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Italy 1968 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1968 parliamentary election in Italy?

Christian Democracy won 266 of 630 seats with 39.1% of the vote. 92.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democracy won 266 of 630 seats with 39.1% of the vote; 92.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.1 points on 1963.

  • Christian Democracy 266 +6 seats 39.1% +0.8 points
  • Italian Communist Party 177 +11 seats 26.9% +1.6 points
  • Italian Socialist Party 91 +4 seats 14.5% +0.7 points
  • Italian Liberal Party 31 −8 seats 5.8% −1.2 points
  • Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity 23 4.5%
  • Italian Social Movement 24 −3 seats 4.5% −0.6 points
  • Italian Republican Party 9 +3 seats 2.0% +0.6 points
  • Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity 6 −2 seats 1.3% −0.5 points
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 3 0 seats 0.5% 0.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Italy 1963 parliamentary election, party by party.

316 of 630 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 39.1%

    Share of the vote won by Christian Democracy

    Christian Democracy won 266 of 630 seats. A majority needs 316.

  2. +11 seats

    Seats gained by Italian Communist Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1963. Italian Liberal Party lost 8 seats.

  3. 92.8%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.1 points on 1963.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Democracy266+639.1+0.812,437,848
Italian Communist Party177+1126.9+1.68,551,347
Italian Socialist Partywith Italian Democratic Socialist Party91+414.5+0.74,603,192
Italian Liberal Party31−85.8−1.21,850,650
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity234.51,414,697
Italian Social Movement24−34.5−0.61,414,036
Italian Republican Party9+32.0+0.6626,533
Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity6−21.3−0.5414,507
South Tyrolean People's Party300.50.0152,991
Largest party without seats000.30.0100,212

± is the change against the Italy 1963 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Democracy 12,437,848
  • Italian Communist Party 8,551,347
  • Italian Socialist Party 4,603,192
  • Italian Liberal Party 1,850,650
  • Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity 1,414,697
  • Italian Social Movement 1,414,036
  • Italian Republican Party 626,533
  • Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity 414,507
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 152,991
  • Largest party without seats 100,212

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

92.8% of the 35,566,493 registered voters cast a ballot (33,001,644 ballots), down 0.1 points on 1963. 31,790,428 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1948 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Christian Democracy39.1% of votes42.2% of seats
  • Italian Communist Party26.9% of votes28.1% of seats
  • Italian Socialist Party14.5% of votes14.4% of seats
  • Italian Liberal Party5.8% of votes4.9% of seats
  • Italian Social Movement4.5% of votes3.8% of seats
  • Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity4.5% of votes3.7% of seats
  • Italian Republican Party2.0% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity1.3% of votes1.0% of seats
  • South Tyrolean People's Party0.5% of votes0.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Christian Democracy led Italian Communist Party by 12.2 points of the vote.

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