1985 Lombard regional election

The Lombard regional election of 1985 took place on 12 May 1985. The 4th term of the Regional Council was chosen.

Lombardy regional election, 1985

12 May 1985
All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy
Turnout	92.81%
First party Second party Third party   Party Christian Democracy Communist Party Socialist Party Last election 34 seats, 38.9% 23 seats, 28.2% 11 seats, 14.5% Seats won 31 22 12 Seat change 3 1 1 Popular vote 2,204,685 1,632,676 941,395 Percentage 36.0% 26.7% 15.4% Swing 2.9% 1.5% 0.9%
President of Lombardy before election Giuseppe Guzzetti DC Elected President of Lombardy Giuseppe Guzzetti DC

Electoral law

Election was held under proportional representation with provincial constituencies where the largest remainder method with a Droop quota was used. To ensure more proportionality, remained votes and seats were transferred at regional level and calculated at-large.

Results

The Christian Democracy party was by far the largest party, despite a slight decline in term of votes. After the election Giuseppe Guzzetti was re-elected president for the third time at the head of a center-left coalition comprising also the PSI, the PSDI, the PLI and the PRI. In 1986 Guzzetti was replaced by Bruno Tabacci, to whom Giuseppe Giovenzana succeeded in 1989.

12 May 1985 Lombard regional election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Christian Democracy	2,204,685	36.03	31
	Italian Communist Party	1,632,676	26.68	22
	Italian Socialist Party	941,395	15.38	12
	Italian Social Movement	363,918	5.95	4
	Italian Republican Party	293,359	4.79	4
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	170.763	2.79	2
	Green Lists	146,835	2.40	2
	Italian Liberal Party	143,641	2.35	1
	Proletarian Democracy	136,781	2.24	2
	National Pensioners' Party	32,945	0.54	–
	Lega Lombarda (incl. LV)	28,074	0.46	–
	UV–PD–UPAP–Ecologia	15,475	0.25	–
	Humanist Party	4,448	0.07	–
	Monarchist National Party	4,352	0.07	–
Total parties		6,119,347	100.00	80
Invalid/blank votes		331,013
Registered voters		6,450,360	92.81
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results

Popular vote DC   36.03% PCI   26.68% PSI   15.38% MSI   5.95% PRI   4.79% PSDI   2.79% Greens   2.40% PLI   2.35% DP   2.24% Others   1.39%

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Seats by province

Province	DC	PCI	PSI	MSI	PRI	PSDI	Greens	PLI	DP	Total
Milan	11	11	6	2	3	1	1	1	1	37
Brescia	4	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	10
Bergamo	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	9
Varese	3	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	8
Como	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Pavia	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Mantua	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Cremona	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Sondrio	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Total	31	22	12	4	4	2	2	1	2	80