1980 Tuscan regional election

The Tuscan regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.

1980 Tuscan regional election

8 June 1980

All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Tuscany

Party Vote % Seats +/– PCI 46.5% 25 0 DC 28.7% 15 0 PSI 11.8% 5 +1 MSI 3.7% 1 −1 PSDI 3.1% 1 −1 PRI 2.9% 1 0 PLI 1.3% 1 +1 PdUP 1.1% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Major party in each municipality.

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 Italian Communist Party was by far the largest party. After the election Mario Leone (Italian Socialist Party), the incumbent President of the Region, formed a new government with the Italian Communist Party.

In 1983 a government crisis occurred as the relationship between the Communists and the Socialists had become tense at the national level. Communist Gianfranco Bartolini formed a one-party government and then a new coalition government with the Proletarian Unity Party.

Parties		votes	votes (%)	seats
	Italian Communist Party	1,159,489	46.5	25
	Christian Democracy	715,747	28.7	15
	Italian Socialist Party	293,090	11.8	5
	Italian Social Movement	92,243	3.7	1
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	77,729	3.1	1
	Italian Republican Party	71,089	2.9	1
	Italian Liberal Party	32,002	1.3	1
	Proletarian Unity Party	27,012	1.1	1
	Proletarian Democracy	26,621	1.1	-
	Democratic Party – List for Trieste	221	0.0	-
Total		2,495,243	100.0	50

Source: Ministry of the Interior