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
DC
Prime Minister after
Giovanni Leone
DC
Largest force
DC
266 of 630 seats
Turnout
92.8%
The result
| Share of the Chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | — |