The Tuscan regional election of 1970 took place on 7–8 June 1970. It was the first-ever regional election.
Electoral law Election was held under proportional representation with provincial constituencies where the largest remainder method with a Droop quota was used. To ensure more proportionality, remained votes and seats were transferred at regional level and calculated at-large.
Results The Italian Communist Party was by far the largest party. After the election, the Communists formed a left-wing coalition government with the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity. Lelio Lagorio, a Socialist, was elected President of the Region.
Parties votes votes (%) seats Italian Communist Party985,38242.323 Christian Democracy710,90830.517 Italian Socialist Party203,5608.73 Unitary Socialist Party148,9466.43 Italian Social Movement88,8763.81 Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity73,9473.11 Italian Liberal Party61,2982.61 Italian Republican Party51,9542.21 Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity2,3090.1- Red Star1,0160.0- Total2,328,196100.050 Source: Ministry of the Interior
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