1980 Apulian regional election

The Apulian regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.

Largest party by municipality

Events

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Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, while the Italian Communist Party came distantly second. After the election Nicola Quarta, the incumbent Christian Democratic President, formed a new centre-left government (Organic Centre-left). In 1983 Quarta was replaced by Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi, a Christian Democrat who had already served as President of the Region from 1970 to 1975.

Results

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Parties votes votes (%) seats
Christian Democracy 924,502 42.1 22
Italian Communist Party 540,058 24.6 13
Italian Socialist Party 291,609 13.3 6
Italian Social Movement 204,240 9.3 5
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 114,570 5.2 2
Italian Republican Party 54,545 2.5 1
Italian Liberal Party 35,590 1.6 1
Proletarian Unity Party 28,698 1.3 1
Apulian Radical List 1,868 0.1 -
Revolutionary Communist League 529 0.0 -
Total 2,125,780 100.0 50

Source: Ministry of the Interior