1970 Piedmontese regional election

The Piedmontese regional election of 1970 took place on 7–8 June 1970.

Events

Christian Democracy was by far the largest party and, after the election, it formed a government along with the Italian Socialist Party, the Unitary Socialist Party and the Italian Republican Party (organic Centre-left). The regional government was led by Edoardo Calleri di Sala until 1973 and then by Gianni Oberto Tarena, both Christian Democrats.

Results

Party		votes	votes (%)	seats
	Christian Democracy	1,029,883	36.7	20
	Italian Communist Party	727,619	25.9	13
	Italian Socialist Party	296,219	10.6	5
	Unitary Socialist Party	231,121	8.2	4
	Italian Liberal Party	225,395	8.0	4
	Italian Social Movement	92,951	3.3	2
	Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity	87,473	3.1	1
	Italian Republican Party	87,100	3.1	1
	Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity	28,025	1.0	-
Total		2,805,786	100.0	50
Largest party by municipality

Source: Ministry of the Interior