1999 European Parliament election in Italy

The 1999 European Parliament election in Italy was the election of the delegation from Italy to the European Parliament in 1999.

1999 European Parliament election in Italy
Italy
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All 87 Italian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout69,73 (Decrease 3.87 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Forza Italia Silvio Berlusconi 25.2% 22 −5
DS Walter Veltroni 17.3% 15 −1
AN–PS G. Fini & M. Segni 10.3% 9 −5
Bonino List Emma Bonino 8.5% 7 +5
Democrats Arturo Parisi 7.7% 6 New
Lega Nord Umberto Bossi 4.5% 4 −2
PRC Fausto Bertinotti 4.3% 4 −1
PPI Franco Marini 4.2% 4 −4
CCD Pier Ferdinando Casini 2.6% 2 New
SDI Enrico Boselli 2.2% 2 0
CDU Rocco Buttiglione 2.2% 2 New
PdCI Armando Cossutta 2.0% 2 New
Greens Grazia Francescato 1.8% 2 −1
UDEUR Clemente Mastella 1.6% 1 New
Tricolour Flame Pino Rauti 1.6% 1 New
RI Lamberto Dini 1.1% 1 New
Pensioners Carlo Fatuzzo 0.8% 1 New
PRI Giorgio La Malfa 0.5% 1 0
SVP Siegfried Brugger 0.5% 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Major party in each Province.

Electoral system

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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.

Main parties and leaders

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Outgoing MEPs

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EP Group Seats Party MEPs
European People's Party Group
40 / 87
Forza Italia 25
Italian People's Party 8
Segni Pact 3
Christian Democratic Centre 2
South Tyrolean People's Party 1
Democratic Union for the Republic 1
Socialist Group
19 / 87
Democrats of the Left 16
Italian Democratic Socialists 2
Movement of Unitarian Communists 1
European United Left/Nordic Green Left
5 / 87
Communist Refoundation Party 4
Independent 1
Green Group
3 / 87
Federation of the Greens 2
The Network 1
European Radical Alliance
2 / 87
Pannella List 2
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group
1 / 87
Italian Republican Party 1
Union for Europe
1 / 87
Independent 1
Non-Inscrits
16 / 87
National Alliance 10
Northern League 5
Tricolour Flame 1

Summary of parties

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Party Main ideology Leader European
party
Outgoing MEPs
Forza Italia (FI) Liberal conservatism Silvio Berlusconi EPP
26 / 87
Democrats of the Left (DS) Social democracy Walter Veltroni PES
17 / 87
National Alliance – Segni Pact (AN–PS) Conservatism Gianfranco Fini None
13 / 87
Northern League (LN) Regionalism Umberto Bossi None
5 / 78
Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) Communism Fausto Bertinotti None
4 / 87
Bonino List Liberalism Emma Bonino None
2 / 87
Federation of the Greens (FdV) Green politics Grazia Francescato EFGP
2 / 78
Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) Social democracy Enrico Boselli PES
2 / 87
Christian Democratic Centre (CCD) Christian democracy Pier Ferdinando Casini EPP
2 / 87
The Democrats Social liberalism Arturo Parisi ELDR
1 / 87
Tricolour Flame (FT) Neo-fascism Pino Rauti None
1 / 87
Italian Republican Party (PRI) Liberalism Giorgio La Malfa ELDR
1 / 87
United Christian Democrats (CDU) Christian democracy Rocco Buttiglione EPP
0 / 87
Party of Italian Communists (PdCI) Communism Armando Cossutta None
0 / 87
Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR) Christian democracy Clemente Mastella EPP
0 / 87
Italian Renewal (RI) Liberalism Lamberto Dini EPP
0 / 87
Pensioners' Party (PP) Pensioners' interests Carlo Fatuzzo ED
0 / 87

Results

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The election was won again by Forza Italia, just accepted to the European People's Party, that got 25.2% of the vote and 22 seats. The governing Democrats of the Left, led by Walter Veltroni, got 17.3% of the vote and 15 seats, while National Alliance, federated to Segni Pact, got only 10.3% of the vote and 9 seats (8 seats to AN and one seat to Segni Pact). Instead a good result was obtained by Bonino List, that gained 8.5% of the vote and 7 seats.

Summary of the 13 June 1999 European Parliament election results in Italy
National party EP group Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Forza Italia (FI) EPP-ED Silvio Berlusconi 7,813,948 25.16 5.46   22 5  
Democrats of the Left (DS) PES Walter Veltroni 5,387,729 17.34 1.72   15 1  
National Alliance – Segni Pact (AN–PS) UEN Gianfranco Fini 3,194,661 10.30 5.43   9 5  
Bonino List (LB) TGI Emma Bonino 2,625,881 8.45 6.32   7 5  
The Democrats (DEM) ELDR Antonio Di Pietro 2,402,435 7.73 New 6 New
South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) EPP-ED Michl Ebner 156,005 0.50 0.12   1 0  
Federalism (Valdostan Union – Others) None 40,970 0.13 0.26   0 0  
Total Mixed 2,599,410 8.37 New 7 New
Northern League (LN) TGI Umberto Bossi 1,395,547 4.48 2.08   4 2  
Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) GUE/NGL Fausto Bertinotti 1,391,595 4.27 1.81   4 1  
Italian People's Party (PPI) EPP-ED Ciriaco De Mita 1,316,830 4.24 5.76   4 4  
Christian Democratic Centre (CCD) EPP-ED Pier Ferdinando Casini 805,320 2.59 New 2 New
Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) PES Enrico Boselli 670,957 2.16 0.37   2 1  
United Christian Democrats (CDU) EPP-ED Nino Gemelli 669,919 2.16 New 2 New
Party of Italian Communists (PdCI) GUE/NGL Armando Cossutta 622,261 2.00 New 2 New
Federation of the Greens (FdV) Greens/EFA Reinhold Messner 548,987 1.76 1.44   2 1  
Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR) EPP-ED Clemente Mastella 498,742 1.61 New 1 New
Tricolour Flame (FT) TGI Roberto Felice Bigliardo 496,030 1.60 New 1 New
Italian Renewal (RI) EPP-ED Pino Pisicchio 353,890 1.14 New 1 New
Pensioners' Party (PP) EPP-ED Carlo Fatuzzo 233,874 0.75 1 1  
Italian Republican PartyFederation of Liberals (PRI–FdL) ELDR Luciana Sbarbati 168,620 0.54 0.36   1 0  
LVRUfSFG – Others None 117,979 0.38 0 0  
Southern Action League (LAM) None 94,181 0.30 0.37   0 0  
Sardinian Action PartyVeneto North-EastItalian Consumers Party None 61,185 0.19 0 0  
Socialist Party (PS) None 42,500 0.14 New 0 New
Humanist Party (PU) None 16,168 0.05 0 0  
Cobas for Self-Organization None 4,432 0.01 New 0 New
Valid votes 31,062,426 90.4
Blank and invalid votes 3,315,038 9.6
Totals 34,359,339 100 87 0  
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 49,278,309 69.73 3.87  
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Popular vote
FI
25.2%
DS
17.3%
AN–PS
10.3%
Bonino
8.5%
Dem
7.7%
LN
4.5%
PRC
4.3%
PPI
4.2%
CCD
2.6%
SDI
2.2%
CDU
2.2%
PdCI
2.0%
FdV
1.8%
UDEUR
1.6%
FT
1.6%
RI
1.1%
Others
2.9%

Notes

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