Regional election in Italy
The Abruzzo regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.
Largest party by municipality
Events
Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, while the Italian Communist Party came distantly second.
After the election Romeo Ricciuti , the incumbent Christian Democratic President, formed a new regional government, but as soon as in 1981, he was replaced by Anna Nenna D'Antonio and later, since 1983, by Felice Spadaccini .
Results
Parties
votes
votes (%)
seats
Christian Democracy
355,246
45.8
20
Italian Communist Party
213,823
27.6
12
Italian Socialist Party
84,132
10.8
4
Italian Social Movement
45,669
5.9
2
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
35,605
4.6
1
Italian Republican Party
18,976
2.4
1
Italian Liberal Party
11,496
1.5
-
Proletarian Unity Party
9,916
1.3
-
Progressive Party of Abruzzo
1,256
0.2
-
Total
776,119
100.0
40
Source: Ministry of the Interior [permanent dead link ]