1983 Italian general election

1983 Italian general election

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outgoing members elected members
Chamber of Deputies
All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 316 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.01% ( 2.61pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– DC Ciriaco De Mita 32.93 225 −37 PCI Enrico Berlinguer 29.89 198 −3 PSI Bettino Craxi 11.44 73 +11 MSI Giorgio Almirante 6.81 42 +12 PRI Giovanni Spadolini 5.08 29 +13 PSDI Pietro Longo 4.09 23 +3 PLI Valerio Zanone 2.89 16 +7 PR Marco Pannella 2.19 11 −7 DP Mario Capanna 1.47 7 +7 SVP Silvius Magnago 0.50 3 −1 Liga Veneta Achille Tramarin 0.34 1 New PSd'Az Carlo Sanna 0.25 1 +1 Aosta Valley Several leaders 0.08 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate of the Republic
All 315 seats in the Senate of the Republic 162[a] seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.83% ( 1.86pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– DC Ciriaco De Mita 32.41 120 −18 PCI Enrico Berlinguer 30.81 107 −2 PSI Bettino Craxi 11.39 38 +6 MSI Giorgio Almirante 7.35 18 +5 PRI Giovanni Spadolini 4.67 11 +5 PSDI Pietro Longo 3.81 8 −1 PLI Valerio Zanone 2.69 6 +4 PR Marco Pannella 1.76 1 −1 SVP Silvius Magnago 0.51 3 0 Liga Veneta Achille Tramarin 0.29 1 New PSd'Az Carlo Sanna 0.25 1 +1 Aosta Valley Several leaders 0.11 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results of the election in the Chamber and Senate. Seat distribution for the Chamber of Deputies (left) and Senate (right). Prime Minister before Prime Minister after the election Amintore Fanfani DC 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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