# 1985 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), May 12, 1985

The Italian Communist Party won 17 of the 30 seats, with 53.1% 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 17, DC 8, PSI 4, and PLI 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Italian Communist Party | 5,276 | 53.1% | 17 | Won |
| Christian Democracy | 2,535 | 25.5% | 8 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 1,280 | 12.9% | 4 | Won |
| Italian Liberal Party | 489 | 4.9% | 1 | Won |
| MSI DN | 353 | 3.6% |  |  |

Valid votes: 9,933

Turnout: 93.5% (10,568 of 11,302 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: 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](https://electionsarchive.com/it/toscana/volterra/1970-06-07-local/consiglio-comunale.md): 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 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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