1980 Abruzzo regional election

The Abruzzo regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.

Largest party by municipality

Events

Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, while the Italian Communist Party came distantly second.

After the election Romeo Ricciuti, the incumbent Christian Democratic President, formed a new regional government, but as soon as in 1981, he was replaced by Anna Nenna D'Antonio and later, since 1983, by Felice Spadaccini.

Results

Parties		votes	votes (%)	seats
	Christian Democracy	355,246	45.8	20
	Italian Communist Party	213,823	27.6	12
	Italian Socialist Party	84,132	10.8	4
	Italian Social Movement	45,669	5.9	2
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	35,605	4.6	1
	Italian Republican Party	18,976	2.4	1
	Italian Liberal Party	11,496	1.5	-
	Proletarian Unity Party	9,916	1.3	-
	Progressive Party of Abruzzo	1,256	0.2	-
Total		776,119	100.0	40

Source: Ministry of the Interior^{[permanent dead link]}