1963 Italian General Election
28 April 1963 · The First Republic · 630 seats, 161 for a majority
The 1963 Italian general election was held in Italy on 28 April 1963. It was the first election with a fixed number of MPs to be elected, as decided by the second Constitutional Reform in February 1963.
Prime Minister before
Amintore Fanfani
DC
Prime Minister after
Giovanni Leone
DC
Largest force
Christian Democracy
260 of 630 seats
Turnout
92.9%
The result
| Share of the Chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy | — | 260 | -13 | 11.773.182 | 38.3% | — | |
| DC | Aldo Moro | 260 | -13 | 11.773.182 | 38.3% | -4.1 | |
| Italian Communist Party | — | 166 | +16 | 7.767.601 | 25.3% | — | |
| Italian Socialist Party | — | 87 | +3 | 4.255.836 | 13.8% | — | |
| Italian Liberal Party | — | 39 | +22 | 2.144.270 | 7.0% | — | |
| PLI | Giovanni Malagodi | 39 | +22 | 2.144.270 | 7.0% | +3.5 | |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | — | 33 | +11 | 1.876.271 | 6.1% | — | |
| PSDI | Giuseppe Saragat | 33 | +11 | — | — | — | |
| Italian Social Movement | — | 27 | +3 | 1.570.282 | 5.1% | — | |
| MSI | Arturo Michelini | 27 | +3 | — | — | — | |
| Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity | — | 8 | -17 | 536.948 | 1.8% | — |