1971 Italian presidential election
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The 1971 Italian presidential election was held in Italy on 9–24 December 1971.
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1,008 voters (320 Senators, 630 Deputies and 58 regional representatives) 673 (1st–3rd ballots) or 505 (4th ballot onwards) votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||
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Only members of Parliament and regional delegates were entitled to vote, most of these electors having been elected in the 1968 general election and in the 1970 regional elections. As head of state of the Italian Republic, the President has a role of representation of national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Italian Constitution, in the framework of a parliamentary system.
On 24 December 1971 former Prime Minister and president of the Chamber of Deputies Giovanni Leone was elected president with 518 votes out of 1,008, the smallest majority ever obtained by an elected president. With twenty-three rounds of voting, this presidential election remains still today the longest presidential election in the Italian republican history.