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

Electoral law

Election was held under

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with provincial constituencies where the

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with a

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was used. To ensure more proportionality, remained votes and seats were transferred at regional level and calculated

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Results

The Italian Communist Party was by far the largest party. After the election

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), the incumbent President of the Region, formed a new government with the Italian Communist Party. In 1983 a government crisis occurred as the relationship between the Communists and the Socialists had become tense at the national level. Communist Gianfranco Bartolini formed a one-party government and then a new coalition government with the Proletarian Unity Party. Source
Ministry of the Interior
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References

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