1979 Italian general election in Veneto

The Italian general election of 1979 took place on 3 June 1979.

In Veneto Christian Democracy was, as usual, the largest party and obtained the majority of valid votes with 50.1% for the last time.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party	votes	votes (%)	seats
Christian Democracy	1,454,613	50.1	24
Italian Communist Party	630,999	21.7	11
Italian Socialist Party	277,673	9.6	4
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	127,438	4.4	2
Radical Party	107,916	3.7	2
Italian Social Movement	90,624	3.1	1
Italian Republican Party	84,080	2.9	1
Italian Liberal Party	54,642	1.9	1
Proletarian Unity Party	39,608	1.4	-
Others	38,094	1.3	-
Total	2,905,687	100.0	46

Source: Regional Council of Veneto

Provincial breakdown

Province	DC	PSDI	PSI	PCI
Verona	52.6	4.0	10.1	18.7
Vicenza	60.7	3.9	7.8	13.5
Padua	53.9	3.2	7.9	20.6
Treviso	52.5	5.6	9.5	17.7
Belluno	42.9	10.2	10.1	20.9
Venice	38.0	3.7	11.7	31.6
Rovigo	39.5	4.7	10.1	35.0
Veneto	50.1	4.4	9.6	21.7

Source: Regional Council of Veneto

Senate

Party	votes	votes (%)	seats
Christian Democracy	1,271,730	51.3	14
Italian Communist Party	559,493	22.6	4
Italian Socialist Party	246,138	9.9	2
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	125,180	5.1	1
Italian Republican Party	77,906	3.1	-
Italian Social Movement	76,906	3.1	-
Italian Liberal Party	56,480	2.3	-
Radical Party–New United Left	53,586	2.2	-
Others	10,669	0.4	-
Total	2,478,088	100.0	23

Source: Regional Council of Veneto