 On 25 June 1946 the assembly was established, with Giuseppe Saragat (future president of the Republic) as president.Its first act, on 28 June, was the election of Enrico De Nicola as the Italian Republic's provisional president.On 504 voters, De Nicola (a member of the Italian Liberal Party) obtained 396 votes, followed by Cipriano Facchinetti (Italian Republican Party) with 40, Ottavia Penna Buscemi (Common Man's Front) with 32, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (left) with 12, Carlo Sforza (PRI) with 2, Alcide De Gasperi and Alfredo Proja (both from Christian Democracy, or DC) with 2.