# 1985 San Severo municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Puglia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia.md) / [San Severo](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-severo.md), May 12, 1985

The Italian Communist Party won 14 of the 40 seats, with 32.5% 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 14, DC 14, PSI 7, MSI DN 3, and PSDI 2.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Italian Communist Party | 10,989 | 32.5% | 14 | Won |
| Christian Democracy | 10,603 | 31.4% | 14 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 5,732 | 17.0% | 7 | Won |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 1,736 | 5.1% | 2 | Won |
| Italian Liberal Party | 617 | 1.8% |  |  |
| Italian Republican Party | 599 | 1.8% |  |  |
| MSI DN | 3,526 | 10.4% | 3 | Won |

Valid votes: 33,802

Turnout: 89.1% (35,122 of 39,397 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2014](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-severo/2014-05-25-local/consiglio-comunale.md): POPOLARI PER L'ITALIA, SAN SEVERO DEMOCRATICA, CENTRO DEMOCRATICO, LA SVOLTA, Democratic Party, Forza Italia, BOCOLA SINDACO, NUOVO CENTRO DESTRA, SINDACO LALLO, Communist Refoundation Party
- [June 7, 2009](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-severo/2009-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): The People of Freedom, LA PUGLIA PRIMA DI TUTTO, Democratic Party, Union of the Centre, SAVINO SINDACO, LIBERTA' DEMOCRAZIA CRISTIANA, FRANCESCO SDERLENGA SINDACO, ALLEANZA DI CENTRO PER LA LIBERTA', MPA MOVIMENTO PER LE AUTONOMIE
- [June 12, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-severo/2004-06-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Democrats of the Left, SDI, Forza Italia, DEMOCRATICI POPOLARI, DL.LA MARGHERITA, RINNOVAMENTO PUGLIA, DEM.COSTITUENTE, National Alliance, Union of the Centre, CATTOLICI LIBERALI, A.P.UDEUR-SOCIALDEM., New PSI
- [June 13, 1999](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-severo/1999-06-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Forza Italia, National Alliance, Democrats of the Left, CATTOLICI LIBERALI, CENTRO CRIST.DEM., RINNOV.IT-SDI, PPI (POP)
- [April 23, 1995](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-severo/1995-04-23-local/consiglio-comunale.md): National Alliance, PDS, Forza Italia, CENTRO CRIST.DEM., CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE), P.POPOLARE ITALIANO, PATTO DEMOCRATICI
- [June 12, 1994](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-severo/1994-06-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): PDS, National Alliance, P.POPOLARE ITALIANO, Forza Italia, Italian Socialist Party
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-severo/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, MSI-DN, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party
- May 12, 1985: Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Democratic Socialist Party
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/puglia/san-severo/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, MSI, Italian Socialist Party, PSU, MISTA DI DESTRA

## 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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