State election in South Tyrol in 1960

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(in %)
 %
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
63.9
14.6
7.1
5.9
3.6
3.1
1.7
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1956
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.5
+0.2
+1.1
+0.3
-0.4
+0.9
-1.7
Otherwise.

The South Tyrolean state elections in 1960 took place on November 6, 1960 as an election for the Trentino-South Tyrol regional council . Formally, the election to the regional council took place in two separate constituencies, one of which corresponded to the area of ​​the subordinate province of Bolzano and one to the area of ​​the subordinate province of Trento . In the constituency of the province of Bolzano, 22 members were elected to the regional council, in the province of Trento 26 members. With their election to the 48-seat regional council, the members of the Bolzano constituency also became members of the South Tyrolean parliament , while those of the Trento constituency became members of the Trentino parliament .

The fourth  legislative period began on December 13, 1960 and ended on December 13, 1964. On December 31, 1960, the state parliament elected the South Tyrolean provincial government ( Magnago I cabinet ).

Election result

Distribution of mandates in the South Tyrolean Parliament 1960–1964
1
1
1
15th
3
1
1 1 1 15th 3 1 
A total of 22 seats
Political party Number of votes percent Mandates
South Tyrolean People's Party 132.351 63.86%
15/22
Democrazia Cristiana 30,277 14.61%
3/22
Movimento Sociale Italiano 14,687 7.09%
1/22
Partito Socialista Italiano 12,217 5.90%
1/22
Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano 7,544 3.64%
1/22
Partito Comunista Italiano 6,514 3.14%
1/22
Partito Liberale Italiano / Partito Democratico Italiano 2,839 1.37%
0/22
Partito Repubblicano Italiano 817 0.39%
0/22

Historical meaning

In 1960, for the second time in a row, all parties in the state parliament achieved the same number of seats as in the previous elections in 1952 and 1956. On the one hand, this indicates enormous political stability. In fact, the political discourse in those years shifted partly to the extra-parliamentary area, precisely because of the restricted party politics. The Liberation Committee South Tyrol (BAS) tried in 1961 with bomb attacks (see Fire Night ) to emphasize its demand for the separation of South Tyrol from Italy.

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