European Parliament election, 2014 (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)

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

The Democratic Party (PD) was by far the most voted list in Trentino (42.4%), while the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) was by far the largest party in South Tyrol (48.0%). SVP's Herbert Dorfmann, outgoing MEP, was largely the most voted candidate in the region (86,879 preference votes) as well as in both provinces (16,588 in Trentino and 70,291 in South Tyrol). In the preferences' regional tally Dorfmann was followed by Alessandra Moretti (PD, 17,746) and Oktavia Brugger (GreensThe Other Europe, 17,270).[1] Dorfmann was the only candidate from the region to be elected (in his case, re-elected) to the European Parliament.

Results

Trentino

Party Votes %
Democratic Party 93,038 42.4
Five Star Movement 33,954 15.5
South Tyrolean People's Party[2] 26,402 12.0
Forza Italia 22,293 10.1
Lega Nord 19,732 9.0
The Other Europe 8,413 3.8
New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre 5,180 2.4
Brothers of Italy 4,969 2.3
Green Italy – European Greens 3,420 1.6
European Choice 1,137 0.5
Italy of Values 813 0.4
I ChangeMAIE 286 0.1
Total 219,637 100.00

Source: Ministry of the Interior

South Tyrol

Party Votes %
South Tyrolean People's Party 91,736 48.0
Democratic Party 29,944 15.7
The Other Europe[3] 18,948 9.9
Five Star Movement 16,829 8.8
Lega Nord[4] 11,438 6.0
Forza Italia 8,995 4.7
Green Italy – European Greens 7,515 3.9
Brothers of Italy 2,624 1.4
New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre 1,724 0.9
Italy of Values 616 0.3
European Choice 475 0.2
I ChangeMAIE 195 0.1
Total 191,039 100.00

Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

  1. http://elezioni.interno.it/europee/scrutini/20140525/E2040000000.htm
  2. The list included a candidate from the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party and was endorsed by the Union for Trentino.
  3. The list included a candidate from the South Tyrolean Greens, who did not support the Green Italy – European Greens list in dissent with the Federation of the Greens. The Greens' candidate, Oktavia Brugger, received 15,787 preference votes, thus being the most voted one in the list and one of the most voted ones in the province.
  4. The list included a candidate from Die Freiheitlichen, Pius Leitner, who was the slate's most voted candidate in South Tyrol with 6,054 preference votes.
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