1999 European Parliament election in Italy

1999 European Parliament election in Italy

13 June 1999
All 87 Italian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	69,73 ( 3.87 pp)
Party 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.

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.

Main parties and leaders

Outgoing MEPs

EP Group		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
			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

Party		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
	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.

← Summary of the 13 June 1999 European Parliament election results in Italy →

National party			EP group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Forza Italia (FI)		EPP-ED	Silvio Berlusconi	7,813,948	25.16	5.46	22	5
	Democrats of the Left (DS)		PES	Walter Veltroni	5,387,729	17.34	1.72	15	1
	National Alliance – Segni Pact (AN–PS)		UEN	Gianfranco Fini	3,194,661	10.30	5.43	9	5
	Bonino List (LB)		TGI	Emma Bonino	2,625,881	8.45	6.32	7	5
		The Democrats (DEM)	ELDR	Antonio Di Pietro	2,402,435	7.73	New	6	New
		South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)	EPP-ED	Michl Ebner	156,005	0.50	0.12	1	0
		Federalism (Valdostan Union – Others)	None		40,970	0.13	0.26	0	0
	Total		Mixed		2,599,410	8.37	New	7	New
	Northern League (LN)		TGI	Umberto Bossi	1,395,547	4.48	2.08	4	2
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)		GUE/NGL	Fausto Bertinotti	1,391,595	4.27	1.81	4	1
	Italian People's Party (PPI)		EPP-ED	Ciriaco De Mita	1,316,830	4.24	5.76	4	4
	Christian Democratic Centre (CCD)		EPP-ED	Pier Ferdinando Casini	805,320	2.59	New	2	New
	Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI)		PES	Enrico Boselli	670,957	2.16	0.37	2	1
	United Christian Democrats (CDU)		EPP-ED	Nino Gemelli	669,919	2.16	New	2	New
	Party of Italian Communists (PdCI)		GUE/NGL	Armando Cossutta	622,261	2.00	New	2	New
	Federation of the Greens (FdV)		Greens/EFA	Reinhold Messner	548,987	1.76	1.44	2	1
	Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR)		EPP-ED	Clemente Mastella	498,742	1.61	New	1	New
	Tricolour Flame (FT)		TGI	Roberto Felice Bigliardo	496,030	1.60	New	1	New
	Italian Renewal (RI)		EPP-ED	Pino Pisicchio	353,890	1.14	New	1	New
	Pensioners' Party (PP)		EPP-ED	Carlo Fatuzzo	233,874	0.75	–	1	1
	Italian Republican Party – Federation of Liberals (PRI–FdL)		ELDR	Luciana Sbarbati	168,620	0.54	0.36	1	0
	LVR – UfS – FG – Others		None		117,979	0.38	–	0	0
	Southern Action League (LAM)		None		94,181	0.30	0.37	0	0
	Sardinian Action Party – Veneto North-East – Italian Consumers Party		None		61,185	0.19	–	0	0
	Socialist Party (PS)		None		42,500	0.14	New	0	New
	Humanist Party (PU)		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   25.2% DS   17.3% AN–PS   10.3% Bonino   8.5% Dem   7.7% LN   4.5% PRC   4.3% PPI   4.2% CCD   2.6% SDI   2.2% CDU   2.2% PdCI   2.0% FdV   1.8% UDEUR   1.6% FT   1.6% RI   1.1% Others   2.9%