1985 Lombard regional election

The 1985 Lombard regional election took place on 12 May 1985. The 4th term of the Regional Council was chosen.

Largest party by municipality

Electoral law

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The election was held under proportional representation with provincial constituencies where the largest remainder method with a Droop quota was used. To ensure more proportionality, the remained votes and seats were transferred at regional level and calculated at large.


Results

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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, the PLI and the PRI. In 1986 Guzzetti was replaced by Bruno Tabacci, to whom Giuseppe Giovenzana succeeded in 1989.

12 May 1985 Lombard regional election results
 
Parties Votes % Seats +/-
Christian Democracy 2,204,685 36.03 31  3
Italian Communist Party 1,632,676 26.68 22  1
Italian Socialist Party 941,395 15.38 12  1
Italian Social Movement 363,918 5.95 4  1
Italian Republican Party 293,359 4.79 4  2
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 170.763 2.79 2  1
Green List 146,835 2.40 2  2
Italian Liberal Party 143,641 2.35 1  1
Proletarian Democracy 136,781 2.24 2   
National Pensioners' Party 32,945 0.54
Lombard League 28,074 0.46
Valdostan Union – Democratic Party – others 15,475 0.25
Humanist Party 4,448 0.07
Monarchist National Party 4,352 0.07
Total parties 6,119,347 100.00 80
Invalid/blank votes 331,013
Registered voters 6,450,360 92.81
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results
Popular vote
DC
36.03%
PCI
26.68%
PSI
15.38%
MSI
5.95%
PRI
4.79%
PSDI
2.79%
Greens
2.40%
PLI
2.35%
DP
2.24%
Others
1.39%

Seats by province

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Province DC PCI PSI MSI PRI PSDI Greens PLI DP Total
Milan 11 11 6 2 3 1 1 1 1 37
Brescia 4 2 1 1 - 1 1 - - 10
Bergamo 5 2 1 - - - - - 1 9
Varese 3 2 1 1 1 - - - - 8
Como 3 1 1 - - - - - - 5
Pavia 2 2 1 - - - - - - 5
Mantua 1 1 1 - - - - - - 3
Cremona 1 1 - - - - - - - 2
Sondrio 1 - - - - - - - - 1
Total 31 22 12 4 4 2 2 1 2 80