Italian local elections, 1985

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The 1985 Italian local elections were held on 12 and 13 May.[1] In Italy, direct elections were held in 5,772 comuni: in each comune were chosen mayor and members of the City Council.

The elections were won by the Christian Democracy, led by Ciriaco De Mita. The election was also characterized by a strong result of the Italian Social Movement, which became the most voted party in the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol.

Municipal elections in the main cities

Turin

Party votes % seats
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 259,196 35.4 30
Christian Democracy (DC) 171,902 23.5 20
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 84,043 11.5 9
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 52,226 7.1 6
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 43,831 6.0 5
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 43,273 5.9 5
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) 24,525 3.4 2
Green Civic List 13,213 1.8 1
Green List 11,962 1.6 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 11,233 1.5 1
Piedmontese Union 6,063 0.8 -
Others 11,487 1.5 -
Total 732,954 100.00 80

Trento

Party votes % seats
Christian Democracy (DC) 27,049 39.9 20
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 8,524 12.6 6
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 7,942 11.7 6
Green List 5,457 8.0 4
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 3,970 5.9 3
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) 2,346 3.5 2
Trentino Tyrolean People's Party (PPTT) 2,289 3.4 2
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 2,277 3.4 2
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 2,144 3.2 1
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Union (UATT) 2.9 1
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 1,358 2.3 1
Others 3.4 2
Total 71,672 100.00 50

Venice

Party votes % seats
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 73,652 30.5 19
Christian Democracy (DC) 66,071 27.3 17
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 41,819 17.3 11
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 11,889 4.9 3
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 11,704 4.9 3
Green List 10,729 4.4 2
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) 10,404 4.3 2
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 6,020 2.5 1
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 4,964 2.1 1
Venetian League (LV) 4,410 1.8 1
Total 241,662 100.00 60

Udine

Party votes % seats
Christian Democracy (DC) 25,823 35.9 20
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 11,158 15.5 8
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 11,032 15.3 8
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) 6,186 8.6 4
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 4,877 6.8 3
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 4,205 5.9 3
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 2,321 3.2 1
Green List 1,907 2.7 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 1,292 1.8 1
Others 3,100 4.3 1
Total 71,901 100.00 50

Genoa

Party votes % seats
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 186,396 36.5 31
Christian Democracy (DC) 128,417 25.1 21
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 73,512 14.4 12
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 25,558 5.0 4
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 22.573 4,4 3
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 19,413 3.8 3
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) 17,755 3.5 2
Green List 15,237 3.0 2
Pensioners' Party 7,905 1.6 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 7,825 1.5 1
Others 6,056 1.2 -
Total 510,647 100.00 80

Bologna

Party votes % seats
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 151,113 44.5 29
Christian Democracy (DC) 77,199 22.7 15
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 40,969 12.1 7
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 17,976 5.3 3
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 15,372 4.5 2
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) 10,469 3.1 2
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 10,009 3.0 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 8,969 2.6 1
Others 7,440 2.2 -
Total 339,516 100.00 60

Florence

Party votes % seats
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 125,442 39.9 25
Christian Democracy (DC) 83,258 26.5 17
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 38,565 12.3 7
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 17,738 5.6 3
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 15,855 5.1 3
Green List 9,879 3.1 2
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 7,316 2.3 1
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) 6,433 2.1 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 5,971 1.9 1
Others 3,770 1.2 -
Total 314,227 100.00 60

Perugia

Party votes % seats
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 41,383 40.7 22
Christian Democracy (DC) 25,745 25.3 14
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 19,148 18.8 10
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 5,941 5.9 3
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 3,610 3.6 1
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) 1,837 1.8 -
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 1,635 1.6 -
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 1,555 1.5 -
Others 844 0.8 -
Total 101,698 100.00 50

Rome

Party votes % seats
Christian Democracy (DC) 629,952 33.1 28
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 586,036 30.8 26
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 195,905 10.3 8
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 177,198 9.3 7
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 74,916 3.9 3
Italian Socialist Democratic Party (PSDI) 67,775 3.6 3
Green List 51,291 2.7 2
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 48,423 2.6 2
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 26,705 1.4 1
Others 43,764 2.3 -
Total 1,901,965 100.00 80

L'Aquila

Party votes % seats
Christian Democracy (DC) 17,581 40.2 17
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 8,512 19.5 8
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 8,250 18.9 8
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 3,225 7.4 3
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 2,794 6.4 2
Italian Socialist Democratic Party (PSDI) 1,998 4.6 1
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 1,013 2.3 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 314 0.7 -
Total 43,687 100.00 40

Campobasso

Party votes % seats
Christian Democracy (DC) 10,843 51.3 22
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 4,857 14.8 6
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 4,414 13.5 5
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 2,227 6.8 2
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 1,775 5.4 2
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 1,490 4.5 2
Italian Socialist Democratic Party (PSDI) 869 2.7 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 334 1.0 -
Total 100.00 40

Potenza

Party votes % seats
Christian Democracy (DC) 22,379 53.2 23
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 6,378 15.2 6
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 5,378 12.8 5
Italian Socialist Democratic Party (PSDI) 3,669 8.7 3
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 1,962 4.7 2
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 1,028 2.4 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 642 1.5 -
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 609 1.5 -
Total 42,045 100.00 40

Bari

Party votes % seats
Christian Democracy (DC) 74.329 32,7 20
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 50.452 22,2 14
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 35.855 15,8 10
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 21.463 9,4 6
Italian Socialist Democratic Party (PSDI) 20.458 9,0 5
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 12.859 5,7 3
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 5.707 2,5 1
Green List 3.589 1,6 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 2.617 1,1 -
Total 227.329 100,00 60

Catanzaro

Party votes % seats
Christian Democracy (DC) 25,077 43.6 23
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 9,970 17.4 9
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 9,782 17.0 9
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 4,192 7.3 4
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 3,440 6.0 3
Italian Socialist Democratic Party (PSDI) 3,136 5.5 2
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 483 0.8 -
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 380 0.7 -
Others 1,002 1.7 -
Total 57,462 100.00 50

Palermo

Party votes % seats
Christian Democracy (DC) 148,632 37.3 32
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 58,749 14.7 12
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 53,365 13.4 11
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 36,281 9.1 7
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 23,731 6.0 5
Italian Socialist Democratic Party (PSDI) 21,272 5.4 4
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 16,750 4.2 3
Green List 1.8 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 4,624 1.2 1
Others 6.9 4
Totale 398,226 100.00 80

Cagliari

Party votes % seats
Christian Democracy (DC) 49,649 35.4 19
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 26,459 18.8 10
Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az) 23,673 16.9 9
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 14,107 10.0 5
Italian Social Movement (MSI) 7,841 5.6 3
Italian Socialist Democratic Party (PSDI) 6,209 4.4 2
Italian Republican Party (PRI) 5,213 3.7 1
Italian Liberal Party (PLI) 3,597 2.6 1
Proletarian Democracy (DP) 2,087 1.5 -
Green List 1,605 1.1 -
Total 140,440 100.00 50

References

  1. ↑ Storia amministrativa. La cronologia, 1945–1980
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