1953 Italian general election

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1953 Italian general election

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All 590 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 296 seats needed for a majority All 237 elective seats in the Senate 122 seats needed for a majority[a]
Registered	30,272,236 (C) · 27,172,871 (S)
Turnout	28,406,479 (C) · 93.8% (1.6 pp) 25,483,201 (S) · 93.8% (1.6 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Alcide De Gasperi Palmiro Togliatti Pietro Nenni Party DC PCI PSI Leader since 29 December 1944 15 May 1943[b] 16 May 1949[d] Leader's seat Trento (C) Rome (C) Rome (C) Seats won 263 (C) / 112 (S) 143 (C) / 52 (S) 75 (C) / 26 (S) Seat change 57 (C) / 19 (S) 19 (C) / 20 (S) 30 (C) / 12 (S) Popular vote 10,862,073 (C) 9,660,210 (S) 6,120,809 (C) 4,910,077 (S) 3,441,014 (C) 2,891,605 (S) Percentage 40.1% (C) 39.8% (S) 22.6% (C) 20.2% (S) 12.7% (C) 11.9% (S) Swing 8.4 pp (C) 8.3 pp (S) —[c] —[c]   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Alfredo Covelli Augusto De Marsanich Giuseppe Saragat Party PNM MSI PSDI Leader since 11 June 1946 10 January 1950 7 October 1952[e] Leader's seat Benevento (C) L'Aquila (C) Turin (C) Seats won 40 (C) / 14 (S) 29 (C) / 9 (S) 19 (C) / 4 (S) Seat change 26 (C) / 10 (S) 23 (C) / 8 (S) 14 (C) / 4 (S) Popular vote 1,854,850 (C) 1,581,128 (S) 1,582,154 (C) 1,473,645 (S) 1,222,957 (C) 1,046,301 (S) Percentage 6.9% (C) 6.5% (S) 5.8% (C) 6.1% (S) 4.5% (C) 4.3% (S) Swing 4.1 pp (C) 4.8 pp (S) 3.8 pp (C) 5.4 pp (S) 2.6 pp (C) 0.1 pp (S)
Results of the election in the Chamber and Senate. Seat distribution for the Chamber of Deputies (left) and Senate (right).
Prime Minister before election Alcide De Gasperi DC Prime Minister after the election Alcide De Gasperi DC

The 1953 Italian general election was held in Italy on Sunday 7 June 1953.^[1]

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