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Italy 1999 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Forza Italia won 22 of 87 seats with 25.2% of the vote; 69.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.8 points on 1994.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Forza Italia22−525.2−5.57,829,624
Democrats of the Left15−117.3−1.75,395,363
National Alliancewith Segni Pact9−210.3−2.23,202,895
Radical Party7+58.5+6.42,631,205
The Democrats77.72,407,952
Lega Nord4−24.5−2.11,395,547
Communist Refoundation Party4−14.3−1.81,328,515
Italian People's Party4−44.2−5.81,319,499
Christian Democratic Centre22.6806,429
Italian Democratic Socialists / Party22.2671,821
United Christian Democrats22.1670,065
Party of Italian Communists22.0622,259
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Federation of the Greens2−11.8−1.4548,908
Union of Democrats for Europe11.6499,498
Tricolour Flame11.6495,351
Italian Renewal11.1353,806
Pensioners' Party10.8232,169
Italian Republican Party100.5−0.2168,178
South Tyrolean People's Party0−10.5−0.1155,751

± is the change against the Italy 1994 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Forza Italia 7,829,624
  • Democrats of the Left 5,395,363
  • National Alliance 3,202,895
  • Radical Party 2,631,205
  • The Democrats 2,407,952
  • Lega Nord 1,395,547
  • Communist Refoundation Party 1,328,515
  • Italian People's Party 1,319,499
  • Christian Democratic Centre 806,429
  • Italian Democratic Socialists / Party 671,821
  • United Christian Democrats 670,065
  • Party of Italian Communists 622,259
  • Federation of the Greens 548,908
  • Union of Democrats for Europe 499,498
  • Tricolour Flame 495,351
  • Italian Renewal 353,806
  • Pensioners' Party 232,169
  • Italian Republican Party 168,178
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 155,751

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

69.8% of the 49,278,309 registered voters cast a ballot (34,376,467 ballots), down 3.8 points on 1994. 31,061,429 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 Italia25.2% of votes25.3% of seats
  • Democrats of the Left17.3% of votes17.2% of seats
  • National Alliance10.3% of votes10.3% of seats
  • Radical Party8.5% of votes8.0% of seats
  • The Democrats7.7% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Lega Nord4.5% of votes4.6% of seats
  • Communist Refoundation Party4.3% of votes4.6% of seats
  • Italian People's Party4.2% of votes4.6% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Centre2.6% of votes2.3% of seats
  • Italian Democratic Socialists / Party2.2% of votes2.3% of seats
  • United Christian Democrats2.1% of votes2.3% of seats
  • Party of Italian Communists2.0% of votes2.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.9 by votes and 7.9 by seats; Forza Italia led Democrats of the Left by 7.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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