The Tuscan regional election of 1980 took place on 8 June 1980.
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 Mario Leone (Italian Socialist Party), 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.
Parties votes votes (%) seats Italian Communist Party1,159,48946.525 Christian Democracy715,74728.715 Italian Socialist Party293,09011.85 Italian Social Movement92,2433.71 Italian Democratic Socialist Party77,7293.11 Italian Republican Party71,0892.91 Italian Liberal Party32,0021.31 Proletarian Unity Party27,0121.11 Proletarian Democracy26,6211.1- Democratic Party – List for Trieste2210.0- Total2,495,243100.050 Source: Ministry of the Interior
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