# 1970 Castelvetrano municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Castelvetrano](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/castelvetrano.md), June 7, 1970

Christian Democracy won 16 of the 40 seats, with 37.5% 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: DC 16, PCI 13, MSI 4, PSI 3, PRI 2, and PLI 2.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Democracy | 5,740 | 37.5% | 16 | Won |
| Italian Communist Party | 4,690 | 30.6% | 13 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 1,287 | 8.4% | 3 | Won |
| Italian Republican Party | 949 | 6.2% | 2 | Won |
| Italian Liberal Party | 845 | 5.5% | 2 | Won |
| MSI | 1,801 | 11.8% | 4 | Won |

Valid votes: 15,312

Turnout: 82.3% (16,127 of 19,603 registered)

## This race in other years

- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/castelvetrano/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Forza Italia, LISTA CIVICA, CDU, PDS, National Alliance, CENTRO CRIST.DEM., PATTO SEGNI, CEN-SIN(CONTR.UFF.), PPI (POP), Communist Refoundation Party
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/castelvetrano/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, PCI LVERDE, MSI-DN, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/castelvetrano/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/castelvetrano/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/castelvetrano/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party
- June 7, 1970: Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, Italian Liberal Party, MSI, PSIUP, IND.
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/castelvetrano/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, IND, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, Italian Liberal Party, MSI, PSIUP

## Also on the ballot in Italy on June 7, 1970

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/1970-06-07-local.md) (6,628)

## 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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