Tuscan regional election, 1975

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The Tuscan regional election of 1975 took place on 15 June 1975.

Electoral law

Election was held under proportional representation with provincial constituencies where the largest remainder method with a Droop quota was used. To ensure more proportionality, remained votes and seats were transferred at regional level and calculated at-large.

Results

The Italian Communist Party was by far the largest party. After the election Lelio Lagorio (Italian Socialist Party), the incumbent President of the Region, formed a new government with the Italian Communist Party. In 1978 Mario Leone, another Socialist, took over from Lagorio.[1]

Parties votes votes (%) seats
Italian Communist Party 1,169,858 46.5 25
Christian Democracy 717,338 28.5 15
Italian Socialist Party 269,074 10.7 4
Italian Social Movement 106,580 4.2 2
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 97,649 3.9 2
Italian Republican Party 66,704 2.7 1
Proletarian Unity Party 51,834 2.1 1
Italian Liberal Party 30,096 1.2 -
Others 8,484 0.3 -
Total 2,517,617 100.0 50

Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

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