2004 European Parliament election in Italy

none November 2023 2004 European Parliament election in Italy Italy 1999 List of members of the European Parliament for Italy, 1999–2004 2009 List of members of the European Parliament for Italy, 2004–2009 All 78 Italian seats to the European Parliament 71.72% ( 1.99 pp) 13 June 2004 The Olive Tree (Italy) Romano Prodi 24 28 31.08 FI Silvio Berlusconi 22 16 20.93 AN Gianfranco Fini 8 9 11.49 PRC Fausto Bertinotti 4 5 6.06 UDC Pier Ferdinando Casini 4 5 5.89 LN Umberto Bossi 4 4 4.96 Federation of the Greens Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio 2 2 2.47 PdCI Oliviero Diliberto 2 2 2.42 Bonino List Emma Bonino 7 2 2.25 Italy of Values Antonio Di Pietro New 2 2.14 SUE Gianni De Michelis New Italian Socialist Party New 2 2.04 Union of Democrats for Europe Clemente Mastella 1 1 1.29 AS Alessandra Mussolini New 1 1.23 Pensioners' Party (Italy) Carlo Fatuzzo 1 1 1.15 Tricolour Flame Luca Romagnoli 1 1 0.73 South Tyrolean People's Party Elmar Pichler Rolle 1 1 0.45 European_Election_2004_Italy.png Major party in each province The 2004 European Parliament election in Italy was held on 12 and 13 June 2004. Italy's highly fragmented party system made it hard to identify an overall trend, but the results were generally seen as a defeat for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and a victory for the centre-left coalition identified with Romano Prodi, who was President of the European Commission until 2004, and was widely expected to re-enter Italian politics at the 2006 Italian general election. The common list of The Olive Tree (Ulivo), comprising mainly the Democrats of the Left (DS) and Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL), became the largest list, with an important psychological effect; however, expectations for this list were originally somewhat larger, and Massimo D'Alema had made a proclaim about the fall of the second Berlusconi government ("If the unity list reaches 33%, the government has to go"). While the Olive Tree's performance was not as phenomenal as it had hoped, the test indicated a somewhat reduced support for the centre-right coalition. In European elections, Italians tend to vote in a more candidate-oriented way, giving their vote more easily to a candidate outside their usual party; this generally reduces the significance of these elections. Electoral system The pure party-list proportional representation was the traditional electoral system of the Italian Republic since its foundation in 1946, so it had been adopted to elect the Italian representatives to the European Parliament too. 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, Piedmont23North-EastEmilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto15CentralLatium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria16SouthernAbruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise17IslandsSardinia, Sicily7 Outgoing MEPs EP GroupSeatsPartyMEPsEuropean People's Party–European Democrats34 87 European People's Partyit Forza Italia no 22 Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 4Italian People's Party (DL) 4Union of Democrats for Europe 2Pensioners' Party 1 South Tyrolean People's Party 1Socialist Group in the European Parliament16 87 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and DemocratsDemocrats of the Left15Italian Democratic Socialists1Union for Europe of the Nations10 87 Union for Europe of the NationsNational Alliance 9Segni Pact 1European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group8 87 goldThe Democrats (DL) 4Italy of Values 2European Republicans Movement1New Italian Socialist Party1European United Left–Nordic Green Left6 87 European United Left–Nordic Green LeftCommunist Refoundation Party4Party of Italian Communists 2Greens–European Free Alliance2 87 Greens–European Free AllianceFederation of the Greens 2Non-Inscrits11 87 Non-InscritsBonino List 7Northern League 3Independent 1 Main parties and leaders thumb|right|A poster showing party lists for the 2004 European Parliament election PartyMain ideologyLeaderEuropeanpartyOutgoing MEPsUnited in The Olive Tree Democrats of the Left (DS) Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL) Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) European Republicans Movement (MRE)Several Social democracy Social liberalism Social democracy Social liberalismRomano Prodi Piero Fassino Francesco Rutelli Enrico Boselli Luciana SbarbatiSeveral PES EDP PES ELDR25 78 The Olive Tree (Italy)Forza Italia (FI)Liberal conservatismSilvio BerlusconiEPP22 78 Forza Italia (2013)National Alliance (AN)National conservatismGianfranco FiniAEN9 78 National Alliance (Italy)Bonino List LibertarianismEmma BoninoNone7 78 Bonino ListUnion of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC)Christian democracyPier Ferdinando CasiniEPP4 78 Union of the Centre (2002)Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)CommunismFausto BertinottiPEL4 78 Communist Refoundation PartyNorthern League (LN)RegionalismUmberto BossiNone3 78 Lega NordParty of Italian Communists (PdCI)CommunismOliviero DilibertoPEL2 78 Party of Italian CommunistsFederation of the Greens (FdV)Green politicsAlfonso Pecoraro ScanioEGP2 78 Federation of the GreensDi Pietro–Occhetto ListPopulismAntonio Di Pietro Achille OcchettoNone2 78 Italy of ValuesUnion of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR)Christian democracyClemente MastellaEPP2 78 Union of Democrats for EuropeUnited Socialists for EuropeSocial democracyGianni De Michelis Claudio SignorileNone1 78 New Italian Socialist PartyPensioners' Party (PP)Pensioners' interestsCarlo FatuzzoED1 78 Pensioners' Party (Italy)Tricolour Flame (FT)Neo-fascismLuca RomagnoliNone0 78 Tricolour FlameSocial Alternative (AS)Neo-fascismAlessandra MussoliniNone0 78 Social Alternative Results + ← Summary of the 13 June 2004 European Parliament election results in Italy → Party EP group Votes % +/– Seats +/– United in The Olive Tree Democrats of the Left (DS) Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL) Independent candidates Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) European Republicans Movement (MRE) PES ALDE PES PES ALDE 10,105,836 31.08 1.53 24 127221 3 4 0 2 New Forza Italia (FI) EPP-ED 6,806,245 20.93 4.23 16 6 National Alliance (AN) UEN 3,736,606 11.49 1.19 9 1 Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) GUE/NGL 1,969,776 6.06 1.79 5 1 Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC) EPP-ED 1,914,726 5.89 1.14 5 1 Northern League (LN) IND/DEM 1,613,506 4.96 0.48 4 0 Federation of the Greens (FdV) Greens/EFA 803,356 2.47 0.71 2 0 Party of Italian Communists (PdCI) GUE/NGL 787,613 2.42 0.42 2 0 Bonino List (LB) ALDE 731,536 2.25 6.20 2 5 Italy of Values (IdV) ALDE 695,179 2.14 New 2 New United Socialists for Europe (SUE) NI 664,463 2.04 New 2 New Popular Alliance – UDEUR (AP–UDEUR) EPP-ED 419,173 1.29 0.32 1 0 Social Alternative (LdA – FN – FSN) NI 400,626 1.23 New 1 New Pensioners' Party (PP) EPP-ED 374,343 1.15 0.40 1 0 Tricolour Flame (FT) NI 237,058 0.73 0.87 1 0 Italian Republican Party – The Liberals Sgarbi (PRI–LS) ALDE 233,144 0.72 0.18 0 1 Segni-Scognamiglio Pact (PSS) None 172,556 0.53 — 0 1 LAL – LFV – PSd'Az – UfS None 160,101 0.49 — 0 0 Consumers' List (LC) None 160,066 0.49 New 0 New Abolizione Scorporo (Greens Greens – Federalist Greens) None 158,988 0.49 New 0 New South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)List connected with The Olive Tree EPP-ED 146,357 0.45 0.05 1 0 New Country (PN) None 78,003 0.24 New 0 New No Euro (NE) None 70,220 0.22 New 0 New Social Idea Movement (MIS) None 47,171 0.15 New 0 New Federalism (Valdostan Union – others) None 29,598 0.09 0.04 0 0 Valid votes 32,516,246 91.04 Blank and Invalid votes 3,201,256 8.96 Totals 35,717,655 100.00 — 78 — Electorate and voter turnout 49,804,087 71.72 Source: Ministry of the Interior Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px Ulivo #EF1C27 31.1 FI Forza Italia 20.9 AN National Alliance (Italy) 11.5 PRC Communist Refoundation Party 6.1 UDC Union of the Centre (2008) 5.9 LN Lega Nord 5.0 FdV Federation of the Greens 2.5 PdCI Party of Italian Communists 2.4 Bonino Italian Radicals 2.2 IdV Italy of Values 2.1 SUE New Italian Socialist Party 2.0 UDEUR Union of Democrats for Europe 1.3 AS Social Alternative 1.2 PP Pensioners' Party (Italy) 1.1 Others Other 4.7 See also 2004 European Parliament election in Lombardy 2004 European Parliament election in Piedmont References External links European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela) Italy Category:European Parliament elections in Italy Category:2004 elections in Italy Category:June 2004 in Italy