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The Sardinian regional election of 1961 took place on 18 June 1961.
Two more seats were added.
After the election Efisio Corrias, the incumbent Christian Democratic President, formed a new government that included the Sardinian Action Party, a social-liberal regionalist party. In 1963 the government was enlarged to the Italian Democratic Socialist Party.[1]
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| Parties | votes | votes (%) | seats | |
| Christian Democracy | 320,756 | 46.4 | 37 | |
| Italian Communist Party | 131,622 | 19.0 | 14 | |
| Italian Socialist Party | 66,523 | 9.6 | 7 | |
| Sardinian Action Party–Italian Republican Party | 50,039 | 7.2 | 5 | |
| Italian Social Movement | 42,145 | 6.1 | 4 | |
| Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity | 33,985 | 4.9 | 2 | |
| Italian Liberal Party | 23,011 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 21,736 | 3.1 | 2 | |
| Others | 2,490 | 0.4 | - | |
| Total | 692,307 | 100.0 | 72 | |
Sources: Regional Council of Sardinia and Istituto Cattaneo