European Parliament election, 1999 (Italy)

Italian election of European Parliament, 1999

13 June 1999

87 seats to the European Parliament   First party Second party Third party   Leader Silvio Berlusconi Walter Veltroni Gianfranco Fini Party Forza Italia Democrats of the Left Segni Pact – National Alliance Leader since 26 January 1994 6 November 1998 6 July 1991 Last election 30.6% 19.1% 15.7% Seats before 27 16 14 Seats won 22 15 9 Seat change 5 1 5 Popular vote 7,829,624 5,395,363 3,202,895 Percentage 25.2% 17.3% 10.3% Swing 5.4% 1.8% 5.4

Major party in each Province

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

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 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.

National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Forza Italia	EPP-ED	Silvio Berlusconi	7,813,948	25.16	5.46	22	5
	Democrats of the Left	PES	Walter Veltroni	5,387,729	17.34	1.72	15	1
	Segni Pact – National Alliance	UEN	Gianfranco Fini	3,194,661	10.30	5.43	9	5
	Bonino List	TGI	Emma Bonino	2,625,881	8.45	6.32	7	5
	The Democrats	ELDR	Antonio Di Pietro	2,402,435	7.73	New	6	New
	Lega Nord	TGI	Umberto Bossi	1,395,547	4.48	2.08	4	2
	Communist Refoundation Party	GUE/NGL	Fausto Bertinotti	1,391,595	4.27	1.81	4	1
	Italian People's Party	EPP-ED	Ciriaco De Mita	1,316,830	4.24	5.76	4	4
	Christian Democratic Centre	EPP-ED	Pier Ferdinando Casini	805,320	2.59	New	2	New
	Italian Democratic Socialists	PES	Enrico Boselli	670,957	2.16	0.37	2	1
	United Christian Democrats	EPP-ED	Nino Gemelli	669,919	2.16	New	2	New
	Party of Italian Communists	GUE/NGL	Armando Cossutta	622,261	2.00	New	2	New
	Federation of the Greens	Greens/EFA	Reinhold Messner	548,987	1.76	1.44	2	1
	Union of Democrats for Europe	EPP-ED	Clemente Mastella	498,742	1.61	New	1	New
	Tricolour Flame	TGI	Roberto Felice Bigliardo	496,030	1.60	New	1	New
	Italian Renewal	EPP-ED	Pino Pisicchio	353,890	1.14	New	1	New
	Pensioners' Party	EPP-ED	Carlo Fatuzzo	233,874	0.75	–	1	1
	Italian Republican Party – Federation of Liberals	ELDR	Luciana Sbarbati	168,620	0.54	0.36	1	0
	South Tyrolean People's Party[1]	EPP-ED	Michl Ebner	156,005	0.50	0.12	1	0
	LVR – UfS – FG – Others	None		117,979	0.38	–	0	0
	Southern Action League	None		94,181	0.30	0.37	0	0
	PSd'Az – VNE – PCI	None		61,185	0.19	–	0	0
	Socialist Party	None		42,500	0.14	New	0	New
	Federalism (Valdostan Union – Others)[2]	None		40,970	0.13	0.26	0	0
	Humanist Party	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			25.16%
DS			17.34%
PS-AN			10.30%
Bonino			8.47%
Democrats			7.73%
LN			4.48%
PRC			4.27%
PPI			4.24%
CCD			2.59%
SDI			2.16%
CDU			2.16%
PdCI			2.00%
Others			9.10%

References

1. List connected with The Democrats
2. List connected with The Democrats