# 1985 Porto Empedocle municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Porto Empedocle](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/porto-empedocle.md), May 12, 1985

Christian Democracy won 16 of the 32 seats, with 45.6% 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, PSI 9, PCI 6, and PSDI 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Democracy | 4,795 | 45.6% | 16 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 2,852 | 27.1% | 9 | Won |
| Italian Communist Party | 1,851 | 17.6% | 6 | Won |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 596 | 5.7% | 1 | Won |
| Italian Republican Party | 141 | 1.3% |  |  |
| MSI DN | 282 | 2.7% |  |  |

Valid votes: 10,517

Turnout: 79.6% (10,750 of 13,499 registered)

## This race in other years

- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/porto-empedocle/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md): PPI-CIVICA, PDS, SI, Forza Italia, SINISTRA, PATTO SEGNI, CDU, CEN-SIN(CONTR.UFF.), CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE)
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/porto-empedocle/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Republican Party
- May 12, 1985: Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/porto-empedocle/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, IND., Italian Republican Party
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/porto-empedocle/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, ETEROGENEA
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/porto-empedocle/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, PSIUP, MSI
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/porto-empedocle/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, PSIUP

## 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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