1985 Tuscan regional election explained

Election Name:1985 Tuscan regional election
Country:Tuscany
Previous Election:1980
Next Election:1990
Election Date:12 May 1985
Seats For Election:All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Tuscany
Noleader:yes
Party1:PCI
Last Election1:25
Seats1:25
Percentage1:46.2%
Party2:DC
Last Election2:15
Seats2:14
Percentage2:26.6%
Party3:PSI
Last Election3:5
Seats3:5
Percentage3:12.0%
Party4:MSI
Last Election4:1
Seats4:2
Percentage4:4.6%
Party5:PRI
Last Election5:1
Seats5:1
Percentage5:3.3%
Party6:PSDI
Last Election6:1
Seats6:1
Percentage6:1.7%
Party7:Federation of Green Lists
Last Election7:New
Seats7:1
Percentage7:1.6%
Party8:DP
Last Election8:1
Seats8:1
Percentage8:1.5%
Map:Toscana 1985.png

Tuscan regional election of 1985 took place on 12 May 1985.

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 Italian Communist Party was by far the largest party. After the election Gianfranco Bartolini, the incumbent Communist President of the Region, formed a new government with the support of the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party.[1]

Partiesvotesvotes (%)seats
bgcolor=Italian Communist Party1,183,42846.225
bgcolor=Christian Democracy679,98626.614
bgcolor=Italian Socialist Party306,79712.05
bgcolor=Italian Social Movement118,4204.62
bgcolor=Italian Republican Party84,7253.31
bgcolor=Italian Democratic Socialist Party43,8101.71
bgcolor=Green List41,2811.61
bgcolor=Proletarian Democracy37,0981.51
Italian Liberal Party28,8631.1align=right-
Pensioners Italian Alliance – Venetian League11,7980.5align=right-
10,7970.4align=right-
Pensioners' National Party8,2340.3align=right-
Valdostan Union – Democratic Party – others4,2080.2align=right-
Humanist Party1,0270.0align=right-
Total2,560,472100.050
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Consiglio regionale della Toscana . 2008-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080619232320/http://www.consiglio.regione.toscana.it/Politica/archivio-elettorale/Elezioni/legislatura_1985.asp . 2008-06-19 . dead .