1985 Tuscan regional election

Tuscan regional election of 1985 took place on 12 May 1985.

1985 Tuscan regional election

12 May 1985

All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Tuscany

Party Vote % Seats +/– PCI 46.2% 25 0 DC 26.6% 14 −1 PSI 12.0% 5 0 MSI 4.6% 2 +1 PRI 3.3% 1 0 PSDI 1.7% 1 0 Green List 1.6% 1 New DP 1.5% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Major party in each municipality.

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 Italian Communist Party was by far the largest party. After the election Gianfranco Bartolini, the incumbent Communist President of the Region, formed a new government with the support of the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party.

Parties		votes	votes (%)	seats
	Italian Communist Party	1,183,428	46.2	25
	Christian Democracy	679,986	26.6	14
	Italian Socialist Party	306,797	12.0	5
	Italian Social Movement	118,420	4.6	2
	Italian Republican Party	84,725	3.3	1
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	43,810	1.7	1
	Green List	41,281	1.6	1
	Proletarian Democracy	37,098	1.5	1
	Italian Liberal Party	28,863	1.1	-
	Pensioners Italian Alliance – Venetian League	11,798	0.5	-
	Hunting – Fishing – Environment	10,797	0.4	-
	Pensioners' National Party	8,234	0.3	-
	Valdostan Union – Democratic Party – others	4,208	0.2	-
	Humanist Party	1,027	0.0	-
Total		2,560,472	100.0	50

Source: Ministry of the Interior