Italian general election, 1972
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The Italian general elections of 1972 were held on 1972-05-07. Voters were 37,049,654 for the Chamber of Deputies and 34,524,108.
Democrazia Cristiana (DC) remained stable with around 38% of the votes. The Communist Party (PCI) increased from 25% of 1968 to c. 27-28%. The Socialist Party (PSI) continued in its decline, reducing to c. 10%. The most important growth was that of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement, who nearly doubled its votes from 4.5 to c. 9%. After the dismaying result (less than 2%, against 4.5% of 1968), the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity was disbanded.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Chamber of Deputies
| Christian Democracy | 38.66% |
| Italian Communist Party | 27.15% |
| Italian Socialist Party | 9.61% |
| Italian Social Movement | 8.67% |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 5.14% |
| Italian Liberal Party | 3.88% |
| Italian Republican Party | 2.86% |
| Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity | 1.94% |
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 0.46% |
| Others | 1.63% |
[edit] Senate
| Christian Democracy | 38.08% |
| Italian Communist Party | 28.14% |
| Italian Socialist Party | 10.71% |
| Italian Social Movement | 9.09% |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 5.36% |
| Italian Liberal Party | 4.37% |
| Italian Republican Party | 3.05% |
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 0.34% |
| Others | 0.86% |
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