1970 Tuscan regional election

1970 Tuscan regional election Tuscany 1975 15 June 1970 All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Tuscany yes yes PCI 23 42.3% DC 17 30.5% PSI 3 8.7% PSU 3 6.4% MSI 1 3.8% PSIUP 1 3.1% PLI 1 2.6% PRI 1 2.2% Toscana_1970.PNG Major party in each municipality. The Tuscan regional election of 1970 took place on 7–8 June 1970. It was the first-ever regional election. Electoral law Election was held under proportional representation with provincial constituencies where the largest remainder method with a Droop quota was used. To ensure more proportionality, remained votes and seats were transferred at regional level and calculated at-large. Results The Italian Communist Party was by far the largest party. After the election, the Communists formed a left-wing coalition government with the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity. Lelio Lagorio, a Socialist, was elected President of the Region.http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/politica/archivio-elettorale/Elezioni/legislatura_1970.asp Gli eletti nella prima legislatura 1970-1975 2008-12-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20090511022302/http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/politica/archivio-elettorale/Elezioni/legislatura_1970.asp 2009-05-11 dead File:TOSCANA 70.svg Parties votes votes (%) seats Italian Communist Party985,38242.323 Christian Democracy710,90830.517 Italian Socialist Party203,5608.73 Unitary Socialist Party148,9466.43 Italian Social Movement88,8763.81 Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity73,9473.11 Italian Liberal Party61,2982.61 Italian Republican Party51,9542.21 Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity2,3090.1- Red Star1,0160.0- Total2,328,196100.050 Source: Ministry of the Interior References Category:1970 elections in Italy 1970 regional election 1970 Category:June 1970 in Europe