1958 Italian General Election
25 May 1958 · The First Republic · 596 seats, 127 for a majority
The pure party-list proportional representation was definitely adopted for the Chamber of Deputies. Italian provinces were united in 32 constituencies, each electing a group of candidates.
Prime Minister before
Adone Zoli
DC
Prime Minister after
Amintore Fanfani
DC
Largest force
Christian Democracy
273 of 596 seats
Turnout
93.8%
The result
| Share of the Chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy | — | 273 | +10 | 12.520.207 | 42.4% | — | |
| DC | Amintore Fanfani | 273 | +17 | 12.520.207 | 42.4% | +2.3 | |
| Italian Communist Party | — | 140 | -3 | 6.704.454 | 22.7% | — | |
| Italian Socialist Party | — | 84 | +9 | 4.206.726 | 14.2% | — | |
| Italian Social Movement | — | 24 | -5 | 1.407.718 | 4.8% | — | |
| MSI | Arturo Michelini | 24 | -5 | 1.407.718 | 4.8% | -1.0 | |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | — | 22 | +3 | 1.345.447 | 4.5% | — | |
| PSDI | Giuseppe Saragat | 22 | +3 | — | — | — | |
| Italian Liberal Party | — | 17 | +4 | 1.047.081 | 3.5% | — | |
| PLI | Giovanni Malagodi | 17 | +4 | — | — | — | |
| People's Monarchist Party | — | 14 | — | 776.919 | 2.6% | — |