1964 Italian presidential election
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The 1964 Italian presidential election was held in Italy from 16 to 28 December 1964, following the resignation of President Antonio Segni on 6 December 1964 due to health problems.
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963 voters (320 Senators, 630 Deputies and 13 regional representatives[1]) 642 (1st–3rd ballots) or 482 (4th ballot onwards) votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||
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Only members of Parliament and regional delegates were entitled to vote, most of these electors having been elected in the 1963 general election. 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.
Only on the twenty-first round of voting Giuseppe Saragat, the leader of Italian Democratic Socialist Party and former President of the Constituent Assembly, was finally elected President.[2] Saragat was the first left-wing politician to become President of the Republic.[3]