Lombard regional election, 1970
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The Lombard regional election of 1970 took place on 7 June 1970. It was the first-ever regional election.
Electoral law
Election was held under proportional representation with provincial constituencies where the largest remainder method with a Droop quota was used. To ensure more proportionality, remained votes and seats were transferred at regional level and calculated at-large.
Results
The Christian Democracy party was by far the largest and christian-democrat Piero Bassetti was able to form a strong center-left government with the support of the PSI, the PSDI and the PRI. Bassetti was replaced by Cesare Golfari in 1974.
Summary of the 7 June 1970 Lombard regional election
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy | DC | 2,138,141 | 40.90 | 36 | |
| Italian Communist Party | PCI | 1,210,068 | 23.14 | 19 | |
| Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 648,696 | 12.41 | 9 | |
| Unified Socialist Party | PSU | 376,436 | 7.20 | 5 | |
| Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 310,324 | 5.94 | 4 | |
| Italian Social Movement | MSI | 195,791 | 3.74 | 3 | |
| Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity | PSIUP | 188,585 | 3.61 | 2 | |
| Italian Republican Party | PRI | 125,767 | 2.41 | 2 | |
| Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity | PDIUM | 31,119 | 0.60 | 0 | |
| Italian Autonomist Union | UAI | 3,389 | 0.06 | 0 | |
| Total valid votes | 5,228,316 | 80 | |||
| Blank votes | 161,676 | ||||
| Invalid votes (blank included) | 225,720 | ||||
| Total | 5,453,931 | ||||
| Registered voters & turnout | 5,710,352 | 95.51 | |||
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Seats by province
| Province | DC | PCI | PSI | PSU | PLI | MSI | PSIUP | PRI | Total |
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| Milan | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| Brescia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 11 |
| Bergamo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Como | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Varese | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| Mantua | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Pavia | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Cremona | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Sondrio | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 80 |
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