Vatican Manuscripts: Conclave Voting Records

Records of the scrutini (voting rounds) of papal conclaves.

Vat.lat.7514, Papal Conclave for Clement XII (1730)

Vat.lat.8195, Conclave Votes for Clement X (1670)

Printed forms with hand written vote counts. Eleven rounds of voting eventually selected Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, who took the name Clement X


Vat.lat.8196, Papal Conclave votes for Alexander VII (1655)

Voting records from the 1655 papal conclave that eventually selected Fabio Chigi as Alexander VII. There were 155 rounds of voting. The forms are printed, with hand-written counts


Vat.lat.8197, Conclave votes for Clement IX (1667)

Printed forms with hand written vote counts. This records the 35 rounds of voting that eventually elected Giulio Rospigliosi as Pope Clement IX on June 20, 1667


Vat.lat.9479, Scrutinii for Papal Conclave (1700)

Eventually Giovanni Francesco Albani elected as Clement XI