1951 Sicilian regional election

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The 1951 Sicilian regional election took place on 3 June 1951 to select the Second Sicilian Parliament.

Christian Democracy resulted narrowly ahead of the alliance between the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Socialist Party. After the election Franco Restivo, the incumbent Christian Democratic President, formed a government that included the Monarchist National Party and the Autonomist Independentist Liberal Sicilian Union, a spin-off of declined Sicilian independentists. [1]

Results

Electoral system: proportional representation

Sicilian Parliament 1951.svg
PartiesVotes %Seats
Christian Democracy 666,26831.231
People's Bloc (incl. PCI, PSI)644,78430.231
Italian Social Movement 273,77212.812
Monarchist National Party 177,5338.36
Sicilian Democratic Union 82,5913.92
Autonomist Independentist Liberal Sicilian Union48,8772.31
Italian Workers' Socialist Party 43,8332.12
Italian Republican Party 35,5461.7
Democratic Union 27,8611.31
Socialist Unity 19,4420.91
Italian Sicily Group18,4270.91
Liberal Monarchical Bloc18,2220.91
Autonomist and Independentist Rally17,9430.91
Others88,1974.0
Total2,135,435100.090

Sources: Istituto Cattaneo and Sicilian Regional Assembly

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References

  1. "Governi precedenti | ARS".