 | 9 | |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 176,412 | 6.0 | 3 | |
| Italian Liberal Party | 174,728 | 5.9 | 3 | |
| Italian Social Movement | 117,724 | 4.0 | 2 | |
| Italian Republican Party | 98,155 | 3.3 | 2 | |
| Proletarian Unity Party | 29,656 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Proletarian Democracy | 24,998 | 0.9 | - | |
| Piedmontese Union – List for Trieste | 15,627 | 0.5 | - | |
| Revolutionary Communist League | 2,388 | 0.1 | - | |
| Revolutionary Socialist League | 1,143 | 0.0 | - | |
| Total | 2,947,838 | 100.0 | 60 | |
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Categories:
- Elections in Piedmont
- 1980 elections in Italy