| ‹ 1976 |
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| Italian general election, 1979 | ||||
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| All 630 seats in the Italian Chamber of
Deputies and 315 (of the 322) seats in the Italian Senate |
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| 3 June 1979 | ||||
| Majority party | Minority party | |||
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| Leader | Benigno Zaccagnini | Enrico Berlinguer | ||
| Party | DC | PCI | ||
| Leader's seat | XIII - Eastern Emilia | XX - Latium | ||
| Last election | 262 & 135 seats, 38.7% | 228 & 116 seats, 34.4% | ||
| Seats won | 262 (H) 138 (S) |
201 (H) 109 (S) |
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| Seat change | +3 | -34 | ||
| Popular vote | 14,046,291 | 11,139,231 | ||
| Percentage | 38.3% | 30.4% | ||
| Swing | -0.4% | -4.0% | ||
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Incumbent Prime Minister |
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The Italian general elections of 1979 were held on 1979-06-03.
Contents |
| Christian Democracy | 38.30% |
| Italian Communist Party | 30.38% |
| Italian Socialist Party | 9.81% |
| Italian Social Movement | 5.26% |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 3.84% |
| Radical Party | 3.45% |
| Italian Republican Party | 3.03% |
| Italian Liberal Party | 1.94% |
| Proletarian Unity Party | 1.37% |
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 0.56% |
| Others | 3.06% |
| Christian Democracy | 38.34% |
| Italian Communist Party | 31.35% |
| Italian Socialist Party | 10.38% |
| Italian Social Movement | 5.69% |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 4.22% |
| Italian Republican Party | 3.36% |
| Italian Liberal Party | 2.21% |
| Radical Party | 1.32% |
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 0.55% |
| Others | 2.49% |
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