1984 European Parliament election in Italy

none August 2021 1984 European Parliament election in Italy Italy 1979 List of members of the European Parliament for Italy, 1979–1984 1989 List of members of the European Parliament for Italy, 1984–1989 All 81 Italian seats to the European Parliament 82.47% ( 2.9 pp) 17 June 1984 PCI Alessandro Natta 24 27 33.3% DC Ciriaco De Mita 29 26 33.0% PSI Bettino Craxi 9 9 11.2% MSI Giorgio Almirante 4 5 6.5% PLI–PRI V. Zanone & G. Spadolini 5 5 6.1% PSDI Pietro Longo 4 3 3.5% PR Marco Pannella 3 3 3.4% DP Mario Capanna 1 1 1.4% South Tyrolean People's Party Silvius Magnago 1 1 0.6% PSd'Az – others Collective leadership 0 1 0.6% 1984 Italy EU election.svg 250px Result by leading party in each province The 1984 European Parliament election in Italy was held on 17 June 1984. The election took place just six days after the death of Italian Communist Party (PCI) leader Enrico Berlinguer. This fact greatly influenced the vote, which represented the first and only time in Italian history that the PCI placed first in a national election, overcoming the dominance of Christian Democracy (DC) and producing a historic result.Lomellini Valentine 2015 The PCI and the European Integration from Eurocommunism to Berlinguer's Death Bonreschi Lucia Orsina Giovanni Varsori Antonio European Political Cultures and Parties and the European Integration Process, 1945–1992 Bern Peter Lang 978-2-87574-279-7 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, Umbria17SouthernAbruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise18IslandsSardinia, Sicily8 Results The public emotion caused by Berlinguer's tragic death resulted in an extraordinary strength for the PCI; for the first time in Western Europe since the 1956 French legislative election and the first time ever in Italian history, a Communist party received a plurality by a democratic vote. In opposition, this result reinforced the moderate government ruling the country. The Italian Socialist Party (PSI) of Prime Minister Bettino Craxi had maintained its vote, and its major ally, the defeated DC, did not want to take any chances of a political crisis that could lead to a dangerous general election. + ← Summary of the 17 June 1984 European Parliament election results in Italy → National party EP group Votes % +/– Seats +/– Italian Communist Party (PCI) COM 11,714,428 33.33 3.76 273 Christian Democracy (DC) EPP11,583,767 32.96 3.49 263 Italian Socialist Party (PSI) SOC 3,940,445 11.21 0.18 90 Italian Social Movement (MSI) ER 2,274,556 6.47 1.02 51 Italian Liberal Party – Italian Republican Party (PLI–PRI) LD2,140,501 6.09 2.46 52 Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) SOC 1,225,462 3.49 0.83 31 Radical Party (PR) NI 1,199,876 3.41 0.26 30 Proletarian Democracy (DP) RBW 506,753 1.44 0.72 10 South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) EPP198,220 0.56 0 10 Federalism (UV–PSd'Az–Others) RBW 193,430 0.550.08 11 Venetian League – Union for a Federalist Europe (incl. LL–AI–UP) None 164,115 0.47 —00 Valid votes 35,141,553 94.80 Blank and invalid votes 1,928,073 5.20 Totals 37,069,626 100.00 — 81 — Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 44,948,253 82.47 2.91 Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior Popular vote #ddd 550px 500px PCI Italian Communist Party 33.33 DC Christian Democracy (Italy) 32.96 PSI Italian Socialist Party 11.21 MSI Italian Social Movement 6.47 PLI-PRI Italian Liberal Party 6.09 PR orange 3.67 PSDI Italian Democratic Socialist Party 3.49 DP red 1.44 Others Other 1.58 See also 1984 European Parliament election in Sardinia External links Italian Minister of Interior Italy Category:European Parliament elections in Italy European Parliament