1968 Italian General Election

19 May 1968 · The First Republic · 630 seats, 162 for a majority

The 1968 Italian general election was held in Italy on 19 May 1968. The Christian Democracy (DC) remained stable around 38% of the votes.

Prime Minister before

Aldo Moro

Prime Minister after

Giovanni Leone

Largest force

266 of 630 seats

Turnout

92.8%

The result

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Mariano Rumor · 39.1% of votes · +6 seats

266

seats

Christian Democracy

39.1% of votes · +6 seats

266

seats

Italian Communist Party

26.9% of votes · +11 seats

177

seats

Unified Socialist Party

14.5% of votes · -29 seats

seats

Italian Liberal Party

5.8% of votes · -8 seats

seats

PLI

Giovanni Malagodi · 5.1% of votes · -8 seats

seats

Italian Social Movement

4.5% of votes · -3 seats

seats

MSI

Arturo Michelini · -3 seats

seats

Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity

4.5% of votes

seats

PSIUP

Tullio Vecchietti

seats

Italian Republican Party

2.0% of votes · +3 seats

seats


DC	Mariano Rumor	266	+6	12.441.553	39.1%	+0.8
Christian Democracy	—	266	+6	12.437.848	39.1%	—
Italian Communist Party	—	177	+11	8.551.347	26.9%	—
Unified Socialist Party	—	91	-29	4.603.192	14.5%	—
Italian Liberal Party	—	31	-8	1.850.650	5.8%	—
PLI	Giovanni Malagodi	31	-8	1.850.650	5.1%	-1.2
Italian Social Movement	—	24	-3	1.414.036	4.5%	—
MSI	Arturo Michelini	24	-3	—	—	—
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity	—	23	—	1.414.697	4.5%	—
PSIUP	Tullio Vecchietti	23	—	—	—	—
Italian Republican Party	—	9	+3	626.533	2.0%	—