1970 Lombard regional election

The 1970 Lombard regional election took place on 7–8 June 1970. It was the first-ever regional election. thumb|right|250px|Largest party by municipality 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 Christian Democracy was by far the largest party and christian-democrat Piero Bassetti was able to form a strong center-left government with the support of the PSI, the PSU and the PRI. Bassetti was replaced by Cesare Golfari in 1974. +7 June 1970 Lombard regional election resultscenter|300x300pxPartiesVotes%SeatsChristian Democracy2,138,14140.9036Italian Communist Party1,210,06823.1419Italian Socialist Party648,69612.419Unitary Socialist Party376,4367.205Italian Liberal Party310,3245.944Italian Social Movement195,7913.643Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity188,5853.612Italian Republican Party125,7672.412Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity31,1190.60–Autonomists' Union of Italy3,3890.06–Total parties5,228,316100.0080Invalid/blank votes225,7204.14Registered voters5,453,93195.51Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results Popular vote #ddd 515px 350px DC Christian Democracy (Italy) 40.90 PCI Italian Communist Party 23.14 PSI Italian Socialist Party 12.41 PSU Italian Democratic Socialist Party 7.20 PLI Italian Liberal Party 5.94 MSI Italian Social Movement 3.64 PSIUP red 3.61 PRI Italian Republican Party 2.41 Others Other 0.66 Seats by province Province DC PCI PSI PSU PLI MSI PSIUP PRI Total Milan 12 9 4 3 3 2 1 1 35 Brescia 5 2 1 1 - 1 1 - 11 Bergamo 5 1 1 1 - - - - 8 Como 4 1 1 - 1 - - - 7 Varese 3 1 1 - - - - 1 6 Mantua 2 2 1 - - - - - 5 Pavia 2 2 - - - - - - 4 Cremona 2 1 - - - - - - 3 Sondrio 1 - - - - - - - 1Total 36 19 9 5 4 3 2 2 80 Category:1970 elections in Italy Lombardy