Italy 1987 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democracy won 234 of 630 seats with 34.3% of the vote; 88.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.8 points on 1983.
- Italy
- Held
Result
- Christian Democracy234
- Italian Communist Party177
- Italian Socialist Party94
- Italian Social Movement35
- Italian Republican Party21
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party17
- Federation of the Greens13
- Radical Party13
- Italian Liberal Party11
- Proletarian Democracy8
- South Tyrolean People's Party3
- Sardinian Action Party2
- Lombard League1
- Valdostan Union1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy | 234 | +9 | 34.3 | +1.4 | 13,233,620 |
| Italian Communist Party | 177 | −21 | 26.6 | −3.3 | 10,250,644 |
| Italian Socialist Partywith List for Trieste | 94 | +21 | 14.3 | +2.9 | 5,501,696 |
| Italian Social Movement | 35 | −7 | 5.9 | −0.9 | 2,281,126 |
| Italian Republican Party | 21 | −8 | 3.7 | −1.4 | 1,428,663 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 17 | −6 | 3.0 | −1.1 | 1,140,209 |
| Radical Party | 13 | +2 | 2.6 | +0.4 | 987,720 |
| Federation of the Greens | 13 | 2.5 | 969,218 | ||
| Italian Liberal Party | 11 | −5 | 2.1 | −0.8 | 809,946 |
| Proletarian Democracy | 8 | +1 | 1.7 | +0.2 | 641,901 |
| Liga Veneta | 0 | −1 | 0.8 | +0.4 | 298,402 |
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 202,022 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lombard League | 1 | 0.5 | 186,255 | ||
| Sardinian Action Party | 2 | +1 | 0.4 | +0.2 | 169,978 |
| Valdostan Union | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 41,707 |
± is the change against the Italy 1983 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democracy 13,233,620
- Italian Communist Party 10,250,644
- Italian Socialist Party 5,501,696
- Italian Social Movement 2,281,126
- Italian Republican Party 1,428,663
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1,140,209
- Radical Party 987,720
- Federation of the Greens 969,218
- Italian Liberal Party 809,946
- Proletarian Democracy 641,901
- Liga Veneta 298,402
- South Tyrolean People's Party 202,022
- Lombard League 186,255
- Sardinian Action Party 169,978
- Valdostan Union 41,707
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
88.8% of the 45,692,417 registered voters cast a ballot (40,586,573 ballots), up 0.8 points on 1983. 38,571,508 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Democracy34.3% of votes37.1% of seats
- Italian Communist Party26.6% of votes28.1% of seats
- Italian Socialist Party14.3% of votes14.9% of seats
- Italian Social Movement5.9% of votes5.6% of seats
- Italian Republican Party3.7% of votes3.3% of seats
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party3.0% of votes2.7% of seats
- Radical Party2.6% of votes2.1% of seats
- Federation of the Greens2.5% of votes2.1% of seats
- Italian Liberal Party2.1% of votes1.7% of seats
- Proletarian Democracy1.7% of votes1.3% of seats
- South Tyrolean People's Party0.5% of votes0.5% of seats
- Sardinian Action Party0.4% of votes0.3% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.6 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Christian Democracy led Italian Communist Party by 7.7 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.