Italian presidential election, 1955

Italian presidential election, 1955

28–29 April 1955
843 voters 562 or 422 votes needed to win
Nominee Giovanni Gronchi Luigi Einaudi Party Christian Democracy Liberal Party Electoral vote 658 70 Percentage 78.1% 8.3%
President before election Luigi Einaudi Liberal Party Elected President Giovanni Gronchi Christian Democracy

The Italian presidential election of 1955 was held in Italy on 28 – 29 April 1955. Only members of Parliament are entitled to vote. As head of state of the Italian Republic, the President has a role of representation of national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Italian Constitution, in the framework of a parliamentary system.

At fourth round of voting, incumbent President of the Chamber of Deputies Giovanni Gronchi was elected President with 658 votes out of 843.

Candidates

• Ferruccio Parri, Prime Minister after Fascism and during World War II, was candidate by Italian Republican Party and other left-wing parties.
• Cesare Merzagora, incumbent President of the Senate, was the first candidate of DC leader Amintore Fanfani, but the left-wing internal opposition did not vote him.
• Giovanni Gronchi, the elected President, was initially voted by left-wing DC internal opposition and by left-wing parties, only at the last round of voting he obtained a large consent.
• Luigi Einaudi, outgoing Republic President, was proposed to do a second mandate.

Ballots