Italian presidential election, 1971

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Italian presidential election, 1971

← 1964 9 - 24 December 1971 1978 →

1008 voters: 315 Senators, 5 Senators for life,
630 Deputies and 58 regional representatives
673 or 505 votes needed to win
  180x180px Pietro Nenni 2.jpg
Nominee Giovanni Leone Pietro Nenni
Party Christian Democracy Socialist Party
Electoral vote 518 408
Percentage 51.4% 40.5%

President before election

Giuseppe Saragat
Democratic Socialist Party

Elected President

Giovanni Leone
Christian Democracy

The Italian presidential election of 1971 was held in Italy on 9 – 24 December 1971. Only members of Parliament and regional delegates are entitled to vote. As head of state of the Italian Republic, the President has a role of representation of national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Italian Constitution, in the framework of a parliamentary system.

Former Prime Minister and President of the Chamber of Deputies Giovanni Leone was elected President with 518 votes out of 1,008, the smallest majority ever obtained. With twenty-three rounds of voting, this presidential election was the longest of Italian republican history.

Candidates

Ballots

Candidate 10° 11° 12° 13° 14° 15° 16° 17° 18° 19° 20° 21° 22° 23°
Francesco De Martino 397 398 404 411 399 413 408 411 407 404 407 394 407 406 400 393 397 402 390 402 400 -- --
Amintore Fanfani 384 368 384 377 385 378 -- -- -- -- 393 -- -- -- -- 6 5 -- -- -- -- -- --
Giovanni Malagodi 49 50 50 50 51 48 50 52 47 48 48 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Giuseppe Saragat 45 46 51 50 51 50 51 50 55 56 56 48 49 49 42 -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 --
Augusto De Marsanich 42 39 38 42 43 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Mariano Rumor -- -- -- -- -- 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Pietro Nenni -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7 -- -- 9 -- -- 408 408
Sandro Pertini -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 7 7 10 -- 6 6 6
Giovanni Leone -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 503 518
Other candidates 12 8 4 3 4 7 2 2 4 3 22 14 9 5 9 3 6 7 6 10 7 19 25
Blank papers 57 77 62 64 62 91 51 48 48 50 60 62 48 15 19 10 13 12 17 15 17 46 36
Invalid papers 1 -- -- -- -- 3 -- 1 2 2 2 1 1 -- 2 1 -- -- -- -- -- 2 3
Voting 987 986 993 997 995 996 562 564 563 563 988 518 514 475 472 425 428 429 432 427 430 991 996
Present 987 986 993 997 995 996 986 987 984 988 1,000 993 986 984 976 969 969 976 976 973 973 991 996
Source: Parliament of Italy