Italy 1948 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democracy won 305 of 574 seats with 48.5% of the vote; 92.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.2 points on 1946.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy | 305 | +98 | 48.5 | +13.3 | 12,740,042 |
| Italian Communist Party | 131 | +27 | 31.0 | +12.1 | 8,136,637 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 33 | 7.1 | 1,858,116 | ||
| Italian Liberal Partywith Common Man's Front | 19 | −23 | 3.8 | −3.0 | 1,003,727 |
| Monarchist National Party | 14 | −2 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 729,078 |
| Italian Republican Party | 9 | −14 | 2.5 | −1.9 | 651,875 |
| Italian Social Movement | 6 | 2.0 | 526,882 | ||
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 3 | 0.5 | 124,243 | ||
| Agrarian Party | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | −0.1 | 95,914 |
| Sardinian Action Party | 1 | −1 | 0.2 | −0.1 | 61,928 |
| Movement for the Independence of Sicily | 0 | −4 | 0.2 | −0.5 | 52,655 |
| Italian Socialist Party | 52 | −63 |
± is the change against the Italy 1946 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democracy 12,740,042
- Italian Communist Party 8,136,637
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1,858,116
- Italian Liberal Party 1,003,727
- Monarchist National Party 729,078
- Italian Republican Party 651,875
- Italian Social Movement 526,882
- South Tyrolean People's Party 124,243
- Agrarian Party 95,914
- Sardinian Action Party 61,928
- Movement for the Independence of Sicily 52,655
- Italian Socialist Party
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.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
92.2% of the 29,117,270 registered voters cast a ballot (26,855,741 ballots), up 3.2 points on 1946. 26,264,458 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Democracy48.5% of votes53.1% of seats
- Italian Communist Party31.0% of votes22.8% of seats
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party7.1% of votes5.7% of seats
- Italian Liberal Party3.8% of votes3.3% of seats
- Monarchist National Party2.8% of votes2.4% of seats
- Italian Republican Party2.5% of votes1.6% of seats
- Italian Social Movement2.0% of votes1.0% of seats
- South Tyrolean People's Party0.5% of votes0.5% of seats
- Agrarian Party0.4% of votes0.2% of seats
- Sardinian Action Party0.2% of votes0.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.9 by votes and 2.9 by seats; Christian Democracy led Italian Communist Party by 17.5 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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