# 1990 Italian local elections

The 1990 Italian local elections were held on 6 and 7 May. The elections were held in 6,397 municipalities and 87 provinces.
The elections were won by the Christian Democracy, led by Arnaldo Forlani.

## Municipal elections
### Results summary

| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| Christian Democracy (DC) | 7,354,589 | 33.9 | 16,386 |
| Italian Communist Party (PCI) | 4,943,547 | 22.8 | 9,515 |
| Italian Socialist Party (PSI) | 3,865,575 | 17.8 | 7,477 |
| Italian Republican Party (PRI) | 915,714 | 4.2 | 1,062 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) | 730,318 | 3.4 | 961 |
| Italian Social Movement (MSI) | 674,705 | 3.1 | 621 |
| Lombard League (LL) | 519,795 | 2.4 | 609 |
| Italian Liberal Party (PLI) | 470,256 | 2.2 | 370 |
| Green List – Rainbow Greens (LV–VA) | 414,605 | 1.9 | 495 |
| Green List (LV) | 284,976 | 1.3 | 283 |
| Proletarian Democracy (DP) | 121,869 | 0.6 | 47 |
| Rainbow Greens (VA) | 118,398 | 0.5 | 74 |
| South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) | 166,119 | 0.8 | 1,551 |
| Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az) | 71,276 | 0.3 | 117 |
| Antiprohibitionists on Drugs | 59,628 | 0.3 | 6 |
| Venetian League (ŁV) | 55,158 | 0.3 | 56 |
| Leftist lists | 51,887 | 0.2 | 163 |
| Pentapartito | 50,010 | 0.2 | 168 |
| Pensioners' Party (PP) | 12,056 | 0.1 | 6 |
| Others | 790,954 | 3.7 | 1,997 |
| Total | 21,671,727 | 100 | 41,965 |

### City councils of main cities

| Comune | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties |
| Comune | DC | PCI | PSI | MSI | PRI | PSDI | PLI | Greens | LN | Others |
| Aosta | 9 | 7 | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 13 |
| Alessandria | 11 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Asti | 15 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Cuneo | 18 | 3 | 5 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Turin | 17 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Vercelli | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Bergamo | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Brescia | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Como | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | - |
| Cremona | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Mantua | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | - |
| Milan | 17 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| Sondrio | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | - |
| Varese | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Trento | 20 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | 6 |
| Padua | 21 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Rovigo | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Treviso | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Venice | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Verona | 27 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - |
| Vicenza | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 7 | - | - |
| Gorizia | | | | | | | | | | |
| Udine | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Genoa | 19 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Imperia | 14 | 8 | 6 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 |
| La Spezia | 15 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| Savona | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Bologna | 13 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Ferrara | 11 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Forlì | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 9 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Modena | 12 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Parma | 14 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Piacenza | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Reggio Emilia | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| Arezzo | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Florence | 17 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 |
| Livorno | 11 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Lucca | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Massa | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pisa | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Pistoia | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Perugia | 13 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Terni | 11 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Ascoli Piceno | 23 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Macerata | 17 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Pesaro | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Frosinone | 18 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Latina | 25 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rieti | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Viterbo | 19 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Chieti | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| L'Aquila | 19 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pescara | 23 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Teramo | 25 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Campobasso | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Isernia | 27 | 7 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Avellino | 22 | 3 | 9 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Benevento | 19 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Caserta | 24 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 4 |
| Salerno | 14 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Bari | 23 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Brindisi | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Foggia | 22 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Lecce | 16 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Taranto | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 |
| Potenza | 23 | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Catanzaro | 24 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cosenza | 19 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Cagliari | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Nuoro | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Oristano | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Sassari | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| Agrigento | 22 | 4 | 7 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Caltanissetta | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Enna | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Messina | 29 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| Palermo | 42 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Ragusa | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Syracuse | 28 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Trapani | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |

## Provincial elections

| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| Christian Democracy (DC) | 11,119,983 | 31.6 | 989 |
| Italian Communist Party (PCI) | 8,402,003 | 23.8 | 700 |
| Italian Socialist Party (PSI) | 5,514,562 | 15.7 | 467 |
| Italian Social Movement (MSI) | 1,643,816 | 4.7 | 126 |
| Italian Republican Party (PRI) | 1,440,492 | 4.1 | 115 |
| Lombard League (LL) | 1,390,758 | 3.9 | 77 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) | 1,197,846 | 3.4 | 103 |
| Italian Liberal Party (PLI) | 842,452 | 2.4 | 54 |
| Green List (LV) | 833,614 | 2.4 | 46 |
| Green List – Rainbow Greens (LV–VA) | 598,490 | 1.7 | 53 |
| Rainbow Greens (VA) | 390,350 | 1.1 | 13 |
| Proletarian Democracy (DP) | 330,586 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Antiprohibitionists on Drugs | 305,144 | 0.9 | 4 |
| Venetian League (ŁV) | 168,341 | 0.5 | 12 |
| Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az) | 135,762 | 0.4 | 14 |
| Pensioners' Party (PP) | 77,797 | 0.2 | 5 |
| Friuli Movement (MF) | 14,816 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Others | 817,609 | 2.3 | 41 |
| Total | 35,223,441 | 100 | 2,823 |