# 1985 Riesi municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Riesi](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riesi.md), May 12, 1985

Christian Democracy won 17 of the 32 seats, with 47.6% 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 17, PCI 7, PSI 5, PSDI 2, and PLI 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Democracy | 4,337 | 47.6% | 17 | Won |
| Italian Communist Party | 2,011 | 22.1% | 7 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 1,375 | 15.1% | 5 | Won |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 605 | 6.6% | 2 | Won |
| Italian Liberal Party | 422 | 4.6% | 1 | Won |
| Italian Republican Party | 206 | 2.3% |  |  |
| MSI DN | 149 | 1.6% |  |  |

Valid votes: 9,105

Turnout: 71.8% (9,372 of 13,047 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 25, 2003](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riesi/2003-05-25-local/consiglio-comunale.md): LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA, NUOVA SICILIA, Union of the Centre, Forza Italia, DL.LA MARGHERITA, LISTA CIVICA, SDI, Democrats of the Left, U.D.EUR, LISTA CIVICA
- [May 24, 1998](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riesi/1998-05-24-local/consiglio-comunale.md): PPI (POP), LISTA CIVICA, Democrats of the Left, SOCIALISTI DEM., LISTA CIVICA, CDR, CEN-DES(CONTR.UFF.), Italian Renewal
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riesi/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party
- May 12, 1985: Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riesi/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Republican Party, MSI DN
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riesi/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Christian Democracy, MSI DN, Italian Republican Party, Italian Liberal Party
- [June 7, 1970](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riesi/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, PSI UP, IND., Italian Liberal Party, PSU, MSI
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/riesi/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, MSI, PSIUP, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Democratic 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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