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.

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13 June 1999

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outgoing members

elected members

All 87 Italian seats to the European Parliament

Turnout

69,73 ( 3.87 pp)

	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

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

Outgoing MEPs

	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
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

	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
Italian People's Party (PPI)	Christian democracy	Franco Marini	EPP	8 / 78
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

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.


Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Forza Italia	7,813,948	25.10	-5.46	22	-5
	Democrats of the Left	5,387,729	17.31	-1.72	15	-1
	National Alliance – Segni Pact	3,194,661	10.26	-5.43	9	-5
	Bonino List	2,625,881	8.44	+6.32	7	+5
	The Democrats	2,402,435	7.72	New	6	New
	Lega Nord	1,395,547	4.48	-2.08	4	-2
	Communist Refoundation Party	1,391,595	4.47	-1.81	4	-1
	Italian People's Party	1,316,830	4.23	-5.76	4	-4
	Christian Democratic Centre	805,320	2.59	New	2	New
	Italian Democratic Socialists	670,957	2.16	-0.37	2	-1
	United Christian Democrats	669,919	2.15	New	2	New
	Party of Italian Communists	622,261	2.00	New	2	New
	Federation of the Greens	548,987	1.76	-1.44	2	-1
	Union of Democrats for Europe	498,742	1.60	New	1	New
	Tricolour Flame	496,030	1.59	New	1	New
	Italian Renewal	353,890	1.14	New	1	New
	Pensioners' Party	233,874	0.75		1	+1
	Italian Republican Party – Federation of Liberals	168,620	0.54	-0.36	1	0
	South Tyrolean People's Party	156,005	0.50	-0.12	1	0
	LVR – UfS – FG – Others	117,979	0.38		0	0
	Southern Action League	94,181	0.30	-0.37	0	0
	Sardinian Action Party – Veneto North-East – Italian Consumers Party	61,185	0.20		0	0
	Socialist Party	42,500	0.14	New	0	New
	Federalism (Valdostan Union – Others)	40,970	0.13	-0.26	0	0
	Humanist Party	16,168	0.05		0	0
	Cobas for Self-Organization	4,432	0.01	New	0	New
Total		31,130,646	100.00	–	87	–

Valid votes		31,130,646	90.38
Invalid/blank votes		3,315,038	9.62
Total votes		34,445,684	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,278,309	69.90
Source: Ministry of the Interior