2014 European Parliament election in Veneto

none The European Parliament election of 2014 took place in Italy on 25 May 2014. In Veneto the centre-left Democratic Party came largely ahead with 37.5% of the vote, followed by the Five Star Movement, distant second at 19.9%. Among the parties of the governing coalition in the region, Lega Nord (whose regional wing is Liga Veneta) came first with 15.2% of the vote, followed by Forza Italia (14.7%) and the New Centre-Right (3.5), which ran in a joint list with the Union of the Centre. The centre-right's tally, including also Brothers of Italy (3.3%), was 36.7%: it was the first time ever that the centre-left topped the centre-right in a regionwide election.http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneziamestre/notizie/politica/2014/27-maggio-2014/veneto-non-piu-centrodestra-223289638476.shtml Il Veneto non è più di centrodestra 27 May 2014 The five most voted candidates in Veneto were Alessandra Moretti (Democratic Party, 138,901 preference votes), Flavio Tosi (Lega Nord, 83,171), Flavio Zanonato (Democratic Party, 80,387), Matteo Salvini (Lega Nord, 67,148) and Mara Bizzotto (Lega Nord, 42,787).http://elezioni.interno.it/europee/scrutini/20140525/E2050000000.htm Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT Results PartyVotes%Democratic Party899,72337.5Five Star Movement476,30519.9Lega Nord364,47715.2Forza Italia352,78814.7New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre83,8593.5Brothers of Italy79,5033.3The Other Europe65,8212.7European Greens – Green Italia24,7191.0European Choice20,5940.9South Tyrolean People's Party13,4590.6Italy of Values11,3020.5I Change – MAIE5,1940.2Total 2,397,744 100.00 Source: Ministry of the Interior References Category:European Parliament elections in Veneto Category:21st century in Veneto Veneto