1992 Italian presidential election

1992 Italian presidential election

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1,014 voters
(326 Senators, 630 Deputies
and 58 regional representatives)

676 (1st–3rd ballots) or 508 (4th ballot onwards) votes needed to win
 
Nominee Oscar Luigi Scalfaro Gianfranco Miglio
Party DC Lega Nord
Electoral vote 672 75
Percentage 66.3% 7.4%

Result on the sixteenth ballot
(25 May 1992)

  Scalfaro 672   Miglio 75   Others 206

  Invalids, blanks, abstentions 61

President before election

Francesco Cossiga
DC

Elected President

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
DC

The 1992 Italian presidential election was held in Italy on 13–25 May 1992, following the resignation of President Francesco Cossiga on 28 April 1992.

Only members of Parliament and regional delegates were entitled to vote, most of these electors having been elected in the 1992 general election and in the 1990 regional elections. 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.