en 1970 Lazio regional election

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

Events

Christian Democracy resulted the largest party, followed by the Italian Communist Party. After the election Christian Democrat Girolamo Mechelli formed a centre-left government which included the Italian Socialist Party, the Unitary Socialist Party and the Italian Republican Party (organic Centre-left). In 1972 Mechelli was replaced by fellow Christian Democrat Luigi Cipriani, to whom Rinaldo Santini succeeded in 1973.


Parties	votes	votes (%)	seats
Christian Democracy	890,749	33.2	18
Italian Communist Party	710,273	26.4	13
Italian Social Movement	274,244	10.2	5
Italian Socialist Party	235,730	8.8	4
Unitary Socialist Party	205,206	7.7	3
Italian Liberal Party	156,645	5.8	3
Italian Republican Party	98,572	3.7	2
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity	70,421	2.6	1
Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity	33,631	1.3	1
Red Star	6,665	0.3	-
National Democratic Party	1,958	0.1	-
Total	2,684,094	100.0	50