1975 Lombard regional election

The Lombard regional election of 1975 took place on 15 June 1975. The 2nd term of the Regional Council was chosen.

Lombardy regional election, 1975

15 June 1975
All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy
Turnout	95.04%
Party Christian Democracy Communist Party Socialist Party Last election 36 seats, 40.9% 19 seats, 23.1% 9 seats, 12.4% Seats won 32 25 11 Seat change 4 6 2 Popular vote 2,182,347 1,796,301 818,168 Percentage 37.5% 30.4% 14.1% Swing 3.4% 7.3% 1.7%
President of Lombardy before election Cesare Golfari DC Elected President of Lombardy Cesare Golfari DC

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

Despite the huge jump made by the Communist Party, which gained nearly 7 point more than five years before and won the majority of votes in Milan, the Christian Democracy party remained the largest party and incumbent president Cesare Golfari was able to form a second center-left government with the support of the PSI, the PSDI and the PRI.

15 June 1975 Lombard regional election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Christian Democracy	2,182,347	37.48	32
	Italian Communist Party	1,769,301	30.39	25
	Italian Socialist Party	818,168	14.05	11
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	300,973	5.17	3
	Italian Social Movement	263,621	4.53	3
	Italian Republican Party	179,508	3.08	2
	Italian Liberal Party	163,117	2.80	2
	Proletarian Democracy	143,594	2.47	2
	Democratic Forces Union	1,452	0.02	–
Total parties		5,822,081	100.00	80
Invalid/blank votes		217,896
Registered voters		6,039,977	95.04
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results

Popular vote DC   37.48% PCI   30.39% PSI   14.05% PSU   5.17% MSI   4.53% PRI   3.08% PLI   2.80% DP   2.47% UFD   0.02%

Seats by province

Province	DC	PCI	PSI	PSDI	MSI	PRI	PLI	DP	Total
Milan	11	13	5	2	2	2	1	1	37
Brescia	5	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	10
Bergamo	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	9
Como	3	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	7
Varese	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	6
Pavia	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	5
Mantua	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3
Cremona	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Sondrio	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Total	32	25	11	3	3	2	2	2	80