State election in South Tyrol 1973
The South Tyrolean state elections in 1973 took place on November 18, 1973 as an election to the Trentino-South Tyrol regional council . Formally, the election for the regional council took place in two separate constituencies, one of which corresponded to the area of the province of Bolzano and one to the area of the province of Trento . In the constituency of the province of Bolzano 34 members of the regional council were elected, in the province of Trento 36 members. With their election to the 70-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 seventh legislative period began on December 13, 1973 and ended on December 12, 1978. On March 15, 1974 the state parliament elected the South Tyrolean provincial government ( Magnago IV cabinet ).
Election result
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Historical meaning
The state election in 1973 was the first in the period of validity of the Second Statute of Autonomy for South Tyrol, which resulted in a considerable increase in legislative powers of the state parliament and an associated increase in importance at the expense of the Regional Council Trentino-South Tyrol . In the course of this constitutional reorganization of South Tyrol's autonomy, the number of mandates of the state parliament was increased from 25 seats in 1968 to 34 seats.
From a political point of view, the election was marked by a clear shift to the left, which coincides with the Western European trend of the years. The Italian communists and socialists ( PCI and PSI ) each won a second mandate. For the first time, a total of three mandates went to regional social democratic parties ( SFP and SPS ) that had previously split off from the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP). Accordingly, it lost votes for the first time in its history and was only able to win four of the nine additional mandates. The Italian Christian Democrats ( DC ) increased from four to five mandates, which enabled them to compensate for the departure of the Italian Liberals ( PLI ) for the Italian language group . The neo-fascists of the MSI were able to keep their mandate despite losing votes.
Web links
- Results of the regional council elections for Trentino-South Tyrol (PDF; 544 kB)
- South Tyrol Handbook , ed. by the South Tyrolean provincial government, 29th revised edition, September 2013
- Website of the South Tyrolean parliament with the results of all regional elections