Italian presidential election, 1955

28–29 April 1955

President before election

Luigi Einaudi
Liberal Party

Elected President

Giovanni Gronchi
Christian Democracy

The Italian presidential election of 1955 was held in Italy on 28 – 29 April 1955. Only members of Parliament are entitled to vote. 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.

At fourth round of voting, incumbent President of the Chamber of Deputies Giovanni Gronchi was elected President with 658 votes out of 843.

Candidates

Ferruccio Parri, Prime Minister after Fascism and during World War II, was candidate by Italian Republican Party and other left-wing parties.
Cesare Merzagora, incumbent President of the Senate, was the first candidate of DC leader Amintore Fanfani, but the left-wing internal opposition did not vote him.
Giovanni Gronchi, the elected President, was initially voted by left-wing DC internal opposition and by left-wing parties, only at the last round of voting he obtained a large consent.
Luigi Einaudi, outgoing Republic President, was proposed to do a second mandate.

Candidate	1° Round	2° Round	3° Round	4° Round
Ferruccio Parri	308	--	--	--
Cesare Merzagora	228	225	245	--
Luigi Einaudi	120	80	61	70
Giovanni Gronchi	30	127	281	658
Antonio Segni	12	18	14	--
Raffaele De Caro	--	--	14	--
Other candidates	23	24	7	11
Blank papers	89	332	195	92
Invalid papers	5	2	2	2
Voting	815	808	817	833
Present	815	808	817	833
Source: Parliament of Italy

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