1980 Apulian regional election

The Apulian regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.

Largest party by municipality

Events

Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, while the Italian Communist Party came distantly second. After the election Nicola Quarta, the incumbent Christian Democratic President, formed a new centre-left government (Organic Centre-left). In 1983 Quarta was replaced by Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi, a Christian Democrat who had already served as President of the Region from 1970 to 1975.

Results

Parties		votes	votes (%)	seats
	Christian Democracy	924,502	42.1	22
	Italian Communist Party	540,058	24.6	13
	Italian Socialist Party	291,609	13.3	6
	Italian Social Movement	204,240	9.3	5
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	114,570	5.2	2
	Italian Republican Party	54,545	2.5	1
	Italian Liberal Party	35,590	1.6	1
	Proletarian Unity Party	28,698	1.3	1
	Apulian Radical List	1,868	0.1	-
	Revolutionary Communist League	529	0.0	-
Total		2,125,780	100.0	50

Source: Ministry of the Interior