1976 Italian Senate election in Lombardy

Lombardy elected its seventh delegation to the Italian Senate on June 20, 1976. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 1976 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.

Lombardy obtained three more seats to the Senate, following the redistricting subsequent to the 1971 Census.

The election was won by the centrist Christian Democracy, as it happened at national level. Seven Lombard provinces gave a majority or at least a plurality to the winning party, while the agricultural Province of Pavia and Province of Mantua preferred the Italian Communist Party.

Background
The Italian Communist Party, which had annexed the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity, strengthened under Enrico Berlinguer's leadership, reducing the gap with the Christian Democracy, which by its part obtained some votes from minor forces, as the Italian Liberal Party and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, to face the red rising.

Electoral system
The electoral system for the Senate was a strange hybrid which established a form of proportional representation into FPTP-like constituencies. A candidate needed a landslide victory of more than 65% of votes to obtain a direct mandate. All constituencies where this result was not reached entered into an at-large calculation based upon the D'Hondt method to distribute the seats between the parties, and candidates with the best percentages of suffrages inside their party list were elected.

Results
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Party !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|votes (%) !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|seats !rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|swing !align="left" valign="top"|Christian Democracy !align="left" valign="top"|Italian Communist Party !align="left" valign="top"|Italian Socialist Party !align="left" valign="top"|Italian Social Movement !align="left" valign="top"|Italian Republican Party !align="left" valign="top"|Italian Democratic Socialist Party !align="left" valign="top"|Italian Liberal Party !align="left" valign="top"|Others !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|5,198,291 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|48 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|3
 * - bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
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 * valign="top"|2,170,893
 * valign="top"|41.8
 * valign="top"|21
 * valign="top"|1
 * valign="top"|1,598,097
 * valign="top"|30.7
 * valign="top"|16
 * valign="top"|4
 * valign="top"|613,253
 * valign="top"|11.8
 * valign="top"|6
 * valign="top"|=
 * valign="top"|210,741
 * valign="top"|4.1
 * valign="top"|2
 * valign="top"|=
 * valign="top"|185,899
 * valign="top"|3.6
 * valign="top"|1
 * valign="top"|=
 * valign="top"|183,383
 * valign="top"|3.5
 * valign="top"|1
 * valign="top"|1
 * valign="top"|109,028
 * valign="top"|2.1
 * valign="top"|1
 * valign="top"|1
 * valign="top"|136,997
 * valign="top"|2.4
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 * }

Sources: Italian Ministry of the Interior

Constituencies
!align="left" valign="top"|N° !align="center" valign="top"|Constituency !align="center" valign="top"|Elected !align="center" valign="top"|Party !align="center" valign="top"|Votes % !align="center" valign="top"|Others Egidio Ariosto''' Italian Democratic Socialist Party 5.8% Giuseppe Garoli''' Italian Communist Party 36.5% Giacomo Carnesella''' Italian Socialist Party 13.1% Tullia Romagnoli''' Italian Communist Party (Gsi) 35.8% Renato Colombo''' Italian Socialist Party 14.8% Enzo Bettiza''' Italian Liberal Party 9.3% Giorgio Pisanò''' Italian Social Movement 7.4% Giovanni Spadolini''' Italian Republican Party 9.3% Carlo Polli''' Italian Socialist Party 13.8% Agostino Viviani''' Italian Socialist Party 13.0% Bruno Luzzati''' Italian Socialist Party 13.1% Generoso Petrella''' Italian Communist Party 32.7% Angelo Romanò''' Italian Communist Party (Gsi) 33.6% Rodolfo Bollini''' Italian Communist Party 39.3% Edoardo Catellani''' Italian Socialist Party 15.5% Claudio Donelli''' Italian Communist Party 29.9% Modesto Merzario''' Italian Communist Party 29.6%
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 * align="left"|1
 * align="left"|Bergamo
 * align="left"|Angelo Castelli
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|59.1%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|2
 * align="left"|Clusone
 * align="left"|Leandro Rampa
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|63.8%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|3
 * align="left"|Treviglio
 * align="left"|Vincenzo Bombardieri
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|57.3%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|4
 * align="left"|Brescia
 * align="left"|Mino Martinazzoli
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|45.6%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|5
 * align="left"|Breno
 * align="left"|Giacomo Mazzoli
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|55.3%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|6
 * align="left"|Chiari
 * align="left"|Mario Pedini
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|57.3%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|7
 * align="left"|Salò
 * align="left"|'''Fabiano De Zan
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|57.3%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|7
 * align="left"|Salò
 * align="left"|'''Fabiano De Zan
 * align="left"|'''Fabiano De Zan
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|48.3%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|8
 * align="left"|Como
 * align="left"|Luigi Borghi
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|44.8%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|9
 * align="left"|Lecco
 * align="left"|Tommaso Morlino
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|52.3%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|10
 * align="left"|Cantù
 * align="left"|Siro Lombardini
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|49.6%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|11
 * align="left"|Cremona
 * align="left"|'''Vincenzo Vernaschi
 * align="left"|11
 * align="left"|Cremona
 * align="left"|'''Vincenzo Vernaschi
 * align="left"|'''Vincenzo Vernaschi
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|39.6%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|12
 * align="left"|Crema
 * align="left"|'''Ferdinando Truzzi
 * align="left"|'''Ferdinando Truzzi
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|49.0%
 * align="left"|Paolo Zanini (PCI) 28.4%
 * align="left"|13
 * align="left"|Mantua
 * align="left"|'''Carlo Grazioli
 * align="left"|'''Carlo Grazioli
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|37.0%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|14
 * align="left"|Ostiglia
 * align="left"|'''Agostino Zavattini
 * align="left"|'''Agostino Zavattini
 * align="left"|Italian Communist Party
 * align="left"|42.6%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|15
 * align="left"|Milan 1
 * align="left"|'''Luigi Noè
 * align="left"|'''Luigi Noè
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|37.1%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|16
 * align="left"|Milan 2
 * align="left"|Gastone Nencioni
 * align="left"|Italian Social Movement
 * align="left"|9.0%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|17
 * align="left"|Milan 3
 * align="left"|'''Vera Squarcialupi
 * align="left"|Milan 3
 * align="left"|'''Vera Squarcialupi
 * align="left"|Italian Communist Party
 * align="left"|28.9%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|18
 * align="left"|Milan 4
 * align="left"|'''Urbano Aletti
 * align="left"|'''Urbano Aletti
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|36.5%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|19
 * align="left"|Milan 5
 * align="left"|Mario Venanzi
 * align="left"|Italian Communist Party
 * align="left"|34.5%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|20
 * align="left"|Milan 6
 * align="left"|'''Lelio Basso
 * align="left"|Milan 6
 * align="left"|'''Lelio Basso
 * align="left"|Italian Communist Party (Gsi)
 * align="left"|36.9%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|21
 * align="left"|Abbiategrasso
 * align="left"|'''Ada Valeria Ruhl
 * align="left"|'''Ada Valeria Ruhl
 * align="left"|Italian Communist Party
 * align="left"|38.0%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|22
 * align="left"|Rho
 * align="left"|'''Giorgio Milani
 * align="left"|'''Giorgio Milani
 * align="left"|Italian Communist Party
 * align="left"|39.6%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|23
 * align="left"|Monza
 * align="left"|'''Vittorino Colombo
 * align="left"|'''Vittorino Colombo
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|41.0%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|24
 * align="left"|Vimercate
 * align="left"|'''Giovanni Marcora
 * align="left"|'''Giovanni Marcora
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|43.6%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|25
 * align="left"|Lodi
 * align="left"|'''Camillo Ripamonti
 * align="left"|'''Camillo Ripamonti
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|39.6%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|26
 * align="left"|Pavia
 * align="left"|Renato Cebrelli
 * align="left"|Italian Communist Party
 * align="left"|39.5%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|27
 * align="left"|Voghera
 * align="left"|Giovanni Bellinzona
 * align="left"|Italian Communist Party
 * align="left"|36.1%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|28
 * align="left"|Vigevano
 * align="left"|Armando Cossutta
 * align="left"|Italian Communist Party
 * align="left"|45.3%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|29
 * align="left"|Sondrio
 * align="left"|'''Eugenio Tarabini
 * align="left"|29
 * align="left"|Sondrio
 * align="left"|'''Eugenio Tarabini
 * align="left"|'''Eugenio Tarabini
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|52.1%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|30
 * align="left"|Varese
 * align="left"|'''Aristide Marchetti
 * align="left"|'''Aristide Marchetti
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|40.8%
 * align="left"|
 * align="left"|31
 * align="left"|Busto Arsizio
 * align="left"|'''Gian Pietro Rossi
 * align="left"|'''Gian Pietro Rossi
 * align="left"|Christian Democracy
 * align="left"|44.1%
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 * }


 * No senator obtained a direct mandate. Please remember that the electoral system was, in the other cases, a form of proportional representation and not a FPTP race: so candidates winning with a simple plurality could have (and usually had) a candidate (usually a Christian democrat) with more votes in their constituency.

Substitutions

 * Paolo Zanini for Crema (28.4%) replaced Lelio Basso in 1978. Reason: death.