Word: sorpasso
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Dates: during 1985-1985
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...with a total of more than 58%. The biggest winner was the Christian Democratic Party, which bested the Communists, 35% to 30.2%. What may have worked in the Christian Democrats' favor was a heavy turnout of 44.5 million, or 89% of eligible voters. Had the Communists repeated their earlier sorpasso, or overtaking, of the Christian Democrats, they could have pushed the Craxi coalition to the brink of collapse and possibly positioned themselves for an even more critical defeat of the government by calling for early parliamentary elections, which are not due to be held until...
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