1980 Lazio regional election

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

Largest party by municipality

Events

Christian Democracy became the largest party, ahead of the Italian Communist Party. After the election Giulio Santarelli, the incumbent Socialist President, continued to govern at the head of a coalition consisting of Christian Democracy. In 1983 Santarelli was replaced by Bruno Landi, who was succeeded by Gabriele Panizzi in 1984.

Results

Parties	votes	votes (%)	seats
Christian Democracy	1,064,586	34.1	22
Italian Communist Party	959,401	30.7	19
Italian Socialist Party	332,026	10.6	6
Italian Social Movement	315,142	10.1	6
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	165,054	5.3	3
Italian Republican Party	116,585	3.7	2
Italian Liberal Party	83,453	2.7	1
Proletarian Unity Party	37,573	1.2	1
Proletarian Democracy	36,823	1.2	-
Struggle List	5,780	0.2	-
Civic Alliance	3,863	0.1	-
Revolutionary Socialist League	2,140	0.1	-
Total	3,122,426	100.0	60

Source: Ministry of the Interior