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1985 Italian presidential election

Election of the President of the Italian Republic

Field	Value
election_name	1985 Italian presidential election
country	Italy
type	presidential
vote_type	electoral
ongoing	no
previous_election	1978 Italian presidential election
previous_year	1978
election_date	24 June 1985
next_election	1992 Italian presidential election
next_year	1992
votes_for_election	1,008 voters
(320 Senators, 630 Deputies
and 58 regional representatives)
needed_votes	674 (1st–3rd ballots) or 505 (4th ballot onwards)
image1	[[File:Cossiga Francesco.jpg	200x200px]]
nominee1	Francesco Cossiga
party1	Christian Democracy (Italy)
electoral_vote1	752
percentage1	74.6%
map_image	Italian Presidential Election 1985.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	Result on the first ballot
(24 June 1985)
	border	darkgray}} Cossiga 752
{{Color box	#C0C0C0	border	darkgray}} Others 49
{{Color box	#808080	border	darkgray}} Invalids, blanks, abstentions 207
title	President
before_election	Sandro Pertini
before_party	PSI
after_election	Francesco Cossiga
after_party	DC

(320 Senators, 630 Deputies and 58 regional representatives) (24 June 1985) Cossiga 752 Others 49 Invalids, blanks, abstentions 207 The 1985 Italian presidential election was held on 24 June 1985.

Only members of Parliament and regional delegates were entitled to vote, most of these electors having been elected in the 1983 general election and in the 1985 regional elections. As head of state of the Italian Republic, the President has a role of representation of national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Italian Constitution, in the framework of a parliamentary system.

As a result of the election, Francesco Cossiga was elected President on the first round with almost 75% of the votes. It was the first time in the history of the Italian Republic that a President had been elected on the first round.

Procedure

In accordance with the Italian Constitution, the election was held in the form of a secret ballot, with the Senators and the Deputies entitled to vote. The election was held in the Palazzo Montecitorio, home of the Chamber of Deputies, with the capacity of the building expanded for the purpose. The first three ballots required a two-thirds majority of the 1,008 voters in order to elect a president, or 673 votes. Starting from the fourth ballot, an absolute majority was required for candidates to be elected, or 505 votes. The presidential mandate lasts seven years.

The election was presided over by the President of the Chamber of Deputies Nilde Iotti, who proceeded to the public counting of the votes, and by the President of the Senate Francesco Cossiga.

Candidates

Francesco Cossiga, former Prime Minister and Minister, member of the Christian Democracy's moderate faction, was first proposed by the party's leader Ciriaco De Mita as the candidate of the governing Pentapartito alliance.

Political background

In the 1980s, for the first time since 1945, two governments were led by non-christian democrat Prime Ministers: a republican (Giovanni Spadolini) and a socialist (Bettino Craxi); while the Christian Democracy remained however the main force supporting the government.

With the end of the Years of Lead, Craxi cabinet was working to restore stability in the Italian politics. The candidacy of the christian democrat Francesco Cossiga, first proposed by the Christian Democracy leader Ciriaco De Mita, was sustained by all the parties which were members of the coalition government (the so called Pentapartito alliance) and also by the communist leader Alessandro Natta.

On 24 June 1985 Cossiga was elected President and officially sworn in on 3 July 1985.

Results

Candidate	First round
24 June 1985
Francesco Cossiga	752
Arnaldo Forlani	16
Sandro Pertini	12
Other candidates	49
Blank papers	141
Invalid papers	7
Abstentions	31
Total	1,008
Source: Presidency of the Republic

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