Calabrian regional election, 1980

Last updated March 17, 2019

The Calabrian regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.

Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, while the Italian Socialist Party made important gains. After the election Bruno Dominijanni, a Socialist, formed a centre-left government comprising Christian Democracy, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and the Italian Republican Party.

Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic political party in Italy.

The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy. Founded in Genoa in 1892, the PSI dominated the Italian left until after World War II, when it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party. The Socialists came to special prominence in the 1980s, when their leader Bettino Craxi, who had severed the residual ties with the Soviet Union and re-branded the party as liberal-socialist, served as Prime Minister (1983–1987). The PSI was disbanded in 1994 as a result of the Tangentopoli scandals. Prior to World War I, future dictator Benito Mussolini was a member of the PSI.

Italian Democratic Socialist Party political party

The Italian Democratic Socialist Party was a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian Democracy. The party's founder and longstanding leader was Giuseppe Saragat, who served as President of the Italian Republic from 1964 to 1971.

Results

Parties	votes	votes (%)	seats
Christian Democracy	450,836	41.2	18
Italian Communist Party	263,869	24.2	10
Italian Socialist Party	181,114	16.6	7
Italian Social Movement	77,542	7.1	2
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	63,312	5.8	2
Italian Republican Party	22,977	2.1	1
Proletarian Unity Party	13,006	1.2	-
Proletarian Democracy	12,254	1.1	-
Italian Liberal Party	8,346	0.8	-
Total	1,093,256	100.0	40

Source: Ministry of the Interior

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