European Parliament election, 1994 (Italy)

Italian election of European Parliament, 1994

12 June 1994
87 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party Third party   Leader Silvio Berlusconi Achille Occhetto Gianfranco Fini Party Forza Italia Democratic Party of the Left National Alliance Alliance FE PES NI Leader since 18 January 1994 2 June 1988 6 July 1991 Seats before 22 Seats won 27 16 11 Popular vote 10,089,139 6,281,354 4.108.670 Percentage 30.6% 19.1% 12.5%
European election results map. Blue denotes provinces with a Forza Italia plurality, Red denotes those with a Democratic Party of the Left plurality, Yellow denotes provinces with a People's Party plurality, Brown and Gray and denotes those with an Autonomist plurality.

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

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), 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), 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 party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Forza Italia	FE	Silvio Berlusconi	10,089,139	30.62	New	27	New
	Democratic Party of the Left	PES	Achille Occhetto	6,281,354	19.06	8.52	16	6
	National Alliance	NI	Gianfranco Fini	4,108,670	12.47	6.96	11	7
	Italian People's Party	EPP	Carlo Casini	3,295,337	10.00	22.90	8	18
	Northern League	ELDR	Umberto Bossi	2,162,586	6.56	4.73	6	4
	Communist Refoundation Party	EUL	Fausto Bertinotti	2,004,716	6.08	New	5	New
	Segni Pact	EPP	Mariotto Segni	1,073,095	3.26	New	3	New
	Federation of the Greens	G	Carlo Ripa di Meana	1,055,797	3.20	2.97	3	2
	Pannella List	ERA	Marco Pannella	702,717	2.13	0.89	2	1
	Italian Socialist Party – Democratic Alliance	PES	Elena Marinucci	606,538	1.84	12.96	2	10
	The Network	G	Leoluca Orlando	366,258	1.11	New	1	New
	Italian Republican Party	ELDR	Giorgio La Malfa	242,786	0.74	–	1	2
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party	NI	Enrico Ferri	227,439	0.69	2.03	1	1
	Southern Action League	None		224,033	0.67	New	0	New
	South Tyrolean People's Party[1]	EPP	Michl Ebner	202,668	0.62	0.12	1	0
	Federalism (UV–SN–LAV–PN)	None		126,937	0.39	0.21	0	1
	Lombard Alpine League	None		110,458	0.34	New	0	New
	Federation of Liberals	None		53,983	0.16	–	0	0
	Solidarity	None		15,214	0.05	New	0	New
Valid votes				32,949,725
Blank and invalid votes				2,753,484
Totals				35,667,440	100.00	—	87	6
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				48,461,792	73.60	7.47
Source: Ministry of the Interior

See also

Italian general election, 1994

References