Italy 1979 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democracy won 29 of 81 seats with 36.5% of the vote; 85.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy | 29 | 36.5 | 12,774,320 |
| Italian Communist Party | 24 | 29.6 | 10,361,344 |
| Italian Socialist Party | 9 | 11.0 | 3,866,946 |
| Italian Social Movement | 4 | 5.5 | 1,909,055 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 4 | 4.3 | 1,514,272 |
| Radical Party | 3 | 3.7 | 1,285,065 |
| Italian Liberal Party | 3 | 3.6 | 1,271,159 |
| Italian Republican Party | 2 | 2.6 | 896,139 |
| Proletarian Unity Party | 1 | 1.2 | 406,656 |
| Proletarian Democracy | 1 | 0.7 | 252,342 |
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 1 | 0.6 | 196,373 |
| Valdostan Union | 0 | 0.5 | 166,393 |
Votes by party
- Christian Democracy 12,774,320
- Italian Communist Party 10,361,344
- Italian Socialist Party 3,866,946
- Italian Social Movement 1,909,055
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1,514,272
- Radical Party 1,285,065
- Italian Liberal Party 1,271,159
- Italian Republican Party 896,139
- Proletarian Unity Party 406,656
- Proletarian Democracy 252,342
- South Tyrolean People's Party 196,373
- Valdostan Union 166,393
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
85.7% of the 42,203,405 registered voters cast a ballot (36,148,180 ballots). 35,042,601 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Democracy36.5% of votes35.8% of seats
- Italian Communist Party29.6% of votes29.6% of seats
- Italian Socialist Party11.0% of votes11.1% of seats
- Italian Social Movement5.5% of votes4.9% of seats
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party4.3% of votes4.9% of seats
- Radical Party3.7% of votes3.7% of seats
- Italian Liberal Party3.6% of votes3.7% of seats
- Italian Republican Party2.6% of votes2.5% of seats
- Proletarian Unity Party1.2% of votes1.2% of seats
- Proletarian Democracy0.7% of votes1.2% of seats
- South Tyrolean People's Party0.6% of votes1.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.2 by votes and 4.2 by seats; Christian Democracy led Italian Communist Party by 6.9 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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