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The 1990 Calabrian regional election took place on 6 and 7 May 1990.


Events

Christian Democracy Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...
, which had been the leading political force in the region for twenty years, was the largest party, while the
Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a Social democracy, social democratic and Democratic socialism, democratic socialist political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parti ...
, which controlled the post of President of the Region since 1980, made strong gains and came second at the expenses of the
Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party (, PCI) was a communist and democratic socialist political party in Italy. It was established in Livorno as the Communist Party of Italy (, PCd'I) on 21 January 1921, when it seceded from the Italian Socialist Part ...
. After the election, a new government composed of the Christian Democrats, the Socialists, the
Italian Democratic Socialist Party The Italian Democratic Socialist Party (, PSDI), also known as Italian Social Democratic Party, was a social-democratic political party in Italy. The longest serving partner in government for Christian Democracy, the PSDI was an important for ...
and the
Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party (, PRI) is a political party in Italy established in 1895, which makes it the oldest political party still active in the country. The PRI identifies with 19th-century classical radicalism, as well as Mazzinianism, a ...
was formed under the leadership of
Rosario Olivo Rosario Olivo (born 18 April 1940) is an Italian politician. A long-time member of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), he joined the Labour Federation (FL) in 1994 and the Democrats of the Left (DS) in 1998. He was deputy from 1992 to 2001 and ...
, the incumbent Socialist President (
Organic Centre-left The organic centre-left () was a coalition of four Italian political parties that formed governments throughout the 1960s and the middle 1970s. ''Organic'' meant that the Italian Socialist Party was fully part of the government, it was within the ...
). A Christian Democrat, Rhodio, took the leadership in 1992.


Results

Source
Ministry of the Interior
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