Election Name: | 1994 European Parliament election in Italy |
Country: | Italy |
Previous Election: | 1989 |
Outgoing Members: | List of members of the European Parliament for Italy, 1989–1994 |
Next Election: | 1999 |
Elected Members: | List of members of the European Parliament for Italy, 1994–1999 |
Seats For Election: | All 87 Italian seats to the European Parliament |
Turnout: | 73.6% (7.5 pp) |
Election Date: | 12 June 1994 |
Party1: | Forza Italia |
Leader1: | Silvio Berlusconi |
Last Election1: | New |
Seats1: | 27 |
Percentage1: | 30.6% |
Party2: | Democratic Party of the Left |
Leader2: | Achille Occhetto |
Last Election2: | 22 |
Seats2: | 16 |
Percentage2: | 19.1% |
Party3: | AN |
Leader3: | Gianfranco Fini |
Last Election3: | 4 |
Seats3: | 11 |
Percentage3: | 12.5% |
Party4: | PPI |
Leader4: | Rosa R. Iervolino |
Last Election4: | 26 |
Seats4: | 8 |
Percentage4: | 10.0% |
Party5: | Lega Nord |
Leader5: | Umberto Bossi |
Last Election5: | 2 |
Seats5: | 6 |
Percentage5: | 6.6% |
Party6: | PRC |
Leader6: | Fausto Bertinotti |
Last Election6: | New |
Seats6: | 5 |
Percentage6: | 6.1% |
Party7: | Segni Pact |
Leader7: | Mario Segni |
Last Election7: | New |
Seats7: | 3 |
Percentage7: | 3.3% |
Party8: | Federation of the Greens |
Leader8: | Carlo Ripa di Meana |
Last Election8: | 5 |
Seats8: | 3 |
Percentage8: | 3.3% |
Party9: | Pannella List |
Leader9: | Marco Pannella |
Last Election9: | 1 |
Seats9: | 2 |
Percentage9: | 2.1% |
Party10: | PSI – AD |
Leader10: | O. Del Turco & W. Bordon |
Last Election10: | 12 |
Seats10: | 2 |
Percentage10: | 1.8% |
Party11: | Network |
Leader11: | Leoluca Orlando |
Last Election11: | New |
Seats11: | 1 |
Percentage11: | 1.1% |
Party12: | PRI |
Leader12: | Giorgio La Malfa |
Last Election12: | 3 |
Seats12: | 1 |
Percentage12: | 0.7% |
Party13: | PSDI |
Leader13: | Enrico Ferri |
Last Election13: | 2 |
Seats13: | 1 |
Percentage13: | 0.7% |
Party14: | South Tyrolean People's Party |
Leader14: | Siegfried Brugger |
Last Election14: | 1 |
Seats14: | 1 |
Percentage14: | 0.6% |
Map: | European_Election_1994_Italy.png |
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 scandal of Tangentopoli which destroyed the traditional republican parties of Italy: consequently, all new parties contested the race.
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.
The new party (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), that gained 19.1% of the vote and 16 seats, while the third party was National Alliance (AN), heir of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), that gained 12.5% of the vote and 11 seats. The Italian People's Party (PPI), main heir of Christian Democracy (DC), gained only 10.0% of the vote and 8 seats.
National party | EP group | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(FI) | FE | Silvio Berlusconi | 10,089,139 | 30.62 | New | 27 | New | |||
PES | Achille Occhetto | 6,281,354 | 19.06 | 8.52 [1] | 16 | 6 | ||||
National Alliance (AN) | Gianfranco Fini | 4,108,670 | 12.47 | 6.96 [2] | 11 | 7 | ||||
Italian People's Party (PPI) | EPP | Carlo Casini | 3,295,337 | 10.00 | 22.90 [3] | 8 | 18 | |||
South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) | EPP | Michl Ebner | 202,668 | 0.62 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 | |||
align=left colspan=2 | Total | EPP | 3,498,005 | 10.62 | 22.78 | 9 | 18 | |||
Northern League (LN) | Umberto Bossi | 2,162,586 | 6.56 | 4.73 | 6 | 4 | ||||
Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) | Fausto Bertinotti | 2,004,716 | 6.08 | New | 5 | New | ||||
Segni Pact (PS) | EPP | Mariotto Segni | 1,073,095 | 3.26 | New | 3 | New | |||
Federation of the Greens (FdV) | Green | Carlo Ripa di Meana | 1,055,797 | 3.20 | 2.97 [4] | 3 | 2 | |||
Pannella List (LP) | Marco Pannella | 702,717 | 2.13 | 0.89 [5] | 2 | 1 | ||||
PES | Elena Marinucci | 606,538 | 1.84 | 12.96 [6] | 2 | 10 | ||||
The Network (LR) | Leoluca Orlando | 366,258 | 1.11 | New | 1 | New | ||||
Italian Republican Party (PRI) | ELDR | Giorgio La Malfa | 242,786 | 0.74 | – | 1 | 2 | |||
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) | Enrico Ferri | 227,439 | 0.69 | 2.03 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Southern Action League (LAM) | None | 224,033 | 0.67 | New | 0 | New | ||||
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 | |||||||
align=left colspan=10 | Source: Ministry of the Interior |