Italy Election Maps

[Keystone Phil]

Any specific reason for your interest in 1983?

Trying to find out which horrible areas helped Craxi become Italy's second longest Prime Minister. 

The blue areas of course, since the PCI didn't participate in Craxi's governments.

Hmmm...explain further. I thought this election led to Craxi's election as Prime Minister.

[minionofmidas]

Any specific reason for your interest in 1983?

Trying to find out which horrible areas helped Craxi become Italy's second longest Prime Minister. 

The blue areas of course, since the PCI didn't participate in Craxi's governments.

Hmmm...explain further. I thought this election led to Craxi's election as Prime Minister.

And it did. The DC was so kaputt by then it couldn't settle on any compromise leader from within it so they choose one from another section of the Pentapartito (see also, Aldo Spadolini). The PSI was making gains.

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Any specific reason for your interest in 1983?

Trying to find out which horrible areas helped Craxi become Italy's second longest Prime Minister. 

The blue areas of course, since the PCI didn't participate in Craxi's governments.

Hmmm...explain further. I thought this election led to Craxi's election as Prime Minister.

It did. However, Craxi's coalition was composed of DC, PSI, PRI, PSDI and the PLI.

The PCI never participated in an Italian government save for those immediately post-war (de Gasperi I, de Gasperi II), during the Constituent Assembly period. They were almost exclusively an opposition party.

[Keystone Phil]

And it did. The DC was so kaputt by then it couldn't settle on any compromise leader from within it so they choose one from another section of the Pentapartito (see also, Aldo Spadolini). The PSI was making gains.

It did. However, Craxi's coalition was composed of DC, PSI, PRI, PSDI and the PLI.

The PCI never participated in an Italian government save for those immediately post-war (de Gasperi I, de Gasperi II), during the Constituent Assembly period. They were almost exclusively an opposition party.

Ah, ok. Thank you, guys. 

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A map of the 2006 referendum on constitutional reforms. Obviously defeated, it would have given more powers to the PM and to the regions. It was openly supported by the Lega Nord, and only reluctantly supported by most FI/AN MPs, because Bossi had made his continued support of Berlusconi's government dependent on a referendum on the thing. However, the referendum was held after Berlusconi's defeat in 2006.



5 regions have a special status: they keep a majority of taxes, but they finance healthcare, infrastructure, and education. These 5 regions are the two islands, the Francophone Aoste, the German Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, and Friuli-Venezia-Giulia (with a Slovene, German, and Venetian-Friulian linguistic minority).

The other regions have held regional elections since 1970. It looks like the current system of regional elections with a vote for President, a vote for regional council, and the presence of electoral coalitions dates back to 1995. Before that, the President was elected when the legislature met. Therefore, from '70 to '95, in some cases, the President is from a different party than the top vote getter. Wikipedia has a list of regional presidents if anyone is interested.

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1975



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2005 is posted earlier in this thread. The next elections are in 2010.

Two regions, Molise and Abruzzo are now dis-synchronized. In 2000, the regional election in Molise was invalidated due to irregularities and the right won the new election in 2001 by a landslide. It was re-elected in 2006.

Abruzzo's left-wing President resigned facing corruption charges in 2008, and the right won the 2008 regional election. Next election is in 2013, IIRC.

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Some older maps, first in a series of maps showing % vote for various parties (PCI, PSI, PSDI, PLI, PRI, Radicals, AN, DC/PPI/UDC, PRI) by Camera constituency.

Firstly, an interesting comparison between the 1958 PSI and 1987 PSI (they polled roughly the same amount, 14%).





Now, for the charming neo-fascists. 1996, where they polled nearly 15%. In Lazio I, aka Rome, they pulled 30%. Excuse me while I barf.

[Keystone Phil]

Some parts of central Italy are just so disgusting politically speaking.

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Some parts of central Italy are just so disgusting politically speaking.

Lazio? They love some AN, since they regret the days of Mussolini, who promoted Rome and Lazio.

[Keystone Phil]

Some parts of central Italy are just so disgusting politically speaking.

Lazio? They love some AN, since they regret the days of Mussolini, who promoted Rome and Lazio.

No, no. I meant the Communists in Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna (which I guess is more northern) and Umbria. 

[Hash]

Some parts of central Italy are just so disgusting politically speaking.

Lazio? They love some AN, since they regret the days of Mussolini, who promoted Rome and Lazio.

No, no. I meant the Communists in Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna (which I guess is more northern) and Umbria. 

Ah, the Red Quadrilateral.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The Puritans are at the gates!

[Keystone Phil]

The Puritans are at the gates!

Try your best to explain that in a simplistic way, my friend. 

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1974 Divorce referendum



YES: Repeal of the divorce law, thus making divorce illegal again. Supported by DC.

% vote Republican Party, 1983

[minionofmidas]

1974 Divorce referendum



YES: Repeal of the divorce law, thus making divorce illegal again. Supported by DC.

Is that supposed to be a map of People who vote DC because they like Christian Conservative Values vs People who vote DC because they like Corrupt Values That Are Good For Business?

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The world famous election, 1948.



The PCI and PSI ran a common list, which the Communists heavily turned in their favour (getting like 75% of the seats), called the FDP (ironically).

[minionofmidas]

Also noticeable due to the ingathering of the Right Wing Third Party vote (very high in the South in 1946) into the DC. Which was again partially undone in 1953.

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Also noticeable due to the ingathering of the Right Wing Third Party vote (very high in the South in 1946) into the DC. Which was again partially undone in 1953.

Undone primarily by the PNM and the MSI. The PRI had lost it's original raison-d'etre by then and didn't regain lost votes, and neither did the PLI/Poujadists.

[big bad fab]

1974 Divorce referendum



YES: Repeal of the divorce law, thus making divorce illegal again. Supported by DC.

Is that supposed to be a map of People who vote DC because they like Christian Conservative Values vs People who vote DC because they like Corrupt Values That Are Good For Business?

How do we explain Sicily and Sardinia vs "continental" Mezzogiorno ?

[minionofmidas]

Sicilians like corrupt values because they're good for business. Duh.

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1946



Republican, 1946



Liberal, 1946



Uomo Qualunque, 1946



Liberal, 1963



MSI-DN, 1972



Radicals, 1979

[minionofmidas]

The orange in the 1946 is the PSIUP, which split in 1948 over the issue of a common front with the Communists. The minority who refused became the PSDI, and almost instantly became just a corrupt stand-for-very-little minor government partner of the DC. The majority quickly abandoned the alliance with the Commies and became the PSI. When the PSI followed the PSDI on the road to disgustingness 20 years on (and even ran a united slate once), it actually suffered another minor schism.

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Why the high LN total in Taranto?

bumping this old fave' with an answer to this question:

There is some sort of Southern Action League (Ld'AzM), which is a fascist-mafioso outfit led by Giancarlo Cito. It had more success in the past (holding the single-member seat for Taranto 1994 to 2001) and has recently done a bit better. Cito is currently a deputy through a deal with the MPA, although ironically he's staunchly anti-LN.

I even made a map:

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1946 referendum by province:



red for republic, purple for monarchy

[SPQR]

WTF ROME???

[Хahar 🤔]

Interestingly low monarchist vote in southern Sicily.

Why the high LN total in Taranto?

bumping this old fave' with an answer to this question:

There is some sort of Southern Action League (Ld'AzM), which is a fascist-mafioso outfit led by Giancarlo Cito. It had more success in the past (holding the single-member seat for Taranto 1994 to 2001) and has recently done a bit better. Cito is currently a deputy through a deal with the MPA, although ironically he's staunchly anti-LN.

I even made a map:

That scheme's ever so slightly confusing.