# 1985 Melissano municipal council election

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

The Italian Communist Party won 9 of the 20 seats, with 45.2% of the vote.

> Results are by municipality, from the Interior Ministry's open data file for this round of municipal elections; where the file reports polling sections, they are summed by municipality. Seats are the council seats the open data gives each list. They do not include the mayor, or defeated candidates for mayor who took a seat on the council.

Seats: PCI 9, DC 7, PSI 3, and MSI DN 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Italian Communist Party | 2,110 | 45.2% | 9 | Won |
| Christian Democracy | 1,489 | 31.9% | 7 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 645 | 13.8% | 3 | Won |
| MSI DN | 423 | 9.1% | 1 | Won |

Valid votes: 4,667

Turnout: 88.6% (4,806 of 5,422 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 15, 2011](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/melissano/2011-05-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): DEMOCRATICI PER MELISSANO, PROGETTO MELISSANO
- [May 28, 2006](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/melissano/2006-05-28-local/consiglio-comunale.md): DEMOCRATICI, LISTA CIVICA, CITTA' NUOVA, CEN-SIN(CONTR.UFF.)
- [May 13, 2001](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/melissano/2001-05-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CEN-SIN(CONTR.UFF.), CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE)
- [April 27, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/melissano/1997-04-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md): SINISTRA DEMOCRATICA, CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE)
- [June 6, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/melissano/1993-06-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): ETEROGENEA, ALLEANZA DEMOCRATICA, ETEROGENEA
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/melissano/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, MSI-DN
- May 12, 1985: Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/melissano/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/melissano/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, ETEROGENEA

## Also on the ballot in Italy on May 12, 1985

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1985-05-12-local.md) (6,557)

## Sources

- [Eligendo: archivio storico delle elezioni, open data](https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/eligendo/opendata.php), Ministero dell'Interno. License: No license stated. Data that Italian public bodies publish without a license are open by default (art. 52 of the Codice dell'amministrazione digitale).

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