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1948 Italian Senate election in Lombardy

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north: Lombardy became the region with the highest number of constituencies where the landslide clausola was satisfied. The centre-left alliance between the
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of more than 65% of votes to obtain a direct mandate. All constituencies where this result was not reached entered into an
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to distribute the seats between the parties, and candidates with the best percentages of suffrages inside their
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could have (and usually had) a candidate (always a Christian democrat) with more votes in their constituency.
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had obtained very good results during quite all municipal elections in Lombardy in 1946. However, their
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The electoral system introduced in 1948 for the newly elected Senate was a strange
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were the sole provinces to oppose this result, giving a
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on April 18, 1948. This election was a part of national
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at regional level, with some exceptional peaks in the
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Please remember that the 265:, a city led by Democratic Socialist 203:The election was won by the centrist 196:, every senatorial challenge in each 7: 1430:Senators with a direct mandate have 207:, as it happened at national level. 184:elected its first delegation to the 1438:was, in the other cases, a form of 81: 255:Italian Democratic Socialist Party 219:to the Social-Communist alliance. 200:is a single and independent race. 25: 1566: 419:Italian Ministry of the Interior 190:Italian general election of 1948 104: 97: 36: 432: 399: 319: 245:south, De Gasperi obtained an 1: 1862:European Parliament elections 1529:Italian Ministry of Interior 881:seat ceded to Samek Lodovici 284:which established a form of 71:All 31 Lombard seats to the 1440:proportional representation 300:calculation based upon the 286:proportional representation 1972: 1422: 1419: 1414: 1407: 1402: 1399: 1395: 1392: 1387: 1380: 1375: 1372: 1368: 1363: 1358: 1351: 1346: 1343: 1339: 1336: 1326: 1319: 1314: 1311: 1307: 1304: 1294: 1287: 1282: 1279: 1275: 1272: 1262: 1255: 1250: 1247: 1235: 1232: 1222: 1215: 1210: 1207: 1203: 1200: 1190: 1183: 1178: 1175: 1171: 1168: 1163: 1156: 1151: 1148: 1136: 1133: 1128: 1121: 1116: 1113: 1109: 1104: 1090: 1079: 1074: 1071: 1067: 1064: 1054: 1047: 1041: 1038: 1034: 1031: 1021: 1014: 1008: 1005: 1001: 998: 984: 977: 971: 968: 964: 961: 947: 940: 934: 931: 919: 916: 902: 895: 889: 886: 879: 874: 872: 865: 859: 856: 852: 849: 839: 832: 827: 824: 820: 817: 807: 800: 795: 792: 788: 785: 780: 773: 768: 765: 761: 758: 748: 741: 736: 733: 729: 726: 721: 714: 709: 706: 702: 699: 694: 687: 682: 679: 675: 672: 667: 660: 655: 652: 648: 645: 640: 633: 628: 625: 621: 616: 611: 604: 599: 596: 592: 587: 582: 575: 570: 567: 563: 560: 555: 548: 543: 540: 536: 531: 526: 519: 514: 511: 507: 502: 497: 490: 485: 482: 478: 473: 468: 461: 456: 453: 395: 392: 389: 381: 378: 375: 361: 358: 355: 345: 342: 339: 78: 46: 34: 1328:Popular Democratic Front 1296:Popular Democratic Front 1264:Popular Democratic Front 1224:Popular Democratic Front 1096:Popular Democratic Front 1056:Popular Democratic Front 1023:Popular Democratic Front 868:Merzagora's 2nd election 841:Popular Democratic Front 809:Popular Democratic Front 750:Popular Democratic Front 372:Italian Republican Party 352:Popular Democratic Front 259:Italian Republican Party 137:Popular Democratic Front 1956:1948 elections in Italy 261:obtained some seats in 1951:Elections in Lombardy 1572:Elections in Lombardy 194:Italian Constitution 1498:Gianmaria Cornaggia 1416:Christian Democracy 1389:Christian Democracy 1360:Christian Democracy 1237:Gianmaria Cornaggia 1218:Giuseppe Alberganti 1192:Christian Democracy 1165:Christian Democracy 1130:Christian Democracy 1092:Christian Democracy 782:Christian Democracy 723:Christian Democracy 696:Christian Democracy 669:Christian Democracy 642:Christian Democracy 613:Christian Democracy 584:Christian Democracy 557:Christian Democracy 528:Christian Democracy 499:Christian Democracy 470:Christian Democracy 430: 336:Christian Democracy 317: 232:Christian Democracy 205:Christian Democracy 31: 1579:Regional elections 1462:Amilcare Locatelli 1138:Amilcare Locatelli 898:Gianbattista Boeri 464:Cristoforo Pezzini 429: 316: 154:Popular vote 1938: 1937: 1650:General elections 1508:in 1952. 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Index

Italian Senate election in Lombardy, 1948
1953
Italian Senate


Alcide De Gasperi
Palmiro Togliatti
DC
Popular Democratic Front
Lombardy
Italian Senate
Italian general election of 1948
Italian Constitution
Region
Christian Democracy
Pavia
Mantua
plurality
Alcide De Gasperi
Christian Democracy
Soviet
agricultural
absolute majority
alpine
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Italian Republican Party
Milan
mayor
Antonio Greppi
hybrid

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