# 1980 Molise regional election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Molise](https://electionsarchive.com/it/molise.md), June 8, 1980

Turnout: 216,347 of 287,018 registered voters (75.4%). −8.9 points since 1975.

## [Regional Council of Molise](https://electionsarchive.com/it/molise/1980-06-08-general/consiglio.md)

Christian Democracy won 17 of the 30 seats, with 55.4% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Democracy | 112,769 | 55.4% | 17 | +1 |
| Italian Communist Party | 32,151 | 15.8% | 5 | −1 |
| Italian Socialist Party | 19,105 | 9.4% | 3 | 0 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 9,804 | 4.8% | 2 | 0 |
| Italian Liberal Party | 8,331 | 4.1% | 1 | 0 |
| Movimento Sociale Italiano | 8,287 | 4.1% | 1 | 0 |
| Italian Republican Party | 7,583 | 3.7% | 1 | 0 |
| Nuova Sin.Mol. | 2,590 | 1.3% |  |  |
| Partito di Unità Proletaria per il Comunismo | 1,557 | 0.8% |  |  |
| Art.Comm.Mol. | 1,554 | 0.8% |  |  |

These results come from Ministero dell'Interno.

## Contests

- [1980 Molise regional election, council lists](https://electionsarchive.com/it/molise/1980-06-08-general/consiglio.md)

## Party system indices

[How these indices are computed](https://electionsarchive.com/indices.md)

| Chamber | Effective parties by votes | Effective parties by seats | Gallagher index | Loosemore–Hanby index | Volatility | Nationalization |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Regional Council of Molise | 2.88 | 2.73 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 8.1 | 0.71 |

- From 203,731 votes and 30 seats.
- Compared with [1975 Molise regional election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/molise/1975-06-15-general.md).
- Measured over 136 municipalities.

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