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Italian presidential election, 1948

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10–11 May 1948
  
1955 →

59.4%
  
35.6%

518
  
320

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Winner
  
Luigi Einaudi

The Italian presidential election of 1948 was held in Italy on 10 – 11 May 1948, following the resignation of outgoing President Enrico De Nicola. Only members of Parliament are entitled to vote and this election was the first one voted by a regular Parliament. 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.

At fourth round of voting, former Governor of Banca d'Italia and incumbent Minister of the Budget Luigi Einaudi was elected President with 518 votes out of 900.

Candidates

  • Enrico De Nicola, outgoing President of the Republic and former Provisional Head of State, was initially proposed to do a third mandate.
  • Carlo Sforza, incumbent Minister of Foreign Affairs and one of the Italian Republican Party leaders, was the first candidate of governing Christian Democracy.
  • Luigi Einaudi, the elected President, was candidate when Alcide De Gasperi understood that Sforza's candidacy was failed.
  • Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Prime Minister of Italy and President of the Chamber of Deputies before Fascism, wasn't voted till the last round of voting.

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