1981 Sicilian regional election

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The 1981 Sicilian regional election took place on 21 June 1981.

Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, largely ahead of the Italian Communist Party. During the legislature the Christian Democrats governed the Region in coalition with the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Republican Party, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and the Italian Liberal Party (Pentapartito). [1]

Results

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Partiesvotesvotes (%)seats
Christian Democracy 1,109,00441.438
Italian Communist Party 552,39920.720
Italian Socialist Party 383,90214.314
Italian Social Movement 228,1668.56
Italian Republican Party 117,3914.45
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 80,1023.02
PRIPSDIPLI [2] 77,1542.91
Italian Liberal Party 61,0642.33+1
Proletarian Democracy 25,7031.0-
Others45,0431.6-
Total2,676,493100.090

Sources: Istituto Cattaneo and Sicilian Regional Assembly

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References

  1. "Governi precedenti | ARS".
  2. In one provincial constituency the Italian Republican Party, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and the Italian Liberal Party formed a joint list, in one other the latter did the same. In both cases they were able to elect a regional deputy.