1948 Italian general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1948_Italian_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:chamberElected gptkb:Chamber_of_Deputies
gptkbp:country gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:date 18 April 1948
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1948 Italian general election
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Popular_Democratic_Front_(Italy)
gptkbp:mainAlliesOfLoser gptkb:Italian_Communist_Party
gptkb:Italian_Socialist_Party
gptkbp:mainAlliesOfWinner gptkb:Italian_Republican_Party
gptkb:Italian_Liberal_Party
gptkb:Italian_Democratic_Socialist_Party
gptkbp:mainElectoralSystem proportional representation
gptkbp:mainGoverningLeader gptkb:Alcide_De_Gasperi
gptkbp:mainGoverningParty gptkb:Christian_Democracy_(Italy)
gptkbp:majoritySeats 288
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1953_Italian_general_election
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:first_election_of_the_Italian_Republic
gptkb:first_election_under_the_new_Constitution_of_Italy
high voter turnout
Cold War context
US and Soviet influence
anti-communist campaign
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Palmiro_Togliatti
gptkb:Popular_Democratic_Front_(Italy)
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1946_Italian_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Alcide_De_Gasperi
gptkbp:resultChristianDemocracy 48.5%
gptkbp:resultChristianDemocracySeats 305
gptkbp:resultPopularDemocraticFront 31%
gptkbp:resultPopularDemocraticFrontSeats 183
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 574
gptkbp:senateElected gptkb:Senate_of_the_Republic_(Italy)
gptkbp:voterTurnout 92.23%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Christian_Democracy_(Italy)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1946_Italian_general_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6