Italian general election, 1972

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The Italian general elections of 1972 were held on 1972-05-07. Voters were 37,049,654 for the Chamber of Deputies and 34,524,108.

Democrazia Cristiana (DC) remained stable with around 38% of the votes. The Communist Party (PCI) increased from 25% of 1968 to c. 27-28%. The Socialist Party (PSI) continued in its decline, reducing to c. 10%. The most important growth was that of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement, who nearly doubled its votes from 4.5 to c. 9%. After the dismaying result (less than 2%, against 4.5% of 1968), the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity was disbanded.

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[edit] Results

[edit] Chamber of Deputies

Christian Democracy 38.66%
Italian Communist Party 27.15%
Italian Socialist Party 9.61%
Italian Social Movement 8.67%
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 5.14%
Italian Liberal Party 3.88%
Italian Republican Party 2.86%
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity 1.94%
South Tyrolean People's Party 0.46%
Others 1.63%

[edit] Senate

Christian Democracy 38.08%
Italian Communist Party 28.14%
Italian Socialist Party 10.71%
Italian Social Movement 9.09%
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 5.36%
Italian Liberal Party 4.37%
Italian Republican Party 3.05%
South Tyrolean People's Party 0.34%
Others 0.86%

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