1980 Ligurian regional election

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

Largest party by municipality

Events

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The Italian Communist Party resulted the largest party, but lost some ground from five years before. After the election, Christian Democracy, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, the Italian Liberal Party and the Italian Republican Party were able to form a government led by Republican Giovanni Persico (Organic centre-left), ousting the outgoing Communist-Socialist coalition government.

The Italian Socialist Party eventually joined the government in 1981 and Alberto Teardo, a Socialist, became President of the Region. Teardo was replaced by fellow Socialist Rinaldo Magnani, a centrist, in 1983.

Results

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Party votes votes (%) seats
Italian Communist Party 444,177 36.1 15
Christian Democracy 377,955 30.7 13
Italian Socialist Party 165,438 13.4 5
Italian Liberal Party 55,885 4.5 2
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 55,561 4.5 2
Italian Social Movement 51,763 4.2 2
Italian Republican Party 38,724 3.2 1
Proletarian Democracy 13,919 1.1 -
Proletarian Unity Party 11,858 1.0 -
Union of Pensioners and People Retiring 10,891 0.9 -
New Coast 4,197 0.3 -
Revolutionary Communist League 881 0.1 -
Total 1,231,249 100.0 40

Source: Ministry of the Interior