page_title: Elections in Rome
section_title: City Council election, 1976
hierarchical_section_title: Elections in Rome / Elections during the Italian Republic (since 1946) / City Council election, 1976
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Giulio Carlo Argan nei primi anni ottanta
context_page_description: All Rome residents who are at least 18 years old and hold an EU citizenship are eligible to vote for the Mayor and the 48 members of the Capitoline Assembly, as well as for the President and the 30 or 40 members of the Council of the Municipality where they reside.
  Since 1993 Italian mayors are elected directly. In all the cities with a population higher than 15,000 the voters express a choice for a mayor-candidate and/or for a party or civic list, not necessarily linked to the same mayor-candidate. If no mayor-candidate receives an absolute majority, the top two candidates go to a runoff election after two weeks. The City Council and Municipalities Councils elections are based on a proportional system with preferences: for each list, the candidates with the most preferences are elected proportionally to the seats assigned to the list, with the lists supporting the elected mayor being granted around 60% of the total seats to guarantee governability.
  Elections are scheduled every five years, usually between 15 April and 15 June. The last election was held in June 2020
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context_section_description: The election took place on 20 June 1976.
  Similarly to the previous year municipal elections which saw the unprecedented win of left-wing parties across the country, the Italian Communist Party became for the first time in history the first party with 35% of the votes. This extraordinary result led to the birth of the first red-giunta in the history of the city: the new coalition was formed by the leftist Socialist and Communist Party.
  On 9 August 1976 the notorious left-wing independent art historian Giulio Carlo Argan was elected Mayor.
  Sunday 20 June 1976. Source: La Stampa
caption: Giulio Carlo Argan led the first left-wing executive as Mayor (1976–1979)
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