en 1975 Lazio regional election

The regional election of 1975 took place on 15 June 1975. Ten new seats were added to the Regional Council following the 1971 census.

Events

Christian Democracy was narrowly behind the Italian Communist Party. After the election Roberto Palleschi, a Socialist became President of the Region with the support of the Italian Communist Party (Frontism).

In 1976 Palleschi was replaced by Communist Maurizio Ferrara, to whom Giulio Santarelli, a Socialist, succeeded in 1977.


Parties	votes	votes (%)	seats
Italian Communist Party	1,041,672	33.5	21
Christian Democracy	980,307	31.5	20
Italian Social Movement	352,578	11.4	6
Italian Socialist Party	302,710	9.7	6
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	190,007	6.1	3
Italian Republican Party	114,589	3.7	2
Italian Liberal Party	77,444	2.5	1
Proletarian Democracy	44,986	1.5	1
Italian Justicialist Party	3,418	0.1	-
Total	3,107,711	100.0	60