Piedmontese regional election, 1985

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The Piedmontese regional election of 1985 took place on 12 May 1985.

Christian Democracy resulted narrowly ahead of the Italian Communist Party, which had been ousted from the regional government by the Italian Socialist Party in 1983.

After the election, the Socialists, the Christian Democrats, the Italian Republican Party, the Italian Liberal Party and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, the Italian Liberal Party and the Italian Republican Party continued their alliance but this time the regional government was led by a Christian Democrat, Vittorio Beltrami.

Results

Parties votes votes (%) seats
Christian Democracy 918,557 30.5 19
Italian Communist Party 871,141 28.9 18
Italian Socialist Party 389,170 12.9 8
Italian Social Movement 165,691 5.5 3
Italian Republican Party 158,597 5.3 3
Italian Liberal Party 152,989 5.1 3
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 143,055 4.7 3
Green List 102,331 3.4 2
Proletarian Democracy 48,575 1.6 2
Piedmontese Union 33,978 1.1 -
Others 32,472 1.1 -
Total 3,016,556 100.0 60

Sources

Source: Ministry of the Interior

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