Italian presidential election, 1962

Italian presidential election, 1962
854 voters; 570 or 428 votes needed to win
President before election; Giovanni Gronchi ; Christian Democracy	Elected President; Antonio Segni ; Christian Democracy

Last updated April 10, 2019

The Italian presidential election of 1962 was held in Italy on 2 – 6 May 1962. Only members of Parliament are entitled to vote. As head of state of the Italian Republic, the President has a role of representation of national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Italian Constitution, in the framework of a parliamentary system.

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Candidates

Antonio Segni, the elected candidate, proposed by Aldo Moro, was always the most voted.
Umberto Terracini, former President of Constituent Assembly, was candidate by Italian Communist Party
Giuseppe Saragat, leader of PSDI and, like Terracini, former President of Constituent Assembly, was elected President in the next election.
Giovanni Gronchi, incumbent President. Was proposed to do a second mandate.

Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro was an Italian statesman and a prominent member of the Christian Democracy party. He served as 38th Prime Minister of Italy, from 1963 to 1968, and then from 1974 to 1976. He was one of Italy's longest-serving post-war Prime Ministers, holding power for a combined total of more than six years. Due to his accommodation with the Communist leader Enrico Berlinguer, known as the Historic Compromise, Moro is widely considered one of the most prominent fathers of the Italian centre-left and one of the greatest and most popular leaders in the history of the Italian Republic. Moro was considered an intellectual and a patient mediator, especially in the internal life of his party. He was kidnapped on 16 March 1978 by the Red Brigades and killed after 55 days of captivity.

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The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.

Ballots

Candidate	1° Round	2° Round	3° Round	4° Round	5° Round	6° Round	7° Round	8° Round	9° Round
Antonio Segni	333	340	341	354	396	399	389	424	443
Umberto Terracini	200	196	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Sandro Pertini	120	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Augusto De Marsanich	46	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Giuseppe Saragat	42	92	299	321	321	314	332	337	334
Giovanni Gronchi	20	32	44	45	43	43	29	20	--
Attilio Piccioni	12	41	51	40	28	17	--	--	--
Paolo Rossi	10	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Achille Lauro	--	38	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Cesare Merzagora	--	12	13	11	14	18	12	--	--
Calogero Volpe	--	--	37	--	--	--	--	--	--
Orazio Condorelli	--	--	--	38	--	--	--	--	--
Other candidates	8	15	11	8	3	4	15	17	13
Blank papers	43	65	46	26	35	46	58	45	51
Invalid papers	--	--	--	--	1	--	5	--	1
Voting	834	831	842	843	841	841	840	843	842
Present	834	831	842	843	841	842	840	843	842
Source: Parliament of Italy

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