1983 Italian general election

1983 Italian general election
26 June 1983
All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
316 seats needed for a majority
All 315 elective seats in the Senate
162 seats needed for a majority
Registered44,526,357 (C) · 37,603,817 (S)
Turnout39,188,182 (C) · 88.0% (2.6 pp)
33,402,139 (S) · 88.8% (1.9 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Ciriaco De Mita Enrico Berlinguer Bettino Craxi
Party DC PCI PSI
Leader since 5 May 1982 17 March 1972 15 July 1976
Leader's seat Benevento (C) Rome (C) Milan (C)
Seats won 225 (C) / 120 (S) 198 (C) / 107 (S) 73 (C) / 38 (S)
Seat change 37 (C) / 18 (S) 3 (C) / 2 (S) 11 (C) / 6 (S)
Popular vote 12,153,081 (C)
10,077,204 (S)		 11,032,318 (C)
9,577,071 (S)		 4,223,362 (C)
3,539,593 (S)
Percentage 32.9% (C)
32.4% (S)		 29.9% (C)
30.8% (S)		 11.4% (C)
11.4% (S)
Swing 5.4 pp (C)
5.9 pp (S)		 0.5 pp (C)
0.7 pp (S)		 1.5 pp (C)
1.0 pp (S)
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Giorgio Almirante Giovanni Spadolini Pietro Longo
Party MSI PRI PSDI
Leader since 29 June 1969 23 September 1979 20 October 1978
Leader's seat Rome (C) Milan (S) Rome (C)
Seats won 42 (C) / 18 (S) 29 (C) / 10 (S) 23 (C) / 8 (S)
Seat change 12 (C) / 5 (S) 13 (C) / 4 (S) 3 (C) / 1 (S)
Popular vote 2,511,487 (C)
2,283,524 (S)		 1,874,512 (C)
1,452,279 (S)		 1,508,234 (C)
1,184,936 (S)
Percentage 6.8% (C)
7.4% (S)		 5.1% (C)
4.7% (S)		 4.1% (C)
3.8% (S)
Swing 1.6 pp (C)
1.7 pp (S)		 2.1 pp (C)
1.3 pp (S)		 0.3 pp (C)
0.4 pp (S)
Prime Minister before election

Amintore Fanfani
DC

 Prime Minister after the election

Bettino Craxi
PSI

The 1983 Italian general election was held in Italy on 26 June 1983. The Pentapartito formula, the governative alliance between five centrist parties, caused unexpected problems to Christian Democracy. The alliance was fixed and universal, extended both to the national government and to the local administrations. Considering that the election result did no longer depend on the strength of the DC, but the strength of the entire Pentapartito, centrist electors began to look at the Christian Democratic vote as not necessary to prevent a Communist success. Moreover, voting for one of the four minor parties of the alliance was seen as a form of moderate protest against the government without giving advantages to the PCI. Other minor effects of this election were a reduction of the referendarian Radical Party and the appearance of some regional forces.

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