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

Events

Christian Democracy Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

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 Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country. Founded in Genoa in 1892, ...

, the Unitary Socialist Party and the

Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party ( it, Partito Repubblicano Italiano, PRI) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Italy. Founded in 1895, the PRI is the oldest political party still active in Italy. The PRI has old roots and a long histo ...

( organic Centre-left). In 1972 Mechelli was replaced by fellow Christian Democrat Luigi Cipriani, to whom

Rinaldo Santini Rinaldo Santini (27 December 1914 – 6 July 2013) was an Italian Christian Democrat politician. He was born in Rome, Kingdom of Italy. He was mayor of Rome (1967–1969) and president of Lazio (1973–1975). He died in Rome, Italy Italy ...

succeeded in 1973.

Results

Source
Ministry of the Interior
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