1958 Italian general election

1958 Italian general election

25 May 1958

All 596 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
299 seats needed for a majority
All 246 elective seats in the Senate
127 seats needed for a majority
Registered32,434,852 (C) · 29,183,501 (S)
Turnout30,434,681 (C) · 93.8% (0.0 pp)
27,425,843 (S) · 93.9% (0.1 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Amintore Fanfani Palmiro Togliatti Pietro Nenni
Party DC PCI PSI
Leader since 16 July 1954 15 May 1943 16 May 1949
Leader's seat Arezzo (C) Rome (C) Milan (C)
Seats won 273 (C) / 123 (S) 140 (C) / 59 (S) 84 (C) / 35 (S)
Seat change 17 (C) / 7 (S) 3 (C) / 7 (S) 9 (C) / 9 (S)
Popular vote 12,520,207 (C)
10,780,954 (S)
6,704,454 (C)
5,700,952 (S)
4,206,726 (C)
3,682,945 (S)
Percentage 42.4% (C)
41.2% (S)
22.7% (C)
21.8% (S)
14.2% (C)
14.1% (S)
Swing 2.3 pp (C)
1.4 pp (S)
0.1 pp (C)
1.6 pp (S)
1.5 pp (C)
2.2 pp (S)

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Arturo Michelini Giuseppe Saragat Giovanni Malagodi
Party MSI PSDI PLI
Leader since 10 October 1954 11 April 1957 4 April 1954
Leader's seat Rome (C) Turin (C) Milan (C)
Seats won 24 (C) / 8 (S) 22 (C) / 5 (S) 17 (C) / 4 (S)
Seat change 5 (C) / 1 (S) 3 (C) / 1 (S) 4 (C) / 1 (S)
Popular vote 1,407,718 (C)
1,150,051 (S)
1,345,447 (C)
1,164,280 (S)
1,047,081 (C)
1,012,610 (S)
Percentage 4.8% (C)
4.4% (S)
4.6% (C)
4.5% (S)
3.5% (C)
3.9% (S)
Swing 1.0 pp (C)
1.7 pp (S)
0.1 pp (C)
0.2 pp (S)
0.5 pp (C)
1.0 pp (S)


Prime Minister before election

Adone Zoli
DC

Prime Minister after the election

Amintore Fanfani
DC

The 1958 Italian general election was held in Italy on 25 May 1958. The number of MPs to be elected was calculated upon the population's size for the last time.