The 1975 Piedmontese regional election took place on 15 June 1975. Ten new seats were added to the Regional Council of Piedmont following the 1971 census.
Events Christian Democracy resulted narrowly behind the Italian Communist Party, which was the real winner of the election. After the election, the Italian Socialist Party, which had been a junior partner in the Christian Democracy-led regional government since 1970, switched sides and formed a coalition with the Communists. The new regional government, composed of Communists and Socialists, was led by a Socialist, Aldo Viglione. Piedmont was thus the first and only region of Northern Italy, along with neighbouring Liguria, to have a left-wing government.
Results
Party votes votes (%) seats Italian Communist Party1,033,34233.922 Christian Democracy976,79432.120 Italian Socialist Party393,70712.98 Italian Democratic Socialist Party224,6427.44 Italian Liberal Party153,0795.02 Italian Social Movement130,9054.32 Italian Republican Party109,3333.62 Proletarian Democracy24,6340.8- Workers' Democracy 24,6340.8- Popular Union for Socialism 1,1280.0- Total3,047,564100.060 Source: Ministry of the Interior