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1953 Italian general election
← 1948
7 June 1953
1958 →
outgoing members
elected members
Chamber of Deputies
All 590 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 296 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
93.84% ( 1.61pp)
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
DC
Alcide De Gasperi
40.10
263
−41
PCI
Palmiro Togliatti
22.60
143
+13
PSI
Pietro Nenni
12.70
75
+22
PNM
Alfredo Covelli
6.85
40
+26
MSI
Augusto De Marsanich
5.84
29
+23
PSDI
Giuseppe Saragat
4.51
19
−24
PLI
Bruno Villabruna
3.01
13
−6
PRI
Oronzo Reale
1.62
5
−4
SVP
Otto von Guggenberg
0.45
3
0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate of the Republic
All 237 seats in the Senate of the Republic 122[a] seats needed for a majority
Turnout
93.78% ( 1.63pp)
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
DC
Alcide De Gasperi
39.76
112
−19
PCI
Palmiro Togliatti
20.21
52
+6
PSI
Pietro Nenni
11.90
26
−15
PNM
Alfredo Covelli
6.51
14
+10
MSI
Augusto De Marsanich
6.07
9
+8
PSDI
Giuseppe Saragat
4.31
4
−4
PLI
Bruno Villabruna
2.86
3
−4
ADN
Epicarmo Corbino
0.68
1
New
SVP
Otto von Guggenberg
0.44
2
0
Others
5.41
14
New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results of the election in the Chamber and Senate.
Seat distribution for the Chamber of Deputies (left) and Senate (right).
Prime Minister before
Prime Minister after the election
Alcide De Gasperi DC
Alcide De Gasperi DC
The 1953 Italian general election was held in Italy on Sunday 7 June 1953.[1]
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^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1048 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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