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16–28 December 1964
  
1971 →

67.1%
  
5.81%

646
  
56

Start date
  
1964

Italian presidential election, 1964

Winner
  
Giuseppe Saragat

The Italian presidential election of 1964 was held in Italy on 16 – 28 December 1964, following the resignation of incumbent President Antonio Segni on 6 December 1964, because of a thrombosis. 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.

At twenty-first round of voting, leader of PSDI and former President of the Constituent Assembly Giuseppe Saragat was elected President with 646 votes out of 963. Saragat was the first left-wing politician to become President of the Republic.

Candidates

  • Giovanni Leone, incumbent President of the Chamber of Deputies and Saragat's successor, was the first candidate of the governing Christian Democracy.
  • Umberto Terracini, another former President of the Constituent Assembly, was proposed by Italian Communist Party.
  • Giuseppe Saragat, the elected President, was initially proposed only by PSI and PSDI
  • Amintore Fanfani, many times Prime Minister, was proposed by DC's internal opposition.
  • Pietro Nenni, former partisan and leader of PSI, was candidated by left-wing parties since tenth round of voting.

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    Italian presidential election, 1964 Wikipedia
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