Italian presidential election, 1971
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1008 voters: 315 Senators, 5 Senators for life, 630 Deputies and 58 regional representatives 673 or 505 votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||
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The Italian presidential election of 1971 was held in Italy on 9 – 24 December 1971. Only members of Parliament and regional delegates 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.
Former Prime Minister and President of the Chamber of Deputies Giovanni Leone was elected President with 518 votes out of 1,008, the smallest majority ever obtained. With twenty-three rounds of voting, this presidential election was the longest of Italian republican history.
Candidates
- Francesco De Martino, former secretary of Italian Socialist Party, was the first candidate of the left-wing opposition.
- Amintore Fanfani, one of the most important leaders of DC, was initially proposed by the government.
- Giovanni Leone, the elected President, was candidated only since the twenty-second round of voting.
- Pietro Nenni, former partisan and leader of PSI, was proposed by left-wing parties at penultimate round of voting, too.
Ballots
| Candidate | 1° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 23° |
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| Francesco De Martino | 397 | 398 | 404 | 411 | 399 | 413 | 408 | 411 | 407 | 404 | 407 | 394 | 407 | 406 | 400 | 393 | 397 | 402 | 390 | 402 | 400 | -- | -- |
| Amintore Fanfani | 384 | 368 | 384 | 377 | 385 | 378 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 393 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Giovanni Malagodi | 49 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 51 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 47 | 48 | 48 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Giuseppe Saragat | 45 | 46 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 50 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- |
| Augusto De Marsanich | 42 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 43 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Mariano Rumor | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Pietro Nenni | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- | 9 | -- | -- | 408 | 408 |
| Sandro Pertini | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | -- | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Giovanni Leone | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 503 | 518 |
| Other candidates | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 25 |
| Blank papers | 57 | 77 | 62 | 64 | 62 | 91 | 51 | 48 | 48 | 50 | 60 | 62 | 48 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 36 |
| Invalid papers | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 3 |
| Voting | 987 | 986 | 993 | 997 | 995 | 996 | 562 | 564 | 563 | 563 | 988 | 518 | 514 | 475 | 472 | 425 | 428 | 429 | 432 | 427 | 430 | 991 | 996 |
| Present | 987 | 986 | 993 | 997 | 995 | 996 | 986 | 987 | 984 | 988 | 1,000 | 993 | 986 | 984 | 976 | 969 | 969 | 976 | 976 | 973 | 973 | 991 | 996 |
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