The 1980 Calabrian regional election took place on 8 June 1980.
Largest party by municipality
Events
Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, while the Italian Socialist Party made important gains. After the election Bruno Dominijanni, a Socialist, formed a centre-left government comprising Christian Democracy, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and the Italian Republican Party (Organic Centre-left).
Results
|
| Parties
|
votes
|
votes (%)
|
seats
|
|
|
Christian Democracy
|
450,836
|
41.2
|
18
|
|
|
Italian Communist Party
|
263,869
|
24.2
|
10
|
|
|
Italian Socialist Party
|
181,114
|
16.6
|
7
|
|
|
Italian Social Movement
|
77,542
|
7.1
|
2
|
|
|
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
|
63,312
|
5.8
|
2
|
|
|
Italian Republican Party
|
22,977
|
2.1
|
1
|
|
|
Proletarian Unity Party
|
13,006
|
1.2
|
-
|
|
|
Proletarian Democracy
|
12,254
|
1.1
|
-
|
|
|
Italian Liberal Party
|
8,346
|
0.8
|
-
|
| Total
|
1,093,256
|
100.0
|
40
|
Source: Ministry of the Interior
