1983 Italian general election

1983 Italian general election

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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[a]
Registered	44,526,357 (C) · 37,603,817 (S)
Turnout	39,188,182 (C) · 88.0% (2.6 pp) 33,402,139 (S) · 88.8% (1.9 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Ciriaco De Mita Enrico Berlinguer Bettino Craxi Party DC PCI PSI Leader since 5 May 1982 17 March 1972 15 July 1976 Leader's seat Benevento (C) Rome (C) Milan (C) Seats won 225 (C) / 120 (S) 198 (C) / 107 (S) 73 (C) / 38 (S) Seat change 37 (C) / 18 (S) 3 (C) / 2 (S) 11 (C) / 6 (S) Popular vote 12,153,081 (C) 10,077,204 (S) 11,032,318 (C) 9,577,071 (S) 4,223,362 (C) 3,539,593 (S) Percentage 32.9% (C) 32.4% (S) 29.9% (C) 30.8% (S) 11.4% (C) 11.4% (S) Swing 5.4 pp (C) 5.9 pp (S) 0.5 pp (C) 0.7 pp (S) 1.5 pp (C) 1.0 pp (S)   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Giorgio Almirante Giovanni Spadolini Pietro Longo Party MSI PRI PSDI Leader since 29 June 1969[b] 23 September 1979 20 October 1978 Leader's seat Rome (C) Milan (S) Rome (C) Seats won 42 (C) / 18 (S) 29 (C) / 10 (S) 23 (C) / 8 (S) Seat change 12 (C) / 5 (S) 13 (C) / 4 (S) 3 (C) / 1 (S) Popular vote 2,511,487 (C) 2,283,524 (S) 1,874,512 (C) 1,452,279 (S) 1,508,234 (C) 1,184,936 (S) Percentage 6.8% (C) 7.4% (S) 5.1% (C) 4.7% (S) 4.1% (C) 3.8% (S) Swing 1.6 pp (C) 1.7 pp (S) 2.1 pp (C) 1.3 pp (S) 0.3 pp (C) 0.4 pp (S)
Results of the election in the Chamber and Senate. Seat distribution for the Chamber of Deputies (left) and Senate (right).
Prime Minister before election Amintore Fanfani DC Prime Minister after the election Bettino Craxi PSI

The 1983 Italian general election was held in Italy on 26 June 1983.^[1] The Pentapartito formula, the governative alliance between five centrist parties, caused unexpected problems to Christian Democracy. The alliance was fixed and universal, extended both to the national government and to the local administrations. Considering that the election result did no longer depend on the strength of the DC, but the strength of the entire Pentapartito, centrist electors began to look at the Christian Democratic vote as not necessary to prevent a Communist success. Moreover, voting for one of the four minor parties of the alliance was seen as a form of moderate protest against the government without giving advantages to the PCI. Other minor effects of this election were a reduction of the referendarian Radical Party and the appearance of some regional forces.

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