Sicilian regional election, 1947

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The Sicilian regional election of 1947 took place on 20 April 1947. They were the first-ever election of the Sicilian Parliament.

The electoral alliance between the Italian Communist Party and the Italian Socialist Party was the most voted list. However, after the election Giuseppe Alessi and, later, Franco Restivo, both Christian Democrats, governed the Region at the head of broad centrist coalitions.^[1]

Results

	Votes	% Vote	Seats
Popular Democratic Front	591,870	30.4%	29
Christian Democracy	400,084	20.5%	20
Common Man's Front	287,698	14.8%	12
Monarchist National Party	185,423	9.5%	10
Sicilian Independence Movement	171,470	8.8%	9
Italian Workers' Socialist Party	82,175	4.2%	4
Italian Republican Party	74,570	3.8%	3
National Democratic Union	40,149	2.1%	1
Labour Democratic Party	30,179	1.5%	1
Others	84,842	4.4%	0
Total	1,948,460	100.0	90

Elections in Sicily

Regional elections:	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2008 2012

General elections:	1946 1948 1953 1958 1963 1968 1972 1976 1979 1983 1987 1992 1994 1996 2001 2006 2008 2013

European Parliament elections:	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

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