Lombard regional election, 1985
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The Lombard regional election of 1985 took place on 12 May 1985. The 4th term of the Regional Council was chosen.
Electoral law
Election was held under proportional representation with provincial constituencies where the largest remainder method with a Droop quota was used. To ensure more proportionality, remained votes and seats were transferred at regional level and calculated at-large.
Results
The Christian Democracy party was by far the largest party, despite a slight decline in term of votes. After the election Giuseppe Guzzetti was re-elected president for the third time at the head of a center-left coalition comprising also the PSI, the PSDI and the PRI. In 1986 Guzzetti was replaced by Bruno Tabacci, to whom Giuseppe Giovenzana succeeded in 1989.
Summary of the 12 May 1985 Lombard regional election
Party | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | ||
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Christian Democracy | DC | 2,204,685 | 36.03 | 31 | |||
Italian Communist Party | PCI | 1,632,676 | 26.68 | 22 | |||
Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 941,395 | 15.38 | 12 | |||
Italian Social Movement | MSI | 363,918 | 5.95 | 4 | |||
Italian Republican Party | PRI | 293,359 | 4.79 | 4 | |||
Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 170,763 | 2.79 | 2 | |||
Green Lists | LV | 146,835 | 2.40 | 2 | |||
Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 143,641 | 2.35 | 1 | |||
Proletarian Democracy | DP | 136,781 | 2.24 | 2 | |||
National Pensioners' Party | PNP | 32,945 | 0.54 | 0 | |||
Lega Lombarda | LL | 28,074 | 0.46 | 0 | |||
Democratic Party | PD | 15,475 | 0.25 | 0 | |||
Humanist Party | PU | 4,448 | 0.07 | 0 | |||
National Monarchist Party | PMN | 4,352 | 0.07 | 0 | |||
Total valid votes | 6,119,347 | 80 | |||||
Blank votes | 185,726 | ||||||
Invalid votes (blank included) | 331,013 | ||||||
Total | 6,450,360 | ||||||
Registered voters & turnout | 6,950,380 | 92.81 |
Source: Ministry of the Interior