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The 1980 Piedmontese regional election took place on 8 June 1980.
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The 1980 Piedmontese regional election took place on 8 June 1980.
In terms of popular vites, Christian Democracy resulted narrowly ahead of the Italian Communist Party but both had the same number of seats in the Regional Council of Piedmont. After the election, the Communists and the Italian Socialist Party decided to continue their political cooperation and formed a coalition government with the Italian Democratic Socialist Party under the leadership of a Socialist, Enzo Enrietti. In 1983, the Socialists switched sides and Aldo Viglione, a Socialist who had been president of Piedmont from 1975 to 1980, formed the Pentapartito as the new regional government, along with the Christian Democrats, the Democratic Socialists, the Italian Liberal Party, and the Italian Republican Party.
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| Party | votes | votes (%) | seats | |
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| Christian Democracy | 956,356 | 32.4 | 20 | |
| 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
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