3rd election of the Council and the President of the Region of Liguria, Italy
The Ligurian regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.
Largest party by municipality
Events
The Italian Communist Party resulted the largest party, but lost some ground from five years before. After the election, Christian Democracy , the Italian Democratic Socialist Party , the Italian Liberal Party and the Italian Republican Party were able to form a government led by Republican Giovanni Persico (Organic centre-left ), ousting the outgoing Communist-Socialist coalition government.
The Italian Socialist Party eventually joined the government in 1981 and Alberto Teardo , a Socialist, became President of the Region. Teardo was replaced by fellow Socialist Rinaldo Magnani , a centrist, in 1983.
Results
Party
votes
votes (%)
seats
Italian Communist Party
444,177
36.1
15
Christian Democracy
377,955
30.7
13
Italian Socialist Party
165,438
13.4
5
Italian Liberal Party
55,885
4.5
2
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
55,561
4.5
2
Italian Social Movement
51,763
4.2
2
Italian Republican Party
38,724
3.2
1
Proletarian Democracy
13,919
1.1
-
Proletarian Unity Party
11,858
1.0
-
Union of Pensioners and People Retiring
10,891
0.9
-
New Coast
4,197
0.3
-
Revolutionary Communist League
881
0.1
-
Total
1,231,249
100.0
40
Source: Ministry of the Interior