1994 European Parliament election in Italy

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1994 European Parliament election in Italy
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  1989 12 June 1994 1999  

All 87 Italian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout73.6% (Decrease2.svg 7.5 pp)
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Forza Italia Silvio Berlusconi 30.6%27New
PDS Achille Occhetto 19.1%16−6
AN Gianfranco Fini 12.5%11+7
PPI Rosa R. Iervolino 10.0%8−18
Lega Nord Umberto Bossi 6.6%6+4
PRC Fausto Bertinotti 6.1%5New
Segni Pact Mario Segni 3.3%3New
Greens Carlo Ripa di Meana 3.3%3−2
Pannella List Marco Pannella 2.1%2+1
PSIAD O. Del Turco & W. Bordon 1.8%2−10
Network Leoluca Orlando 1.1%1New
PRI Giorgio La Malfa 0.7%1−2
PSDI Enrico Ferri 0.7%1−1
SVP Siegfried Brugger 0.6%10
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Major party in each Province.

The 1994 European Parliament election in Italy was the election of the delegation from Italy to the European Parliament in 1994.

Contents

It was the first continental election after the scandal of Tangentopoli which destroyed the traditional republican parties of Italy: consequently, all new parties contested the race.

Electoral system

The pure party-list proportional representation was the traditional electoral system of the Italian Republic since its foundation in 1946, so it had been adopted to elect the Italian representatives to the European Parliament too. Two levels were used: a national level to divide seats between parties, and a constituency level to distribute them between candidates. Italian regions were united in 5 constituencies, each electing a group of deputies. At national level, seats were divided between party lists using the largest remainder method with Hare quota. All seats gained by each party were automatically distributed to their local open lists and their most voted candidates.

Results

The new party Forza Italia (FI), led by the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, won the election with 30.6% of the vote and 27 seats. The second party was the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), main heir of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), that gained 19.1% of the vote and 16 seats, while the third party was National Alliance (AN), heir of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), that gained 12.5% of the vote and 11 seats. The Italian People's Party (PPI), main heir of Christian Democracy (DC), gained only 10.0% of the vote and 8 seats.

Summary of the 12 June 1994 European Parliament election results in Italy
National partyEP groupVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Forza Italia (FI) FE 10,089,13930.62New27New
Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) PES 6,281,35419.068.52 Decrease2.svg [1] 166 Decrease2.svg
National Alliance (AN) NI 4,108,67012.476.96 Increase2.svg [2] 117 Increase2.svg
Italian People's Party (PPI) EPP 3,295,33710.0022.90 Decrease2.svg [3] 818 Decrease2.svg
Northern League (LN) ELDR 2,162,5866.564.73 Increase2.svg64 Increase2.svg
Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) EUL 2,004,7166.08New5New
Segni Pact (PS) EPP 1,073,0953.26New3New
Federation of the Greens (FdV) Green 1,055,7973.202.97 Decrease2.svg [4] 32 Decrease2.svg
Pannella List (LP) ERA 702,7172.130.89 Increase2.svg [5] 21 Increase2.svg
Italian Socialist PartyDemocratic Alliance (PSI–AD) PES 606,5381.8412.96 Decrease2.svg [6] 210 Decrease2.svg
The Network (LR) Green 366,2581.11New1New
Italian Republican Party (PRI) ELDR 242,7860.7412 Decrease2.svg
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) NI 227,4390.692.03 Decrease2.svg11 Decrease2.svg
Southern Action League (LAM)None224,0330.67New0New
South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) [7] EPP 202,6680.620.12 Increase2.svg10 Steady2.svg
Federalism (UVSNLAV–PN)None126,9370.390.21 Decrease2.svg01 Decrease2.svg
Lombard Alpine League (LAL)None110,4580.34New0New
Federation of Liberals (FdL)None53,9830.16New0New
SolidarityNone15,2140.05New0New
Valid votes32,949,725
Blank and invalid votes2,753,484
Totals35,667,440100.00876 Increase2.svg
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout48,461,79273.607.47 Decrease2.svg
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Popular vote
FI
30.6%
PDS
19.1%
AN
12.5%
PPI
10.0%
LN
6.6%
PRC
6.1%
Segni
3.3%
FdV
3.2%
Pannella
2.1%
PSIAD
1.8%
Rete
1.1%
Others
3.3%

See also

1994 Italian general election

References

  1. Confrontation with the PCI
  2. Confrontation with the MSI
  3. Confrontation with the DC
  4. Two different lists in 1989
  5. Confrontation with the Antiprohibitionists on Drugs that did not included Marco Pannella
  6. Confrontation with the PSI
  7. List connected with the Italian People's Party