# 1970 Volterra municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Toscana](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana.md) / [Volterra](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra.md), June 7, 1970

The Italian Communist Party won 15 of the 30 seats, with 48.0% 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: PCI 15, DC 9, PSI 3, PSU 2, and PLI 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Italian Communist Party | 4,835 | 48.0% | 15 | Won |
| Christian Democracy | 2,934 | 29.1% | 9 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 1,077 | 10.7% | 3 | Won |
| Italian Liberal Party | 357 | 3.5% | 1 | Won |
| PSU | 865 | 8.6% | 2 | Won |

Valid votes: 10,068

Turnout: 96.6% (10,478 of 10,851 registered)

## This race in other years

- [June 7, 2009](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra/2009-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): UNITI PER VOLTERRA, CITTA' APERTA, IL POPOLO PER VOLTERRA, LA SINISTRA
- [June 12, 2004](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra/2004-06-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): LISTA CIVICA, LISTA CIVICA, CASA DELLE LIBERTA', LISTA CIVICA
- [June 13, 1999](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra/1999-06-13-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), POLO PER LE LIBERTA', CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE)
- [April 23, 1995](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra/1995-04-23-local/consiglio-comunale.md): CEN-SIN(LS.CIVICHE), CEN-DES(LS.CIVICHE), P.POPOLARE ITALIANO
- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, L.VERDE-VERDI ARC., Italian Liberal Party
- [May 12, 1985](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra/1985-05-12-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party, PDUP
- [June 15, 1975](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra/1975-06-15-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Liberal Party
- June 7, 1970: Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, PSU, PSIUP, Italian Liberal Party
- [November 22, 1964](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra/1964-11-22-local/consiglio-comunale.md): Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Liberal 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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