1994 European Parliament election in Italy

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

1994 European Parliament election in Italy

12 June 1994
All 87 Italian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	73.6% ( 7.5 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Forza Italia Silvio Berlusconi 30.6% 27 New 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% 5 New Segni Pact Mario Segni 3.3% 3 New Greens Carlo Ripa di Meana 3.3% 3 −2 Pannella List Marco Pannella 2.1% 2 +1 PSI – AD O. Del Turco & W. Bordon 1.8% 2 −10 Network Leoluca Orlando 1.1% 1 New PRI Giorgio La Malfa 0.7% 1 −2 PSDI Enrico Ferri 0.7% 1 −1 SVP Siegfried Brugger 0.6% 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Major party in each Province.

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 party			EP group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Forza Italia (FI)		FE	Silvio Berlusconi	10,089,139	30.62	New	27	New
	Democratic Party of the Left (PDS)		PES	Achille Occhetto	6,281,354	19.06	8.52	16	6
	National Alliance (AN)		NI	Gianfranco Fini	4,108,670	12.47	6.96	11	7
		Italian People's Party (PPI)	EPP	Carlo Casini	3,295,337	10.00	22.90	8	18
		South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)	EPP	Michl Ebner	202,668	0.62	0.12	1	0
	Total		EPP		3,498,005	10.62	22.78	9	18
	Northern League (LN)		ELDR	Umberto Bossi	2,162,586	6.56	4.73	6	4
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)		EUL	Fausto Bertinotti	2,004,716	6.08	New	5	New
	Segni Pact (PS)		EPP	Mariotto Segni	1,073,095	3.26	New	3	New
	Federation of the Greens (FdV)		Green	Carlo Ripa di Meana	1,055,797	3.20	2.97	3	2
	Pannella List (LP)		ERA	Marco Pannella	702,717	2.13	0.89	2	1
	Italian Socialist Party – Democratic Alliance (PSI–AD)		PES	Elena Marinucci	606,538	1.84	12.96	2	10
	The Network (LR)		Green	Leoluca Orlando	366,258	1.11	New	1	New
	Italian Republican Party (PRI)		ELDR	Giorgio La Malfa	242,786	0.74	–	1	2
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI)		NI	Enrico Ferri	227,439	0.69	2.03	1	1
	Southern Action League (LAM)		None		224,033	0.67	New	0	New
	Federalism (UV–SN–LAV–PN)		None		126,937	0.39	0.21	0	1
	Lombard Alpine League (LAL)		None		110,458	0.34	New	0	New
	Federation of Liberals (FdL)		None		53,983	0.16	New	0	New
	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

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% PSI–AD   1.8% Rete   1.1% Others   3.3%

See also

1994 Italian general election