# 1985 Apulia regional election

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

Turnout: 2,549,837 of 2,934,241 registered voters (86.9%). +0.55 points since 1980.

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

Christian Democracy won 15 of the 50 seats, with 38.4% of the vote.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Democracy | 913,566 | 38.4% | 15 | −7 |
| Italian Communist Party | 581,323 | 24.4% | 13 | 0 |
| Italian Socialist Party | 358,174 | 15.0% | 8 | +2 |
| Movimento Sociale Italiano | 244,691 | 10.3% | 5 | +1 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 104,895 | 4.4% | 7 | +5 |
| Italian Republican Party | 77,076 | 3.2% | 1 | 0 |
| Italian Liberal Party | 41,659 | 1.8% | 1 | 0 |
| Liste Verdi | 25,112 | 1.1% |  |  |
| Democrazia Proletaria | 19,009 | 0.8% |  |  |
| L.Ven.-All.I.P. | 6,520 | 0.3% |  |  |
| UV-PD-Upap-Ecol. | 5,233 | 0.2% |  |  |
| Part.Naz.Pens. | 1,544 | 0.1% |  |  |
| Lista Locale | 1,137 | <0.1% |  |  |

These results come from Ministero dell'Interno.

## Contests

- [1985 Apulia regional election, council lists](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/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 Apulia | 4.10 | 4.68 | 9.2 | 12.4 | 6.1 | 0.74 |

- From 2,379,939 votes and 50 seats.
- Compared with [1980 Apulia regional election](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/1980-06-08-general.md).
- Measured over 257 municipalities.

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