# 1970 Sommatino municipal council election

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

Christian Democracy won 14 of the 30 seats, with 41.6% 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 14, PCI 8, PSI 5, and PSIUP 3.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Democracy | 1,806 | 41.6% | 14 | Won |
| Italian Communist Party | 1,067 | 24.6% | 8 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 722 | 16.6% | 5 | Won |
| Italian Liberal Party | 126 | 2.9% |  |  |
| PSIUP | 623 | 14.3% | 3 | Won |

Valid votes: 4,344

Turnout: 71.2% (4,601 of 6,462 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 26, 2002](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sommatino/2002-05-26-local/consiglio-comunale.md): LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA
- [November 30, 1997](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sommatino/1997-11-30-local/consiglio-comunale.md): LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sommatino/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Italian Liberal Party, LISTA CIVICA, Italian Republican Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sommatino/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, Christian Democracy
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sommatino/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, DC IND, Italian Republican Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, MSI DN
- June 7, 1970: Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, PSIUP, MSI
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/sicilia/sommatino/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, PSIUP, MSI

## 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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