2014 European Parliament election in Italy

2014 European Parliament election in Italy
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All 73 Italian seats to the European Parliament
	Opinion polls
Turnout	57.22%
	European election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Democratic plurality, Azure denotes those with a Forza Italia plurality, Green denotes those with a Lega Nord plurality, Gray denotes those with a Regionalist plurality.

The 2014 European Parliament election in Italy took place on 25 May 2014. Italy elected 73 MEPs out of 751 European Parliament seats.^[2]

The governing Democratic Party (PD) won the election with 40.8% of the vote and 31 seats, followed by the Five Star Movement (21.2% and 17 seats) and Forza Italia (16.8% and 13 seats). As a result, the PD was the second largest national party in the European Parliament by number of seats after the German CDU/CSU and the largest among the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.^[3] The PD's score was also the best result for an Italian party in a nationwide election since the 1958 general election, when the Christian Democracy won 42.4% of the vote.

The other parties that have passed the national electoral threshold at 4% are Northern League (6.2% and 5 seats), New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre (4.4% and 3 seats) and The Other Europe (4.0% and 3 seats). The parties that have not passed the electoral threshold and that have not gained any seat are Brothers of Italy (3.7%), European Greens – Green Italia (0.9%), European Choice (0.7%), Italy of Values (0.7%) and I Change – Associative Movement Italians Abroad (0.2%).

The 4% threshold can be bypassed by parties representing linguistic minorities, provided they get more than 50,000 votes, in connection with a party gaining more than 4% of the vote. The South Tyrolean People's Party, representing the German-speaking minority of South Tyrol, won a seat thanks to its connection with the PD.

Electoral system

The 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.

In the run-up to the 2009 election, the Italian Parliament introduced a national threshold of 4% in the electoral law for the European Parliament. However, the electoral law guarantees representation for linguistic minorities. The parties which represent minorities can be connected with the major parties for the purpose of elections, combining their votes. If the party of the linguistic minority gets more than 50,000 votes, it wins a seat.

Main parties and leaders

Outgoing MEPs

This is a list of Italian delegations sitting at the European Parliament before 25 May 2014.

	Seats	Party	MEPs
EPP	34 / 73
		Forza Italia	15
		New Centre-Right	7
		Union of the Centre	5^[a]
		Brothers of Italy	2
		Populars for Europe	2^[b]
		South Tyrolean People's Party	1
		Union of Democrats for Europe	1
		Future and Freedom	1
S&D	23 / 73	Democratic Party	23
EFD	8 / 73
		Northern League	6
		I Change	1
		I Love Italy	1
ALDE	4 / 73	Italy of Values	4
ECR	2 / 73
		Forza Italia	1
		Conservatives and Social Reformers	1
Non-Inscrits	2 / 73
		Northern League	1
		Independent	1

Retiring incumbents

The following MEPs are not seeking re-election:

Constituency	Departing MEP	Party		EP Group		First elected	Terms	Date announced
North-East Italy	Vittorio Prodi		Democratic Party		S&D	2004	2	8 March 2014^[4]
North-East Italy	Tiziano Motti		UDC		EPP	2009	1	27 April 2014^[5]

Summary of parties

In the following table the twelve parties/lists participating in the election are listed.

	Main ideology	Leader	European Party	Seats
Democratic Party^[a]	Social democracy	Matteo Renzi	PES	23 / 73
Forza Italia^[b]	Liberal conservatism	Silvio Berlusconi	EPP	17 / 73
New Centre-Right – UDC^[c]	Christian democracy	Angelino Alfano	EPP	13 / 73
Northern League^[d]	Regionalism	Matteo Salvini	None	7 / 73
Italy of Values^[e]	Anti-corruption politics	Ignazio Messina	ALDE	3 / 73
Brothers of Italy^[f]	National conservatism	Giorgia Meloni	None	3 / 73
European Choice^[g]	Liberalism	several	ALDE	1 / 73
I Change – MAIE^[h]	Centrism	Angelo Alessandri	None	1 / 73
South Tyrolean People's Party^[i]	Regionalism	Arno Kompatscher	EPP	1 / 73
Five Star Movement	Populism	Beppe Grillo	None	0 / 73
The Other Europe^[j]	Democratic socialism	several	PEL	0 / 73
European Greens – Green Italia^[k]	Green politics	several	EGP	0 / 73

Top candidates

In the following table the top candidates of each party/list in the five constituencies are listed. In the case in which the party leader stands in all five of them as top candidate, also the second in the list is shown. The Five Star Movement's slates were compiled following the alphabetical order.^[6]^[7]^[8]

	North-West	North-East	Centre	South	Islands	Source
Forza Italia	Giovanni Toti	Elisabetta Gardini	Antonio Tajani	Raffaele Fitto	Gianfranco Micciché	link
Democratic Party	Alessia Mosca	Alessandra Moretti	Simona Bonafé	Pina Picierno	Caterina Chinnici	link
Northern League	Matteo Salvini Claudio Borghi	Matteo Salvini Flavio Tosi	Matteo Salvini Manuel Vescovi	Matteo Salvini Angelo Attaguile (MPA)	Matteo Salvini Francesca Donato	link
Italy of Values	Ignazio Messina Giommaria Uggias	Ignazio Messina Antonino Pipitone	Ignazio Messina Paolo Brutti	Ignazio Messina Aniello Di Nardo	Ignazio Messina Giommaria Uggias	link
New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre	Maurizio Lupi (NCD)	Antonio Cancian (NCD)	Beatrice Lorenzin (NCD)	Lorenzo Cesa (UDC)	Giovanni La Via (NCD)	link
Five Star Movement	Gabriele Antonica (alphabetical order)	Marco Affronte (alphabetical order)	Laura Agea (alphabetical order)	Isabella Adinolfi (alphabetical order)	Ignazio Corrao (alphabetical order)	link
Brothers of Italy	Giorgia Meloni Guido Crosetto	Giorgia Meloni Magdi Allam	Giorgia Meloni Marco Scurria	Giorgia Meloni Gianni Alemanno	Giorgia Meloni Salvatore Deidda	link
The Other Europe	Curzio Maltese	Paola Morandin	Barbara Spinelli	Ermanno Rea	Barbara Spinelli	link
European Choice	Gianluca Susta (SC)	Michele Boldrin (FFD)	Stefania Giannini (SC)	Bruno Tabacci (CD)	Anna Busia (CD)	link
European Greens – Green Italia	Oliviero Alotto (GI)	Syusy Blady	Annalisa Corrado (GI)	Vincenzo Fornaro	Fabio Granata (GI)	link
I Change – MAIE	Agostino D'Antuoni (IC)	Maria Cristina Sandrin	Claudio Morganti (IC)	Davide Vannoni	Davide Vannoni	link
South Tyrolean People's Party	—	Herbert Dorfmann	—	—	—	link

Opinion polling

Poll results are listed according to the date of publication of the survey. Detailed data are usually published in the official website of the Italian government. The publication of opinion polls during the last 15 days of the electoral campaign is forbidden by Italian law.

Date	Polling Firm	FI	PD	LN	UDC	M5S	SC	FdI	NCD	AET	SE	Others	Lead
Date	Polling Firm											Others	Lead
9 May 2014	Epokè	16.3	30.2	6.8	w. NCD	22.6	w. SE	3.3	5.4	6.3	4.5	4.6	7.6
9 May 2014	Euromedia	20.9	31.4	5.8	w. NCD	25.0	w. SE	3.9	4.6	3.5	2.5	2.4	6.4
9 May 2014	EMG	19.7	33.2	5.1	w. NCD	25.0	w. SE	4.0	4.8	3.7	2.3	2.2	8.2
9 May 2014	IPR	18.8	32.7	5.5	w. NCD	25.0	w. SE	4.0	6.0	3.4	2.5	2.1	7.7
9 May 2014	Ixè	18.2	33.2		w. NCD	26.4	w. SE						6.8
9 May 2014	Ipsos	19.5	33.8	5.2	w. NCD	23.0	w. SE	4.0	6.4	3.0	3.0	2.1	10.8
9 May 2014	ISPO	18.1	34.9	4.9	w. NCD	23.7	w. SE	3.7	6.4	3.7	2.1	2.5	11.2
9 May 2014	Demos&Pi	17.5	32.8	4.5	w. NCD	22.0	w. SE	4.3	7.0	4.5	3.6	3.8	10.8
8 May 2014	Tecnè	21.7	28.8	4.9	w. NCD	27.7	w. SE	4.0	4.5	3.6	2.2	2.6	1.1
8 May 2014	SWG	19.1	34.8	5.6	w. NCD	24.0	w. SE	2.8	5.2	3.7	2.1	2.7	10.8
8 May 2014	Demopolis	17.5	33.5	5.2	w. NCD	26.4	w. SE	4.1	5.7	4.0	2.0	1.6	7.1
8 May 2014	Piepoli	20.0	34.0	4.5	w. NCD	25.0	w. SE	3.5	5.0	3.5	2.5	2.0	9.0
7 May 2014	Euromedia	20.2	31.1	5.2	w. NCD	25.9	w. SE	3.9	4.9	3.5	2.4	2.9	5.2
7 May 2014	Datamedia	20.0	32.0	5.1	w. NCD	26.0	w. SE	3.9	5.1	3.5	2.0	2.4	6.0
7 May 2014	Lorien	19.0	34.0	5.5	w. NCD	23.0	w. SE	3.5	6.5	4.0	2.5	2.0	11.0
6 May 2014	Ipsos	19.4	33.9	5.0	w. NCD	23.9	w. SE	4.1	6.1	3.5	3.0	1.1	10.0
6 May 2014	Demopolis	17.4	33.0	5.3	w. NCD	25.5	w. SE	4.0	5.7	4.1	2.2	2.8	7.5
5 May 2014	IPR	19.0	32.3	5.2	w. NCD	26.0	w. SE	3.8	5.9	3.3	1.6	1.9	6.3
5 May 2014	EMG	19.8	33.6	4.9	w. NCD	24.6	w. SE	4.0	4.9	3.6	2.4	2.2	9.0
5 May 2014	SWG	18.2	35.2	5.5	w. NCD	24.2	w. SE	3.0	5.0	3.5	2.0	3.4	11.0
5 May 2014	Ixè	17.8	33.0	5.3	w. NCD	26.6	w. SE	3.9	4.8	3.8	2.0	2.8	6.4
3 May 2014	IPR	19.0	32.3	5.2	w. NCD	26.0	w. SE	3.8	5.6	3.3	1.6	2.2	6.3
3 May 2014	Ipsos	19.2	34.3	5.3	w. NCD	22.5	w. SE	3.9	6.1	3.3	3.0	2.4	11.8
3 May 2014	ScenariPolitici	17.5	29.8	7.5	w. NCD	27.5	w. SE	4.2	5.0	4.2	2.5	1.8	2.3
30 April 2014	Tecnè	21.3	28.9	5.3	w. NCD	27.4	w. SE	3.8	4.8	3.8	2.3	2.4	1.5
30 April 2014	Datamedia	20.0	31.5	5.1	w. NCD	25.5	w. SE	3.7	5.5	3.7	2.2	2.8	6.0
29 April 2014	Demopolis	17.0	33.2	5.4	w. NCD	25.0	w. SE	3.8	5.6	4.0	2.3	3.7	8.2
29 April 2014	Ipsos	19.3	34.4	5.1	w. NCD	23.7	w. SE	3.9	5.9	3.3	3.2	1.2	10.7
29 April 2014	Lorien	19.0	34.5	5.5	w. NCD	23.5	w. SE	3.0	6.5	4.0	2.0	2.0	11.0
29 April 2014	Piepoli	19.5	34.0	4.5	w. NCD	24.0	w. SE	3.5	6.0	4.0	2.5	2.0	10.0
28 April 2014	IPR	19.0	32.7	5.0	w. NCD	25.0	w. SE	3.8	6.0	3.5	2.8	2.2	7.7
28 April 2014	EMG	19.6	33.1	4.5	w. NCD	24.4	w. SE	4.0	5.1	3.8	2.5	3.0	8.7
28 April 2014	SWG	18.0	35.4	5.6	w. NCD	21.9	w. SE	3.5	4.9	3.8	2.2	4.7	13.5
26 April 2014	Ipsos	19.0	34.9	5.4	w. NCD	21.6	w. SE	4.1	6.3	3.1	3.2	2.4	13.3
24 April 2014	Epokè	15.9	29.1	6.8	w. NCD	22.3	w. SE	2.6	6.2	6.1	5.0	6.0	6.8
24 April 2014	IPR	19.1	32.9	5.1	w. NCD	24.2	w. SE	3.8	5.6	3.7	3.0	2.6	8.7
24 April 2014	Tecnè	21.3	29.2	5.5	w. NCD	27.0	w. SE	3.7	5.0	3.7	2.4	2.2	2.2
24 April 2014	Ixè	17.5	32.1	5.0	w. NCD	27.4	w. SE	3.8	5.1	4.1	2.0	3.0	4.7
23 April 2014	Demopolis	18.0	34.0	5.2	w. NCD	23.8	w. SE	3.7	5.6	3.8	2.1	3.8	10.2
23 April 2014	Euromedia	20.1	32.0	5.0	w. NCD	25.3	w. SE	3.7	4.6	3.4	2.5	3.4	6.7
23 April 2014	Piepoli	19.0	34.0	4.5	w. NCD	24.0	w. SE	3.5	6.0	4.0	2.5	2.5	10.0
23 April 2014	IPR	19.3	32.7	5.0	w. NCD	24.0	w. SE	3.8	5.5	3.8	3.0	2.9	8.7
22 April 2014	EMG	20.3	33.8	4.4	w. NCD	23.4	w. SE	3.7	4.9	4.0	2.5	3.0	10.4
19 April 2014	ScenariPolitici	18.0	28.6	7.0	w. NCD	27.9	w. SE	4.2	6.0	4.8	2.5	1.0	0.7
19 April 2014	Ipsos	19.6	35.0	4.9	w. NCD	21.4	w. SE	3.8	6.4	2.9	3.5	2.5	13.6
18 April 2014	Ixè	18.0	32.8	5.2	w. NCD	25.8	w. SE	3.5	5.5	3.9	2.1	3.2	7.0
18 April 2014	SWG	18.2	35.8	5.0	w. NCD	22.7	w. SE	3.1	4.9	3.9	2.2	4.2	13.1
18 April 2014	Demopolis	17.0	33.5	5.4	w. NCD	24.0	w. SE	3.6	5.5	3.5	2.0	5.5	9.5
17 April 2014	Tecnè	21.0	29.9	5.4	w. NCD	25.4	w. SE	3.8	5.4	4.1	2.6	2.4	4.5
16 April 2014	Datamedia	19.0	32.0	5.2	w. NCD	25.1	w. SE	3.5	5.7	3.9	2.2	3.4	6.9
15 April 2014	Piepoli	19.0	33.5	4.5	w. NCD	24.5	w. SE	3.5	6.5	4.0	2.5	2.0	9.0
15 April 2014	Ipsos	19.6	34.2	5.0	w. NCD	22.7	w. SE	3.5	6.0	3.0	3.1	2.9	11.5
14 April 2014	EMG	20.3	34.4	4.6	w. NCD	22.9	w. SE	3.5	5.2	3.4	2.5	3.2	11.5
14 April 2014	IPR	19.5	32.0	5.0	w. NCD	24.0	w. SE	3.9	6.5	3.8	3.8	1.5	8.0
11 April 2014	Ixè	19.1	32.2	5.2	w. NCD	25.2	w. SE	3.6	5.3	4.2	1.9	3.3	7.0
11 April 2014	SWG	20.3	34.3	4.8	w. NCD	23.0	2.4	2.4	3.8	4.1	0.8	4.1	11.3
10 April 2014	Tecnè	21.4	30.5	5.1	w. NCD	23.8	w. SE	3.6	5.7	4.8	2.4	2.7	6.7
9 April 2014	Ipsos	20.5	33.9	5.8	w. NCD	22.3	w. SE	3.0	5.3	3.1	3.4	2.7	11.6
9 April 2014	Piepoli	19.0	33.0	4.0	w. NCD	24.5	w. SE	3.5	6.0	4.5	2.5	3.0	8.5
9 April 2014	Datamedia	20.0	31.3	5.0	w. NCD	24.3	w. SE	3.3	5.0	3.9	2.3	4.9	7.0
7 April 2014	IPR	20.0	30.5	4.5	w. NCD	23.0	w. SE	3.7	6.0	3.5	3.7	5.1	7.5
7 April 2014	Ixè	18.6	31.6	5.4	1.6	26.1	1.2	3.4	3.3	4.6	—	4.2	5.5
7 April 2014	EMG	20.9	33.9	4.4	w. NCD	22.5	w. SE	3.4	5.1	3.1	2.1	4.6	11.4
5 April 2014	Ipsos	21.1	33.3	5.3	w. NCD	21.2	w. SE	3.5	5.7	3.1	3.8	3.0	12.1
4 April 2014	SWG	19.5	34.8	4.8	1.1	20.0	2.6	2.8	4.1	3.7	0.6	6.0	14.8
3 April 2014	Tecnè	22.0	30.2	4.6	2.2	23.4	—	3.4	3.8	5.2	1.6	3.6	6.8
2 April 2014	Euromedia	21.6	31.5	4.8	1.8	21.4	1.0	3.5	3.9	3.8	2.0	4.7	9.9
2 April 2014	IPR	21.0	30.0	4.3	2.0	22.5	1.0	3.3	4.0	3.5	2.0	6.4	7.5
2 April 2014	Piepoli	20.0	33.0	4.0	2.0	23.0	2.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	—	4.0	10.0
2 April 2014	Datamedia	20.0	31.0	5.0	1.8	24.3	—	3.1	3.4	3.9	2.0	5.5	6.7
1 April 2014	Lorien	22.0	31.5	5.5	1.5	23.0	—	2.5	5.0	4.5	—	4.5	8.5
1 April 2014	Ipsos	21.8	33.0	5.5	3.0	21.0	2.9	3.1	4.3	3.3	—	2.1	11.2
31 March 2014	ScenariPolitici	18.3	27.9	7.1	2.0	25.9	1.4	3.6	4.2	4.8	1.7	3.1	2.0
31 March 2014	EMG	20.8	32.8	4.3	2.2	21.9	1.1	3.4	3.3	3.2	—	7.0	10.9
29 March 2014	SWG	18.8	35.0	5.0	1.3	21.1	2.1	3.1	3.8	4.0	—	5.2	13.9
28 March 2014	Ixè	20.8	30.5	5.8	1.2	25.3	1.4	3.2	3.2	4.9	—	3.7	5.2
27 March 2014	Tecnè	22.9	31.0	3.8	2.0	22.4	—	3.2	3.9	5.8	—	5.0	8.1
26 March 2014	IPR	22.0	29.5	4.3	2.0	23.0	1.0	3.0	4.3	3.5	2.3	5.1	6.5
26 March 2014	Euromedia	22.2	31.5	4.4	1.5	20.8	—	3.1	3.5	4.0	—	9.0	9.3
26 March 2014	Datamedia	20.5	30.5	5.0	1.8	24.0	—	3.0	3.5	3.7	2.0	6.0	6.5
24 March 2014	EMG	22.4	32.4	4.2	2.4	21.3	1.9	2.9	3.6	2.9	—	6.0	10.0
21 March 2014	Ixè	22.7	28.6	4.3	1.9	20.8	1.0	3.1	3.6	6.1	—	7.9	5.9
20 March 2014	Tecnè	23.5	32.4	3.3	1.9	21.9	—	2.9	3.8	5.6	—	4.7	8.9
17 March 2014	IPR	23.0	28.5	4.0	3.0	23.0	1.0	3.0	4.3	4.0	—	6.2	5.5
14 March 2014	Ixè	23.4	29.4	4.5	1.6	22.6	0.9	3.3	3.3	6.5	—	4.5	6.0
13 March 2014	Tecnè	24.4	30.4	4.0	2.0	21.8	—	3.5	3.5	5.4	—	5.0	6.0
13 March 2014	IPR	23.5	28.0	4.3	3.0	24.0	w. UdC	3.0	4.5	4.0	—	5.7	4.0
13 March 2014	Euromedia	23.5	28.5	4.4	2.0	23.1	1.7	2.7	3.7	4.9	—	5.5	5.0
10 March 2014	IPR	24.0	27.5	4.3	w. NCD	24.0	w. SE	3.0	5.5	4.0	2.5	5.2	3.5
7 March 2014	SWG	21.6	30.3	4.9	1.1	22.0	w. SE	2.7	3.3	—	2.3	11.8	8.3
7 March 2014	Ixè	24.0	29.1	4.7	1.9	21.8	1.0	3.5	3.2	6.3	—	4.5	5.1
6 March 2014	Tecnè	24.0	28.2	4.5	1.9	22.4	—	3.1	3.3	—	—	12.6	4.2
3 March 2014	ScenariPolitici	20.0	27.5	6.3	2.2	25.4	2.3	3.1	4.2	5.4	—	3.6	2.1
28 February 2014	Ixè	23.2	28.5	4.6	1.8	22.7	1.1	3.6	3.0	6.9	—	4.6	5.3
21 February 2014	Ixè	22.4	27.6	4.8	1.6	24.9	1.0	3.4	3.1	7.2	—	4.0	2.7
13 February 2014	Tecnè	23.5	29.6	3.9	2.3	25.4	—	3.0	3.7	—	—	8.6	4.2
5 February 2014	IPR	24.3	27.6	5.0	2.0	25.4	1.0	1.5	5.6	—	—	7.6	2.2
7 June 2009	Election results	35.3	26.1	10.2	6.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	15.4	8.8
Date	Polling Firm	FI	PD	LN	UDC	M5S	SC	FdI	NCD	AET	SE	Others	Lead

Results

← Summary of 25 May 2014 European Parliament election results in Italy →
Party			EP group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
		Democratic Party (PD)	S&D	Simona Bonafé	11,203,231	40.81	+14.69	31 / 73	+10
		South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)	EPP	Herbert Dorfmann	138,037	0.50	+0.03	1 / 73	±0
	Total		Mixed		11,341,268	41.32	+14.72	32 / 73	+10
	Five Star Movement (M5S)		EFDD	Ignazio Corrao	5,807,362	21.15	New	17 / 73	New
	Forza Italia (FI)		EPP	Raffaele Fitto	4,614,364	16.81	−18.45	13 / 73	−16
	Northern League (LN)		NI	Matteo Salvini	1,688,197	6.15	−4.06	5 / 73	−4
	New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre (NCD–UDC)		EPP	Lorenzo Cesa	1,202,350	4.38	New	3 / 73	New
	The Other Europe (AET)		GUE/NGL	Barbara Spinelli	1,108,457	4.03	New	3 / 73	New
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)		None	Giorgia Meloni	1,006,513	3.66	New	0 / 73	New
	European Greens – Green Italia (GI–VE)		None	Angelo Bonelli	250,102	0.91	New	0 / 73	New
	European Choice (SE)		None	Bruno Tabacci	197,942	0.72	New	0 / 73	New
	Italy of Values (IdV)		None	Ignazio Messina	181,373	0.66	−7.34	0 / 73	−7
	I Change – MAIE (IC–MAIE)		None	Davide Vannoni	50,978	0.18	New	0 / 73	New

Valid votes					27,448,906	94.70
Blank and Invalid votes					1,542,352	5.30
Totals					28,991,258	100.00
Electorate and voter turnout					50,662,460	57.22
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Popular vote

PD			40.8%
M5S			21.1%
FI			16.8%
LN			6.1%
NCD–UDC			4.4%
AET			4.0%
FdI			3.7%
Others			3.1%

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