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Italy 1994 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Forza Italia won 27 of 87 seats with 30.6% of the vote; 73.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 7.5 points on 1989.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Forza Italia2730.610,089,139
Democrats of the Left1619.16,281,354
National Alliance1112.54,108,670
Italian People's Party810.03,295,337
Lega Nord6+46.6+4.72,162,586
Communist Refoundation Party56.12,004,716
Segni Pact33.31,073,095
Federation of the Greens33.21,055,797
Radical Party2+12.1+0.9702,717
Italian Socialist Partywith Democratic Alliance2−101.8−13.0606,538
The Network11.1366,258
Italian Republican Party1−30.7−3.7242,786
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Italian Democratic Socialist Party1−10.7−2.0227,439
Southern Action League00.7224,033
South Tyrolean People's Party100.6+0.1202,668

± is the change against the Italy 1989 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Forza Italia 10,089,139
  • Democrats of the Left 6,281,354
  • National Alliance 4,108,670
  • Italian People's Party 3,295,337
  • Lega Nord 2,162,586
  • Communist Refoundation Party 2,004,716
  • Segni Pact 1,073,095
  • Federation of the Greens 1,055,797
  • Radical Party 702,717
  • Italian Socialist Party 606,538
  • The Network 366,258
  • Italian Republican Party 242,786
  • Italian Democratic Socialist Party 227,439
  • Southern Action League 224,033
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 202,668

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

73.6% of the 48,461,792 registered voters cast a ballot (35,667,440 ballots), down 7.5 points on 1989. 32,913,956 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1979. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Forza Italia30.6% of votes31.0% of seats
  • Democrats of the Left19.1% of votes18.4% of seats
  • National Alliance12.5% of votes12.6% of seats
  • Italian People's Party10.0% of votes9.2% of seats
  • Lega Nord6.6% of votes6.9% of seats
  • Communist Refoundation Party6.1% of votes5.7% of seats
  • Segni Pact3.3% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Federation of the Greens3.2% of votes3.4% of seats
  • Radical Party2.1% of votes2.3% of seats
  • Italian Socialist Party1.8% of votes2.3% of seats
  • The Network1.1% of votes1.1% of seats
  • Italian Republican Party0.7% of votes1.1% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.0 by votes and 6.0 by seats; Forza Italia led Democrats of the Left by 11.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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