The 1999 European Parliament election 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.
Constituencies Seats are allocated to party lists on a national basis using an electoral quota, with the residue given to the lists with the largest excess over whole quotas. An electoral quota is then calculated for each list and used to allocate seats to each list in each of the five electoral regions.
Electoral RegionAdministrative RegionsSeatsNorth-WestAosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont26North-EastEmilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto16CentralLatium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria18SouthernAbruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise21IslandsSardinia, Sicily6
Main parties and leaders Outgoing MEPs EP GroupSeatsPartyMEPsEuropean People's Party GroupForza Italia 25 Italian People's Party 8Segni Pact 3Christian Democratic Centre 2South Tyrolean People's Party 1Democratic Union for the Republic 1Socialist GroupDemocrats of the Left16Italian Democratic Socialists2Movement of Unitarian Communists1European United Left/Nordic Green LeftCommunist Refoundation Party4Independent 1Green GroupFederation of the Greens 2The Network 1European Radical AlliancePannella List 2European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party GroupItalian Republican Party1Union for EuropeIndependent 1Non-InscritsNational Alliance 10Northern League 5Tricolour Flame 1
Summary of parties PartyMain ideologyLeaderEuropeanpartyOutgoing MEPsForza Italia (FI)Liberal conservatismSilvio BerlusconiEPPDemocrats of the Left (DS)Social democracyWalter VeltroniPESNational Alliance – Segni Pact (AN–PS)ConservatismGianfranco FiniNoneItalian People's Party (PPI)Christian democracyFranco MariniEPPNorthern League (LN)RegionalismUmberto BossiNoneCommunist Refoundation Party (PRC)CommunismFausto BertinottiNoneBonino List (LB)LiberalismEmma BoninoNoneFederation of the Greens (FdV)Green politicsGrazia FrancescatoEFGPItalian Democratic Socialists (SDI)Social democracyEnrico BoselliPESChristian Democratic Centre (CCD)Christian democracyPier Ferdinando CasiniEPPThe Democrats (DEM)Social liberalismRomano Prodi ELDRTricolour Flame (FT)Neo-fascismPino RautiNoneItalian Republican Party (PRI)LiberalismGiorgio La MalfaELDRUnited Christian Democrats (CDU)Christian democracyRocco ButtiglioneEPPParty of Italian Communists (PdCI)CommunismArmando CossuttaNoneUnion of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR)Christian democracyClemente MastellaEPPItalian Renewal (RI)LiberalismLamberto DiniEPPPensioners' Party (PP)Pensioners' interestsCarlo FatuzzoED
Results The election was won again by Forza Italia (FI), which had joined the European People's Party (EEP), with 25.2% of the votes and 22 seats. The governing Democrats of the Left (DS), led by Walter Veltroni, got 17.3% of the vote and 15 seats, while National Alliance (AN), federated to the Segni Pact (PS), got 10.3% of the vote and 9 seats (8 seats to AN and one seat to PS). A good result was also obtained by the Bonino List (LB), which 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 Votes % +/– Seats +/–Forza Italia (FI) EPP-ED 7,813,94825.165.46 225 Democrats of the Left (DS) PES5,387,72917.341.72 151 UEN 3,194,66110.305.43 95 Bonino List (LB) TGI2,625,8818.456.32 75 The Democrats (DEM) ELDR 2,402,4357.73New6New Northern League (LN) TGI 1,395,5474.482.08 42 Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) GUE/NGL 1,391,5954.27 1.81 41 Italian People's Party (PPI) EPP-ED1,316,8304.245.76 44 Christian Democratic Centre (CCD) EPP-ED805,3202.59New2New Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) PES670,9572.160.37 21 United Christian Democrats (CDU) EPP-ED669,9192.16New2New Party of Italian Communists (PdCI) GUE/NGL 622,2612.00New2New Federation of the Greens (FdV) Greens/EFA 548,9871.76 1.44 21 Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR) EPP-ED 498,7421.61 New1New Tricolour Flame (FT) TGI 496,0301.60 New1New Italian Renewal (RI) EPP-ED 353,8901.14 New1New Pensioners' Party (PP) EPP-ED 233,8740.75 –11 Italian Republican Party – Federation of Liberals (PRI–FdL) ELDR168,6200.54 0.36 10 South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) EPP-ED156,0050.500.12 10 LVR – UfS – FG – Others None117,9790.38 –00 Southern Action League (LAM) None94,1810.30 0.37 00 Sardinian Action Party – Veneto North-East – Italian Consumers Party None61,1850.19 –00 Socialist Party (PS) None42,5000.14New0NewFederalism (Valdostan Union – Others) None40,9700.130.26 00 Humanist Party (PU) None 16,1680.05 –00 Cobas for Self-Organization None4,4320.01New0New 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
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