1994 European Parliament election in Italy

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outgoing members elected members
All 87 Italian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	73.6% ( 7.5 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– FI Silvio Berlusconi 30.6% 27 New PDS Achille Occhetto 19.1% 16 −6 AN Gianfranco Fini 12.5% 11 +7 PPI Rosa Russo Iervolino 10.0% 8 −18 LN 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

The 1994 European Parliament election in Italy was the election of the delegation from Italy to the European Parliament in 1994. It was the first continental election after the Tangentopoli scandal, which destroyed the traditional republican parties of the First Italian Republic; consequently, all new parties contested the race.

Contents

• Electoral system
• Main parties and leaders
• Outgoing MEPs
• Summary of parties
• Results
• See also
• References

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.

Main parties and leaders

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), which gained 19.1% of the vote and 16 seats, while the third party was National Alliance (AN), heir of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), which gained 12.5% of the vote and 11 seats. The Italian People's Party (PPI), main heir of Christian Democracy (DC), gained 10.0% of the vote and 8 seats.

← Summary of the 12 June 1994 European Parliament election results in Italy →

National party		EP group	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Forza Italia (FI)	FE	10,089,139	30.62	New	27	New
	Democratic Party of the Left (PDS)	PES	6,281,354	19.06	8.52 [1]	16	6
	National Alliance (AN)	NI	4,108,670	12.47	6.96 [2]	11	7
	Italian People's Party (PPI)	EPP	3,295,337	10.00	22.90 [3]	8	18
	Northern League (LN)	ELDR	2,162,586	6.56	4.73	6	4
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	EUL	2,004,716	6.08	New	5	New
	Segni Pact (PS)	EPP	1,073,095	3.26	New	3	New
	Federation of the Greens (FdV)	Green	1,055,797	3.20	2.97 [4]	3	2
	Pannella List (LP)	ERA	702,717	2.13	0.89 [5]	2	1
	Italian Socialist Party – Democratic Alliance (PSI–AD)	PES	606,538	1.84	12.96 [6]	2	10
	The Network (LR)	Green	366,258	1.11	New	1	New
	Italian Republican Party (PRI)	ELDR	242,786	0.74	–	1	2
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI)	NI	227,439	0.69	2.03	1	1
	Southern Action League (LAM)	None	224,033	0.67	New	0	New
	South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) [7]	EPP	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 (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

See also

• 1994 Italian general election

References