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Italy 1983 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1983 parliamentary election in Italy?

Christian Democracy won 225 of 630 seats with 32.9% of the vote. 88.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Italy
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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 225 of 630 seats with 32.9% of the vote; 88.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.6 points on 1979.

  • Christian Democracy 225 −37 seats 32.9% −5.4 points
  • Italian Communist Party 198 −3 seats 29.9% −0.5 points
  • Italian Socialist Party 73 +11 seats 11.4% +1.6 points
  • Italian Social Movement 42 +12 seats 6.8% +1.5 points
  • Italian Republican Party 29 +13 seats 5.1% +2.0 points
  • Italian Democratic Socialist Party 23 +3 seats 4.1% +0.3 points
  • Italian Liberal Party 16 +7 seats 2.9% +1.0 points
  • Radical Party 11 −7 seats 2.2% −1.3 points
  • Proletarian Democracy 7 1.5%
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 3 −1 seat 0.5% −0.1 points
  • Liga Veneta 1 0.3%
  • Sardinian Action Party 1 0.3%
  • 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 1979 parliamentary election, party by party.

316 of 630 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 32.9%

    Share of the vote won by Christian Democracy

    Christian Democracy won 225 of 630 seats. A majority needs 316.

  2. +13 seats

    Seats gained by Italian Republican Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1979. Christian Democracy lost 37 seats.

  3. 88.0%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.6 points on 1979.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Democracy225−3732.9−5.412,153,081
Italian Communist Party198−329.9−0.511,032,318
Italian Socialist Party73+1111.4+1.64,223,362
Italian Social Movement42+126.8+1.52,511,487
Italian Republican Party29+135.1+2.01,874,512
Italian Democratic Socialist Party23+34.1+0.31,508,234
Italian Liberal Party16+72.9+1.01,066,980
Radical Party11−72.2−1.3809,810
Proletarian Democracy71.5542,039
National Pensioners' Party01.4503,461
South Tyrolean People's Party3−10.5−0.1184,940
Liga Veneta10.3125,311
Sardinian Action Party10.391,923
Valdostan Union100.10.028,086

± is the change against the Italy 1979 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Democracy 12,153,081
  • Italian Communist Party 11,032,318
  • Italian Socialist Party 4,223,362
  • Italian Social Movement 2,511,487
  • Italian Republican Party 1,874,512
  • Italian Democratic Socialist Party 1,508,234
  • Italian Liberal Party 1,066,980
  • Radical Party 809,810
  • Proletarian Democracy 542,039
  • National Pensioners' Party 503,461
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 184,940
  • Liga Veneta 125,311
  • Sardinian Action Party 91,923
  • Valdostan Union 28,086

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.

How many people voted?

88.0% of the 44,526,357 registered voters cast a ballot (39,188,182 ballots), down 2.6 points on 1979. 36,906,005 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Christian Democracy32.9% of votes35.7% of seats
  • Italian Communist Party29.9% of votes31.4% of seats
  • Italian Socialist Party11.4% of votes11.6% of seats
  • Italian Social Movement6.8% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Italian Republican Party5.1% of votes4.6% of seats
  • Italian Democratic Socialist Party4.1% of votes3.7% of seats
  • Italian Liberal Party2.9% of votes2.5% of seats
  • Radical Party2.2% of votes1.7% of seats
  • Proletarian Democracy1.5% of votes1.1% of seats
  • South Tyrolean People's Party0.5% of votes0.5% of seats
  • Liga Veneta0.3% of votes0.2% of seats
  • Sardinian Action Party0.3% of votes0.2% 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 4.5 by votes and 4.0 by seats; Christian Democracy led Italian Communist Party by 3.0 points of the vote.

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