# 1970 Palermo municipal council election

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

Christian Democracy won 34 of the 80 seats, with 40.7% 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 34, PRi 22, PCI 11, PSI 8, and PLI 5.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Democracy | 123,487 | 40.7% | 34 | Won |
| Italian Communist Party | 41,057 | 13.5% | 11 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 29,519 | 9.7% | 8 | Won |
| Italian Liberal Party | 18,107 | 6.0% | 5 | Won |
| PRi | 90,939 | 30.0% | 22 | Won |

Valid votes: 303,109

Turnout: 82.7% (321,864 of 389,428 registered)

## This race in other years

- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md): LA RETE-MOV.DEM., Forza Italia, PDS-ALTRE, National Alliance, CDU, PPI (POP), CENTRO CRIST.DEM., Italian Renewal, UDF, Communist Refoundation Party, CATTOLICI LIBERALI, FEDERAZIONE DEI VERDI-ALTRI
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, Italian Liberal Party, MSI-DN, L.VERDE-VERDI ARC., UN POP SIC, LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, UN. POP. SIC., LISTA CIVICA, LISTA VERDE, DEM. PROL.
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, MSI DN, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, MOV NUOVA REP, DEM. PROL.
- June 7, 1970: Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, PRi, MSI, PSU, Italian Liberal Party, PSIUP, PDIUM, IND
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/palermo/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Liberal Party, MSI, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, PDIUM, PSIUP, IND., MOV NUOVA REP

## 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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