Italy 1958 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democracy won 273 of 596 seats with 42.4% of the vote; 93.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, unchanged on 1953.
- Italy
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Result
- Christian Democracy273
- Italian Communist Party140
- Italian Socialist Party84
- Italian Social Movement24
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party22
- Italian Liberal Party17
- People's Monarchist Party14
- Monarchist National Party11
- Italian Republican Party6
- South Tyrolean People's Party3
- Unnamed party with one seat1
- Valdostan Union1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy | 273 | +10 | 42.4 | +2.3 | 12,520,207 |
| Italian Communist Party | 140 | −3 | 22.7 | +0.1 | 6,704,454 |
| Italian Socialist Party | 84 | +9 | 14.2 | +1.5 | 4,206,726 |
| Italian Social Movement | 24 | −5 | 4.8 | −1.0 | 1,407,718 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 22 | +3 | 4.6 | +0.1 | 1,345,447 |
| Italian Liberal Party | 17 | +4 | 3.5 | +0.5 | 1,047,081 |
| People's Monarchist Party | 14 | 2.6 | 776,919 | ||
| Monarchist National Party | 11 | −29 | 2.2 | −4.7 | 659,997 |
| Italian Republican Party | 6 | +1 | 1.4 | −0.2 | 405,782 |
| Unnamed party with one seat | 1 | 0.6 | 173,227 | ||
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 135,491 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | −0.6 | 70,589 |
| Valdostan Union | 1 | 0.1 | 30,596 |
± is the change against the Italy 1953 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democracy 12,520,207
- Italian Communist Party 6,704,454
- Italian Socialist Party 4,206,726
- Italian Social Movement 1,407,718
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1,345,447
- Italian Liberal Party 1,047,081
- People's Monarchist Party 776,919
- Monarchist National Party 659,997
- Italian Republican Party 405,782
- Unnamed party with one seat 173,227
- South Tyrolean People's Party 135,491
- Largest party without seats 70,589
- Valdostan Union 30,596
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
93.8% of the 32,434,835 registered voters cast a ballot (30,434,681 ballots), unchanged on 1953. 29,560,269 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Democracy42.4% of votes45.8% of seats
- Italian Communist Party22.7% of votes23.5% of seats
- Italian Socialist Party14.2% of votes14.1% of seats
- Italian Social Movement4.8% of votes4.0% of seats
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party4.6% of votes3.7% of seats
- Italian Liberal Party3.5% of votes2.9% of seats
- People's Monarchist Party2.6% of votes2.3% of seats
- Monarchist National Party2.2% of votes1.8% of seats
- Italian Republican Party1.4% of votes1.0% of seats
- South Tyrolean People's Party0.5% of votes0.5% of seats
- Valdostan Union0.1% of votes0.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Christian Democracy led Italian Communist Party by 19.7 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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