1946 Italian local elections

The 1946 Italian local elections were the first after the fall of fascism in Italy, leading to the re-establishment of all municipal administrations, after the municipalities had been run by mayors and temporary councils appointed by the AMGOT in the South and by the CLN in the North.

The first turn of municipal elections was held on 10 March (436 municipalities), 17 March (1,033 municipalities), 24 March (1,469 municipalities), 31 March (1,560 municipalities) and 7 April (1,139 municipalities). The second turn of elections was held on 6 October (272 municipalities), 13 October, 20 October (286 municipalities), 27 October (188 municipalities), 3 November, 10 November, 17 November and 24 November.

The municipal elections of March 10 were the first to which women could also participate.

Results of the first turn of elections

Municipal elections of 10 March

Results summary of 434 municipalities.

Party	seats	municipalities
Christian Democracy (DC)	178
Socialists and Communists	125
Independents	79
Labour Democratic Party (PDL)	11
Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	19
Concentration of the right	10
Italian Republican Party (PRI)	8
Common Man's Front (FUQ)	3
Action Party (PdA)	1
Total

Municipal elections of 17 March

Results summary of 1,008 municipalities.

Party	seats	municipalities
Concentration of the left	6,155	350
Christian Democracy (DC)	6,028	329
Independents	1,690	90
Concentration of the centre	1,333	67
Concentration of the right	645	44
Local parties	490	28
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIUP)	443	22
Italian Communist Party (PCI)	425	18
Labour Democratic Party (PDL)	376	25
Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	312	14
Combatants and Veterans	233	13
Italian Republican Party (PRI)	196	8
Common Man's Front (FUQ)	126	7
Action Party (PdA)	66	1
Italian Democracy	33	2
Total	18,563	1,008

Municipal elections of 24 March

Results summary of 1,459 municipalities.

Party	seats	municipalities
Christian Democracy (DC)	9,808	539
Concentration of the left	9,515	536
Independents	1,928	97
Concentration of the centre	1,398	66
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIUP)	987	34
Italian Communist Party (PCI)	802	39
Local parties	682	43
Concentration of the right	574	30
Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	481	27
Labour Democratic Party (PDL)	338	17
Italian Republican Party (PRI)	247	12
Common Man's Front (FUQ)	126	7
Combatants and Veterans	196	7
Action Party (PdA)	89	4
Italian Democracy	14	1
Total	27,185	1,459

In 7 municipalities there was no prevalence of any party.

Municipal elections of 31 March

Results summary of 1,505 municipalities.

Party	seats	municipalities
Christian Democracy (DC)	10,158	575
Concentration of the left	9,336	507
Independents	2,238	125
Concentration of the centre	1,363	70
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIUP)	1,102	42
Italian Communist Party (PCI)	1,099	55
Local parties	818	50
Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	434	22
Concentration of the right	346	13
Labour Democratic Party (PDL)	321	16
Combatants and Veterans	282	18
Italian Republican Party (PRI)	205	8
Common Man's Front (FUQ)	90	3
Action Party (PdA)	35	-
Italian Democracy	18	1
Total

Municipal elections of 7 April

Results summary of 1,141 municipalities.

Party	seats	municipalities
Concentration of the left	7,997	450
Christian Democracy (DC)	7,095	376
Independents	1,684	93
Concentration of the centre	883	46
Concentration of the right	758	38
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity (PSIUP)	747	34
Local parties	723	41
Italian Communist Party (PCI)	560	24
Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	260	10
Combatants and Veterans	184	7
Labour Democratic Party (PDL)	181	9
Italian Republican Party (PRI)	171	5
Common Man's Front (FUQ)	55	1
Action Party (PdA)	40	1
Italian Democracy	12	1
Total

In 5 municipalities there was no prevalence of any party.