1985 Piedmontese regional election

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

Events

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 (Pentapartito).

Results

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 Union	33,978	1.1	-
	Others	32,472	1.1	-
Total		3,016,556	100.0	60
Largest party by municipality

Sources

Source: Ministry of the Interior