Ahead of the elections, the AMG intervened in order to boost the pro-Italian conservative Christian Democracy (DC) party.
[3] The Christian Democrats were also supported by the mainstream press, represented by newspapers such as Messaggero Veneto and Giornale di Trieste.
[2] The Christian Democratic campaign struck a chord especially amongst women voters in the Free Territory, who were allowed to vote for the first time.
[2] The pro-Yugoslav fraction was now regrouped in the Slovenian-Italian Popular Front (FPIS), with the daily newspaper Primorski dnevnik as their press outlet.
[2] [2] The elections in the five smaller municipalities were marked by victories of the Communist Party and its front organization, the Slavic-Italian Anti-Fascist Union.