Italian regional elections, 1970

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Italian regional elections, 1970
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7 June 1970 1975  

Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria


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The Italian regional elections of 1970 were held on June 7 . Even if the regional system was conceived by the Italian Constitution in 1948, the five autonomous regions were the sole to be immediately established. The fifteen ordinary regions were indeed created in 1970 with the first elections.

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Electoral system

The pure party-list proportional representation had traditionally become the electoral system of Italy, and it was adopted for the regional vote too. Each Italian province corresponded to a constituency electing a group of candidates. At constituency level, seats were divided between open lists using the largest remainder method with Droop quota. Remaining votes and seats were transferred at regional level, where they were divided using the Hare quota, and automatically distributed to best losers into the local lists.

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Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. This as opposed to closed list, which allows only active members, party officials, or consultants to determine the order of its candidates and gives the general voter no influence at all on the position of the candidates placed on the party list. Additionally, an open list system allows voters to select individuals rather than parties. Different systems give voter different amounts of influence. Voter's choice is usually called preference vote.

Results

Summary of the results of all the lists reaching at least a tenth of the suffrages.

Piedmont
Christian Democracy 1,029,883 36.7%20  
Italian Communist Party 727,61925.9%13
Italian Socialist Party 296,21910.6%5
Lombardy
Christian Democracy 2,138,14140.9%36
Italian Communist Party 1,210,068 23.1%19
Italian Socialist Party 648,696 12.4%9
Veneto
Christian Democracy 1,287,167 51.9%28
Italian Communist Party 417,20416.8%9
Italian Socialist Party 259,174 10.5%5
Ligury
Christian Democracy 393,47832.1%14
Italian Communist Party 383,29631.3%13
Italian Socialist Party 138,43911.3%4
Emilia-Romagna
Italian Communist Party 1,148,64344.0%24
Christian Democracy 672,75525.8%14
Tuscany
Italian Communist Party 985,38242.3%23
Christian Democracy 710,90830.5%17
Umbria
Italian Communist Party 215,17441.8%13
Christian Democracy 154,87830.1%9
Marche
Christian Democracy 333,38338.6%17
Italian Communist Party 274,91531.8%14
Lazio
Christian Democracy 890,749 33.2%18
Italian Communist Party 710,27326.5%13
Italian Social Movement 274,24410.2%5
Abruzzo
Christian Democracy 325,64448.3%20
Italian Communist Party 153,85422.8%10
Molise
Christian Democracy 92,83952.1%16
Italian Communist Party 26,714 15.0%5
Campania
Christian Democracy 1,001,34039.6%25
Italian Communist Party 551,59921.8%13
Italian Socialist Party 276,225 10.9%7
Apulia
Christian Democracy 766,25441.3%22
Italian Communist Party 488,70926.3%14
Italian Socialist Party 197,51910.6%5
Basilicata
Christian Democracy 131,60242.4%14
Italian Communist Party 74,688 24.0%7
Italian Socialist Party 39,46412.7%4
Calabria
Christian Democracy 374,21539.7%17
Italian Communist Party 218,845 23.2%10
Italian Socialist Party 132,89814.1%6

Twelve Regional Councils elected an administration led by Christian Democracy in a centrist alliance, while Emilia-Romagna, Umbria and Tuscany chose a leftist administration, the first two regions led by the PCI and the other one by the PSI.

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Results by region

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