1979 Italian General Election (Stable for All)

A snap general election was called on 3 June 1979 to elect 850 members of the Chamber of Deputies. It has seen the victory of the Christian Democracy which obtained a majority as a standalone party for the first time in 30 years.

Following the so-called Forlani Reforms, the institutional and political landscape changed in a drastic way. These reforms included the abolition of the Senate, strenghtening of the Prime Minister powers with the controversial addition of being the commander-in-chief of all Armed Forces, isolating the President of the Republic to being a figurehead. The reforms also abolished the CNEL, (National Committee on Economy and Labour) which was demeed as inefficient and obsolete since the ruling party decided to adopt a new economic line that included wide-privatizations and the implementation of neo-liberalism as it was happening in the United Kingdom and soon, in the United States. The reforms were approved by the standing Pentapartito (Five Parties) ruling coalition, and was strongly condemned by the PCI (Communist Party), while the socialists mantained a neutral policy about the package which proved to be extremely in favour for them as it included new majoritarian electoral systems.