1987 Italian general election

1987 Italian general election

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All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 316 seats needed for a majority All 315 elective seats in the Senate 163 seats needed for a majority[a]
Registered	45,692,417 (C) · 38,951,485 (S)
Turnout	40,586,573 (C) · 88.8% (0.8 pp) 34,421,230 (S) · 88.4% (0.4 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ciriaco De Mita Alessandro Natta Bettino Craxi Party DC PCI PSI Leader since 5 May 1982 26 June 1984 15 July 1976 Leader's seat Benevento (C) Genoa (C) Milan (C) Seats won 234 (C) / 125 (S) 177 (C) / 101 (S) 94 (C) / 36 (S) Seat change 9 (C) / 5 (S) 21 (C) / 6 (S) 21 (C) / 2 (S) Popular vote 13,241,188 (C) 10,897,036 (S) 10,254,591 (C) 9,181,579 (S) 5,505,690 (C) 3,535,457 (S) Percentage 34.3% (C) 33.6% (S) 26.6% (C) 28.3% (S) 14.3% (C) 10.9% (S) Swing 1.4 pp (C) 1.2 pp (S) 3.3 pp (C) 2.5 pp (S) 2.9 pp (C) 0.5 pp (S)   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Giorgio Almirante Giovanni Spadolini Franco Nicolazzi Party MSI PRI PSDI Leader since 29 June 1969[b] 23 September 1979 6 October 1985 Leader's seat Rome (C) Milan (S) Rome (C) Seats won 35 (C) / 16 (S) 21 (C) / 8 (S) 17 (C) / 5 (S) Seat change 7 (C) / 2 (S) 8 (C) / 2 (S) 6 (C) / 3 (S) Popular vote 2,281,126 (C) 2,121,026 (S) 1,428,663 (C) 1,248,641 (S) 1,140,209 (C) 764,370 (S) Percentage 5.9% (C) 6.5% (S) 3.7% (C) 3.9% (S) 3.0% (C) 2.4% (S) Swing 0.9 pp (C) 0.8 pp (S) 1.4 pp (C) 0.8 pp (S) 1.1 pp (C) 1.5 pp (S)
Results of the election in the Chamber and Senate. Seat distribution for the Chamber of Deputies (left) and Senate (right).
Prime Minister before election Amintore Fanfani DC Prime Minister after the election Giovanni Goria DC

The 1987 Italian general election was held in Italy on 14–15 June 1987.^[1] This election was the first Italian election in which the distance between the Christian Democrats and the Communists grew significantly instead of decreasing. Two parties that had not previously been in parliament won representation: the Greens with thirteen seats, and the Northern League with two.

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