Ligurian regional election, 1970

Last updated April 17, 2019

The Ligurian regional election of 1970 took place on 7 June 1970.

Christian Democracy was the largest party and, narrowly ahead of the Italian Communist Party. After the election, Christian Democrat Gianni Dagnino formed a government comprising the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and the Italian Republican Party.

Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic political party in Italy.

The Italian Communist Party was a communist 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.

Results

Parties	votes	votes (%)	seats
Christian Democracy	393,478	32.1	14
Italian Communist Party	383,296	31.3	13
Italian Socialist Party	138,439	11.3	4
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	93,507	7.6	3
Italian Liberal Party	90,058	7.4	3
Italian Social Movement	46,293	3.8	1
Italian Republican Party	37,684	3.1	1
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity	35,156	2.9	1
Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity	7,574	0.6	-
Total	1,225,485	100.0	40

Source: Ministry of the Interior

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