1947 Italian provisional head of state election

January 2022 January 2022 1947 Italian presidential election Italy presidential electoral no 1946 Italian presidential election 1946 1947 06 26 y 1948 Italian presidential election 1948 556 members of the Constituent Assembly 337 180x180px Enrico De Nicola Italian Liberal Party 405 72.8% Enrico De Nicola PLI Enrico De Nicola PLI The 1947 Italian presidential election was undertaken to elect a provisional head of the Italian State. Background Enrico De Nicola submitted his resignation on 25 June 1947, officially for health reasons, but also to regain legitimacy after the annual term of the Constituent Assembly of Italy, to which even his term was tied, had expired.1946-06-26 Le dimissioni di De Nicola comunicate alla Costituente Italian De Nicola's resignation communicated to the Constituent Assembly 1 La Stampa 149 http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,0001/articleid,0041_01_1947_0149_0001_24592755/anews,true/ 2022-01-25 Enrico De Nicola, however, was still re-elected as Provisional Head of State on 26 June 1947.26–27 June 1947 De Nicola rieletto con 405 voti su 431 Italian De Nicola re-elected with 405 votes out of 431 1 Stampa Sera 61 http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,1/articleid,1606_02_1947_0061_0001_22320336/ 2022-01-25 From 1 January 1948 he assumed the title of President of the Italian Republic in accordance with the first final provision of the Constitution of Italy. Result Candidate1st RoundEnrico De Nicola405Pietro Nenni2Giuseppe Salvatore Bellusci2Cipriano Facchinetti2Other candidates --Blank papers19Invalid papers1Voting431Total556Source: Parliament of Italy References Category:Presidential elections in Italy