# 1985 Orsara di Puglia municipal council election

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

The Italian Communist Party won 16 of the 20 seats, with 42.9% 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 16, DC 3, and PSI 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Italian Communist Party | 1,057 | 42.9% | 16 | Won |
| Christian Democracy | 686 | 27.9% | 3 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 659 | 26.8% | 1 | Won |
| ALTRE LISTE | 61 | 2.5% |  |  |

Valid votes: 2,463

Turnout: 77.6% (2,773 of 3,572 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 2012](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orsara-di-puglia/2012-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): RINNOVAMENTO NELLA CONTINUITA', PRIMAVERA ORSARESE
- [May 27, 2007](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orsara-di-puglia/2007-05-27-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA
- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orsara-di-puglia/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CEN-SIN(CONTR.UFF.), CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE)
- [May 24, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orsara-di-puglia/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md): LISTA CIVICA, CEN-SIN(CONTR.UFF.)
- [April 23, 1995](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orsara-di-puglia/1995-04-23-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CENTRO, CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), Communist Refoundation Party
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orsara-di-puglia/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): ETEROGENEA, Italian Socialist Party
- May 12, 1985: Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orsara-di-puglia/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): MISTE DI CENTRO SINISTRA, Italian Communist Party
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orsara-di-puglia/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): MISTE DI SINISTRA, Christian Democracy
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/orsara-di-puglia/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party

## 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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