Sardinian regional election, 1961
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The Sardinian regional election of 1961 took place on 18 June 1961.
After the election Efisio Corrias, the incumbent Christian Democratic
President, formed a new government that included the Sardinian Action Party
, a social-democratic regionalist party. In 1963 the government was enlarged to the Italian Democratic Socialist Party
.
Sources: Regional Council of Sardinia and Istituto Cattaneo
After the election Efisio Corrias, the incumbent Christian Democratic
Christian Democracy (Italy)
Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....
President, formed a new government that included the Sardinian Action Party
Sardinian Action Party
The Sardinian Action Party is a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia, which has recently sided with The People of Freedom, the largest centre-right party in Italy.-History:...
, a social-democratic regionalist party. In 1963 the government was enlarged to the Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian...
.
Results
| Parties | votes | votes (%) | seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy Christian Democracy (Italy) Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield .... |
320,756 | 46.4 | 37 |
| Italian Communist Party Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played... |
131,622 | 19.0 | 14 |
| Italian Socialist Party Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II... |
66,523 | 9.6 | 7 |
| Sardinian Action Party Sardinian Action Party The Sardinian Action Party is a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia, which has recently sided with The People of Freedom, the largest centre-right party in Italy.-History:... –Italian Republican Party Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini... |
50,039 | 7.2 | 5 |
| Italian Social Movement Italian Social Movement The Italian Social Movement , and later the Italian Social Movement–National Right , was a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy. Formed in 1946 by supporters of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the party became the fourth largest party in Italy by the early 1960s... |
42,145 | 6.1 | 4 |
| Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity Since 1961 the Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity was the continuation of the Italian Democratic Party , a monarchist party founded in 1959 by the union of the People's Monarchist Party and the National Monarchist Party.The new party, like its predecessors, was hampered by a... |
33,985 | 4.9 | 2 |
| Italian Liberal Party Italian Liberal Party The Italian Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Italy.-Origins:The origins of liberalism in Italy came from the so-called "Historical Right", a parliamentary group formed by Camillo Benso di Cavour in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia following the 1848 revolution... |
23,011 | 3.3 | 1 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian... |
21,736 | 3.1 | 2 |
| Others | 2,490 | 0.4 | - |
| Total | 692,307 | 100.0 | 72 |
Sources: Regional Council of Sardinia and Istituto Cattaneo