Italy 1989 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democracy won 26 of 81 seats with 32.9% of the vote; 81.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.4 points on 1984.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy | 26 | 0 | 32.9 | −0.1 | 11,451,053 |
| Italian Communist Party | 22 | −5 | 27.6 | −5.8 | 9,598,369 |
| Italian Socialist Party | 12 | +3 | 14.8 | +3.6 | 5,151,929 |
| Italian Social Movement | 4 | −1 | 5.5 | −1.0 | 1,918,650 |
| Italian Republican Partywith Italian Liberal Party | 4 | −1 | 4.4 | −1.7 | 1,532,388 |
| Federation of the Greens | 3 | 3.8 | 1,317,119 | ||
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 2 | −1 | 2.7 | −0.8 | 945,383 |
| Rainbow Greens | 2 | 2.4 | 830,980 | ||
| Lega Nordwith Lombard League and Liga Veneta | 2 | 1.8 | 636,242 | ||
| Proletarian Democracy | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | −0.1 | 449,639 |
| Radical Party | 1 | −2 | 1.2 | −2.2 | 430,150 |
| Federalism | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | +0.1 | 207,739 |
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | −0.1 | 172,383 |
| Pensioners' Party | 0 | 0.5 | 162,293 |
± is the change against the Italy 1984 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democracy 11,451,053
- Italian Communist Party 9,598,369
- Italian Socialist Party 5,151,929
- Italian Social Movement 1,918,650
- Italian Republican Party 1,532,388
- Federation of the Greens 1,317,119
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party 945,383
- Rainbow Greens 830,980
- Lega Nord 636,242
- Proletarian Democracy 449,639
- Radical Party 430,150
- Federalism 207,739
- South Tyrolean People's Party 172,383
- Pensioners' Party 162,293
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
81.1% of the 46,346,961 registered voters cast a ballot (37,572,759 ballots), down 1.4 points on 1984. 34,804,317 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Democracy32.9% of votes32.1% of seats
- Italian Communist Party27.6% of votes27.2% of seats
- Italian Socialist Party14.8% of votes14.8% of seats
- Italian Social Movement5.5% of votes4.9% of seats
- Italian Republican Party4.4% of votes4.9% of seats
- Federation of the Greens3.8% of votes3.7% of seats
- Italian Democratic Socialist Party2.7% of votes2.5% of seats
- Rainbow Greens2.4% of votes2.5% of seats
- Lega Nord1.8% of votes2.5% of seats
- Proletarian Democracy1.3% of votes1.2% of seats
- Radical Party1.2% of votes1.2% of seats
- Federalism0.6% of votes1.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Christian Democracy led Italian Communist Party by 5.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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