1987 Italian general election

1987 Italian general election

14–15 June 1987

All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
316 seats needed for a majority
All 315 elective seats in the Senate
163 seats needed for a majority
Registered45,692,417 (C) · 38,951,485 (S)
Turnout40,586,573 (C) · 88.8% (0.8 pp)
34,421,230 (S) · 88.4% (0.4 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ciriaco De Mita Alessandro Natta Bettino Craxi
Party DC PCI PSI
Leader since 5 May 1982 26 June 1984 15 July 1976
Leader's seat Benevento (C) Genoa (C) Milan (C)
Seats won 234 (C) / 125 (S) 177 (C) / 101 (S) 94 (C) / 36 (S)
Seat change 9 (C) / 5 (S) 21 (C) / 6 (S) 21 (C) / 2 (S)
Popular vote 13,241,188 (C)
10,897,036 (S)
10,254,591 (C)
9,181,579 (S)
5,505,690 (C)
3,535,457 (S)
Percentage 34.3% (C)
33.6% (S)
26.6% (C)
28.3% (S)
14.3% (C)
10.9% (S)
Swing 1.4 pp (C)
1.2 pp (S)
3.3 pp (C)
2.5 pp (S)
2.9 pp (C)
0.5 pp (S)

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Giorgio Almirante Giovanni Spadolini Franco Nicolazzi
Party MSI PRI PSDI
Leader since 29 June 1969 23 September 1979 6 October 1985
Leader's seat Rome (C) Milan (S) Rome (C)
Seats won 35 (C) / 16 (S) 21 (C) / 8 (S) 17 (C) / 5 (S)
Seat change 7 (C) / 2 (S) 8 (C) / 2 (S) 6 (C) / 3 (S)
Popular vote 2,281,126 (C)
2,121,026 (S)
1,428,663 (C)
1,248,641 (S)
1,140,209 (C)
764,370 (S)
Percentage 5.9% (C)
6.5% (S)
3.7% (C)
3.9% (S)
3.0% (C)
2.4% (S)
Swing 0.9 pp (C)
0.8 pp (S)
1.4 pp (C)
0.8 pp (S)
1.1 pp (C)
1.5 pp (S)


Prime Minister before election

Amintore Fanfani
DC

Prime Minister after the election

Giovanni Goria
DC

General elections were held in Italy on 14–15 June 1987. This election was the first Italian election in which the distance between the Christian Democrats and the Communists grew significantly instead of decreasing. Two parties that had not previously been in parliament won representation: the Greens with thirteen seats, and the Northern League with two.