1985 Piedmontese regional election

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


Events

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In the Regional Council of Piedmont, 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 and Christian Democrats, along with the Italian Republican Party, the Italian Liberal Party, and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, continued their Pentapartito alliance but this time the regional government was led by a Christian Democrat, Vittorio Beltrami.

Results

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Largest party by municipality
 
Party 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
Civic Greens 52,240 1.7 1
Green List 50,091 1.7 1
Proletarian Democracy 48,575 1.6 1
Piedmontese UnionVenetian League 33,978 1.1 -
Pensioners Italian Alliance 23,927 0.8 -
Pensioners' National Party 8,545 0.3 -
Total 3,016,556 100.0 60

Source: Ministry of the Interior