Italy 1946 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democracy won 207 of 556 seats with 35.2% of the vote; 89.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Italy
- Held
Result
279 for a majority
- Christian Democracy207
- Italian Socialist Party115
- Italian Communist Party104
- Italian Liberal Party42
- Common Man's Front30
- Italian Republican Party23
- Monarchist National Party16
- Action Party7
- Movement for the Independence of Sicily4
- Unnamed party with one seat3
- Republican Democratic Concentration2
- Sardinian Action Party2
- Agrarian Party1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy | 207 | 35.2 | 8,101,004 |
| Italian Socialist Party | 115 | 20.7 | 4,758,129 |
| Italian Communist Party | 104 | 18.9 | 4,356,686 |
| Italian Liberal Party | 42 | 6.8 | 1,601,271 |
| Common Man's Front | 30 | 5.3 | 1,211,956 |
| Italian Republican Party | 23 | 4.4 | 1,003,007 |
| Monarchist National Party | 16 | 2.8 | 637,328 |
| Action Party | 7 | 1.4 | 334,748 |
| Movement for the Independence of Sicily | 4 | 0.7 | 171,201 |
| Unnamed party with one seat | 3 | 0.6 | 143,692 |
| Agrarian Party | 1 | 0.4 | 102,393 |
| Republican Democratic Concentration | 2 | 0.4 | 97,690 |
| Sardinian Action Party | 2 | 0.3 | 78,554 |
Votes by party
- Christian Democracy 8,101,004
- Italian Socialist Party 4,758,129
- Italian Communist Party 4,356,686
- Italian Liberal Party 1,601,271
- Common Man's Front 1,211,956
- Italian Republican Party 1,003,007
- Monarchist National Party 637,328
- Action Party 334,748
- Movement for the Independence of Sicily 171,201
- Unnamed party with one seat 143,692
- Agrarian Party 102,393
- Republican Democratic Concentration 97,690
- Sardinian Action Party 78,554
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
89.1% of the 28,005,449 registered voters cast a ballot (24,947,187 ballots). 23,016,464 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Democracy35.2% of votes37.2% of seats
- Italian Socialist Party20.7% of votes20.7% of seats
- Italian Communist Party18.9% of votes18.7% of seats
- Italian Liberal Party6.8% of votes7.6% of seats
- Common Man's Front5.3% of votes5.4% of seats
- Italian Republican Party4.4% of votes4.1% of seats
- Monarchist National Party2.8% of votes2.9% of seats
- Action Party1.4% of votes1.3% of seats
- Movement for the Independence of Sicily0.7% of votes0.7% of seats
- Republican Democratic Concentration0.4% of votes0.4% of seats
- Sardinian Action Party0.3% of votes0.4% of seats
- Agrarian Party0.4% of votes0.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.7 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Christian Democracy led Italian Socialist Party by 14.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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