The 1980 Calabrian regional election took place on 8 June 1980.
Events Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, while the Italian Socialist Party made important gains. After the election Bruno Dominijanni, a Socialist, formed a centre-left government comprising Christian Democracy, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and the Italian Republican Party (Organic Centre-left).
Results Parties votes votes (%) seats Christian Democracy450,83641.218 Italian Communist Party263,86924.210 Italian Socialist Party181,11416.67 Italian Social Movement77,5427.12 Italian Democratic Socialist Party63,3125.82 Italian Republican Party22,9772.11 Proletarian Unity Party13,0061.2- Proletarian Democracy12,2541.1- Italian Liberal Party8,3460.8- Total1,093,256100.040 Source: Ministry of the Interior