# 1985 Molise regional election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Molise](https://electionsarchive.com/it/molise.md), May 12, 1985

Turnout: 228,248 of 296,641 registered voters (76.9%). +1.6 points since 1980.

## [Regional Council of Molise](https://electionsarchive.com/it/molise/1985-05-12-general/consiglio.md)

Christian Democracy won 18 of the 30 seats, with 56.5% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Democracy | 122,262 | 56.5% | 18 | +1 |
| Italian Communist Party | 35,093 | 16.2% | 5 | 0 |
| Italian Socialist Party | 22,171 | 10.2% | 3 | 0 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 10,650 | 4.9% | 1 | −1 |
| Movimento Sociale Italiano | 8,864 | 4.1% | 1 | 0 |
| Italian Republican Party | 7,446 | 3.4% | 1 | 0 |
| Italian Liberal Party | 6,524 | 3.0% | 1 | 0 |
| Democrazia Proletaria | 2,277 | 1.1% |  |  |
| L.Ven.-All.I.P. | 813 | 0.4% |  |  |
| UV-PD-Upap-Ecol. | 337 | 0.2% |  |  |

These results come from Ministero dell'Interno.

## Contests

- [1985 Molise regional election, council lists](https://electionsarchive.com/it/molise/1985-05-12-general/consiglio.md)

## Party system indices

[How these indices are computed](https://electionsarchive.com/indices.md)

| Chamber | Effective parties by votes | Effective parties by seats | Gallagher index | Loosemore–Hanby index | Volatility | Nationalization |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Regional Council of Molise | 2.76 | 2.49 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 0.72 |

- From 216,437 votes and 30 seats.
- Compared with [1980 Molise regional election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/molise/1980-06-08-general.md).
- Measured over 136 municipalities.

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