# 1970 Santa Margherita di Belice municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Sicilia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia.md) / [Santa Margherita di Belice](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/santa-margherita-di-belice.md), June 7, 1970

Christian Democracy won 8 of the 20 seats, with 36.6% 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 8, PSI 7, PCI 4, and IND 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Democracy | 1,600 | 36.6% | 8 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 1,512 | 34.6% | 7 | Won |
| Italian Communist Party | 995 | 22.7% | 4 | Won |
| IND | 268 | 6.1% | 1 | Won |

Valid votes: 4,375

Turnout: 83.0% (4,576 of 5,512 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/santa-margherita-di-belice/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CITTA' NUOVA, CASA DELLE LIBERTA'
- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/santa-margherita-di-belice/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE)
- [May 28, 1989](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/santa-margherita-di-belice/1989-05-28-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party
- June 7, 1970: Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, IND
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/santa-margherita-di-belice/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party

## 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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