2014 European Parliament election in Lombardy

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The 2014 European Parliament election took place in Italy on 25 May 2014.

In Lombardy the centre-left Democratic Party was by far the largest party with 40.3% of the vote, largely distancing Forza Italia (16.9%), the Five Star Movement (15.7%) and Lega Nord (14.6%). The centre-right's tally, including also the New Centre-Right (3.7), which ran in a joint list with the Union of the Centre, and Brothers of Italy (2.8%), was 37.9%: it was the first time ever that the centre-left topped the centre-right in a regionwide election. The three most voted candidates in Lombardy were Matteo Salvini (Lega Nord, 180,844), Alessia Mosca (Democratic Party, 141,780) and Giovanni Toti (Forza Italia, 116,120). [1]

Results

Partyvotes%
Democratic Party 1,971,91540.3
Forza Italia 826,20116.9
Five Star Movement 769,86215.7
Lega Nord 714,83514.6
New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre 180,4513.7
The Other Europe 171,9283.5
Brothers of Italy 134,9392.8
European Greens – Green Italia 49,8781.0
Italy of Values 30,8780.6
European Choice 30.6600.6
I ChangeMAIE 8,5760.2
Total4,890,123100.00

Source: Ministry of the Interior

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References

  1. "Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT".