General elections in Italy in 1976
The 1976 general election took place on June 20, 1976 . They were eighth after the end of World War II and the introduction of universal male and female suffrage.
background
Since Enrico Berlinguer took over the office of chairman of the Communist Party in 1972 , it has been in a process of constant social democratization under the catchphrase of Eurocommunism . Although he was assigned to the centrist wing according to the balance of power (not the arithmetic), he turned down the possibility of a left coalition. Instead, he relied on a grand coalition of Christian Democrats , Communists and Socialists under the leadership of Aldo Moro , which was called the Historical Compromise . Initially, it was planned to merely tolerate the existing center-left cabinets. However, direct participation in the government was planned for later.
consequences
On the day the Communists were to be included in the cabinet ( March 16, 1978 ), Moro was kidnapped and 55 days later by the Red Brigades , a left-wing terrorist cell responsible for numerous political murders in Italy in the 1970s murdered.
Results
| Political party | Number of votes | Mandates |
|---|---|---|
| Democrazia Cristiana (DC) | 38.7% | 263 |
| Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) | 34.4% | 227 |
| Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI) | 9.6% | 57 |
| Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) | 6.1% | 35 |
| Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (PSDI) | 3.4% | 15th |
| Partito Repubblicano Italiano (PRI) | 3.1% | 14th |
| Democrazia Proletaria (DP) | 1.5% | 6th |
| Partito Liberale Italiano (PLI) | 1.3% | 5 |
| Partito Radicale (PR) | 1.1% | 4th |
| South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) | 0.5% | 3 |
| Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI), Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI) and Partito di Unità Proletaria per il Comunismo (PdUP) in the Aosta Valley | 0.1% | 1 |
| Others | 0.2% | - |
Individual evidence
