| Election Name: | 1946 Italian presidential election |
| Country: | Italy |
| Type: | presidential |
| Vote Type: | electoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 1947 Italian presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1947 |
| Votes For Election: | 576 voters |
| Needed Votes: | 344 |
| Nominee1: | Enrico De Nicola |
| Party1: | Italian Liberal Party |
| Electoral Vote1: | 396 |
| Percentage1: | 69.1% |
| Head of State (provisional) | |
| Before Election: | Alcide De Gasperi |
| Before Party: | DC |
| After Election: | Enrico De Nicola |
| After Party: | PLI |
The 1946 Italian presidential election was undertaken to elect a provisional head of the Italian State on 28 June 1946.
After the departure of former King Umberto II of Italy on 13 June 1946, following the abolition of the monarchy, the functions of head of state had provisionally been exercised by Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi, to which he was entrusted until the beginning of July when, following election as Provisional Head of State, Enrico De Nicola was sworn in before the Constituent Assembly as president. They are not considered presidential elections, as this institution did not yet exist. However, De Nicola assumed this title according to the first transitional provision of the Constitution in 1948.
| Candidate | 1st Round | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrico De Nicola | 396 | ||||||
| Cipriano Facchinetti | 40 | ||||||
| Ottavia Penna Buscemi | 32 | ||||||
| Vittorio Emanuele Orlando | 12 | ||||||
| Carlo Sforza | 2 | ||||||
| Alcide De Gasperi | 1 | ||||||
| Alfredo Proja | 1 | ||||||
| Other candidates | -- | ||||||
| Blank papers | 14 | ||||||
| Invalid papers | 6 | ||||||
| Voting | 504 | ||||||
| Total | 573 | ||||||
| Source: Parliament of Italy | |||||||