# 1985 Merano/Meran municipal council election

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol](https://electionsarchive.com/it/trentino-alto-adige.md) / [Merano/Meran](https://electionsarchive.com/it/trentino-alto-adige/merano-meran.md), May 12, 1985

PPST won 26 of the 40 seats, with 66.6% 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: PPST 26, DC 7, PCI 3, PSI 3, and PSDI 1.

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Seats | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Democracy | 3,905 | 17.6% | 7 | Won |
| Italian Communist Party | 1,781 | 8.0% | 3 | Won |
| Italian Socialist Party | 1,411 | 6.3% | 3 | Won |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 337 | 1.5% | 1 | Won |
| PPST | 14,802 | 66.6% | 26 | Won |

Valid votes: 22,236

Turnout: 88.6% (22,945 of 25,892 registered)

## This race in other years

- [May 6, 1990](https://electionsarchive.com/it/trentino-alto-adige/merano-meran/1990-05-06-local/consiglio-comunale.md): PPST, Christian Democracy, MSI-DN, VERDI ALTERNATIVI, Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, UNION FUR SUD TIROL, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party
- May 12, 1985: PPST, Christian Democracy, MSI DN, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, IND., IND, PLI PRI, Italian Democratic Socialist Party
- [June 8, 1980](https://electionsarchive.com/it/trentino-alto-adige/merano-meran/1980-06-08-local/consiglio-comunale.md): PPST, Christian Democracy, Italian Communist Party, Italian Socialist Party, MSI DN, NUOVA SINISTRA, Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Italian Republican Party, PSD SUDTIROL, 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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