1979 European Parliament election in Italy

none October 2017 October 2017 1979 European Parliament election in Italy Italy 1984 List of members of the European Parliament for Italy, 1979–84 All 81 Italian seats to the European Parliament 85.7% 10 June 1979 yes DC Benigno Zaccagnini 29 36.5% PCI Enrico Berlinguer 24 29.6% PSI Bettino Craxi 9 11.0% MSI Giorgio Almirante 4 5.5% PSDI Pietro Longo 4 4.3% PR Marco Pannella 3 3.7% PLI Valerio Zanone 3 3.6% PRI Oddo Biasini 2 2.6% PdUP Luciana Castellina 1 1.2% DP Mario Capanna 1 0.7% South Tyrolean People's Party Silvius Magnago 1 0.6% Elezioni_Europee_1979_Province.png 280px Major party in each province The 1979 European Parliament election in Italy was held on 10 June 1979. As the 1979 Italian general election was held on 3 June, just a week before, the lack of matching between the two elections caused much controversy for wasting public money. Electoral system The pure party-list proportional representation was the traditional electoral system of the Italian Republic since its foundation in 1946, so it was naturally adopted to elect the Italian representatives to the European Parliament. 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. Constituencies Seats are allocated to party lists on a national basis using an electoral quota, with the residue given to the lists with the largest excess over whole quotas. An electoral quota is then calculated for each list and used to allocate seats to each list in each of the five electoral regions. Electoral RegionAdministrative RegionsSeatsNorth-WestAosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont25North-EastEmilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto17CentralLatium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria17SouthernAbruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise15IslandsSardinia, Sicily7 Results As the election took place just a week after the general election, it gave a similar result; however, the minor importance of the European ballot caused a lower turnout, which particularly punished the two major parties, Christian Democracy (DC) and the Italian Communist Party (PCI). The small Italian Liberal Party (PLI) had a breath of fresh air from this vote, doubling its percentage compared to seven days before. + Summary of 10 June 1979 European Parliament election results in ItalyItalian Ministry of the Interior → National party EP group Votes % SeatsChristian Democracy (DC) EPP12,774,320 36.45 29 Italian Communist Party (PCI) COM 10,361,344 29.57 24 Italian Socialist Party (PSI) SOC3,866,946 11.03 9Italian Social Movement (MSI) NI 1,909,055 5.45 4 Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) SOC 1,514,272 4.32 4 Radical Party (PR) TGI1,285,065 3.67 3 Italian Liberal Party (PLI) LD1,271,159 3.63 3 Italian Republican Party (PRI) LD896,139 2.56 2 Proletarian Unity Party (PdUP) TGI 406,656 1.16 1 Proletarian Democracy (DP) TGI 252,342 0.72 1 South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) EPP196,373 0.56 1 Federalism (Valdostan Union–Others) None166,393 0.470 National Democracy (DN) None 142,537 0.410 Valid votes 35,042,601 96.94 Blank and invalid votes 1,105,579 3.06 Totals 36,148,180 100.00 81 Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 42,203,405 85.65 — Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px DC Christian Democracy (Italy) 36.45 PCI Italian Communist Party 29.57 PSI Italian Socialist Party 11.03 MSI Italian Social Movement 5.45 PSDI Italian Democratic Socialist Party 4.32 PR orange 3.67 PLI Italian Liberal Party 3.63 PRI Italian Republican Party 2.56 PdUP darkred 1.16 Others Other 2.16 References External links Italian Minister of Interior Italy Category:European Parliament elections in Italy Category:1979 elections in Italy