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Italian presidential election, 1978

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29 June – 8 July 1978
  
1985 →

82.3%
  
0.89%

832
  
9

Start date
  
1978

Italian presidential election, 1978

Winner
  
Sandro Pertini

The Italian presidential election of 1978 was held in Italy on 29 June – 8 July 1978, following the resignation of incumbent President Giovanni Leone on 15 June 1978, because of the Lockheed bribery scandals. 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.

On 8 July, at the sixteenth round of voting, former partisan and President of the Chamber of Deputies Sandro Pertini was elected President with 832 votes out of 1,011, the biggest majority ever obtained.

Candidates

  • Guido Gonella, a former Minister and Deputy, was the first candidate of the governing Christian Democracy.
  • Giorgio Amendola, a former partisan, was the candidate of the Italian Communist Party.
  • Pietro Nenni, the former leader of PSI, was initially proposed by his party.
  • Sandro Pertini, the elected candidate, wasn't voted till the last ballot.

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