European Parliament election, 2014 (Italy)

European Parliament election in Italy, 2014
Italy
25 May 2014

All 73 Italian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout 57.22%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Matteo Renzi Beppe Grillo Silvio Berlusconi
Party Democratic Party Five Star Movement Forza Italia
Alliance S&D EFDD EPP
Leader since 15 December 2013 4 October 2009 26 January 1994
Last election 26.1%
21 seats
new party 35.3% as PdL
29 seats
Seats won 31 17 13
Seat change Increase10 Increase17 Decrease16
Popular vote 11,203,231 5,807,362 4,614,364
Percentage 40.8% 21.2% 16.8%
Swing Increase14.7% new Decrease18.5%

Legislative election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Democratic plurality, Azure denotes those with a Forza Italia plurality, Green denotes those with a Lega Nord plurality, Gray denotes those with a Regionalist plurality.

The European Parliament election of 2014 in Italy took place on 25 May 2014. Italy elected 73 MEPs out of 751 European Parliament seats.[2]

The governing Democratic Party (PD) won the election with 40.8% of the vote and 31 seats, followed by the Five Star Movement (21.2% and 17 seats) and Forza Italia (16.8% and 13 seats). As a result, the PD was the second largest national party in the European Parliament by number of seats after the German CDU/CSU and the largest among the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.[3] The PD's score was also the best result for an Italian party in a nationwide election since the 1958 general election, when the Christian Democracy won 42.4% of the vote.

The other parties that have passed the national electoral threshold at 4% are Lega Nord (6.2% and 5 seats), New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre (4.4% and 3 seats) and The Other Europe (4.0% and 3 seats). The parties that haven't passed the electoral threshold and that haven't gained any seat are Brothers of Italy (3.7%), Green Italy – European Greens (0.9%), European Choice (0.7%), Italy of Values (0.7%) and I ChangeAssociative Movement Italians Abroad (0.2%).

The 4% threshold can be bypassed by parties representing linguistic minorities, provided they get more than 50,000 votes, in connection with a party gaining more than 4% of the vote. The South Tyrolean People's Party, representing the German-speaking minority of South Tyrol, won a seat thanks to its connection with the PD.

Political parties

Summary of parties

In the following table the twelve parties/lists participating in the election are listed. The "alliance" column refers to the affiliations of outgoing MEPs.

Party Main ideology Leader/s Alliance Seats Notes
Forza Italia
Liberal conservatism
Silvio Berlusconi
EPP
ECR
16
1
PdL in 2009; incl. PID, UDEUR and MIR
Democratic Party
Social democracy
Matteo Renzi
S&D
23
Incl. PSI and ALPE
Lega Nord
Regionalism
Matteo Salvini
EFD
NI
5
1
Incl. DF and MPA
Italy of Values
Populism
Ignazio Messina
ALDE
4
New Centre-Right –
Union of the Centre
Christian democracy
Angelino Alfano
EPP
13
Coalition between NCD, UdC and Ppl
Five Star Movement
Populism
Beppe Grillo
0
Brothers of Italy
National conservatism
Giorgia Meloni
EPP
EFD
2
1
Split from PdL
The Other Europe
Democratic socialism
several
0
Coalition between SEL, PRC, VGV, Independents and other minor parties
European Choice
Liberalism
several
ECR
1
Coalition between SC, FiD, CD and other minor parties (PLI, PRI, CSR, etc.)
Green Italy –
European Greens
Green politics
several
0
Coalition between Green Italy and Federation of the Greens
I ChangeMAIE
Centrism
Angelo Alessandri
EFD
1
Coalition between I Change and MAIE
South Tyrolean People's Party
Regionalism
Arno Kompatscher
EPP
1
Incl. PATT, UpT and SS

Top candidates

In the following table the top candidates of each party/list in the five constituencies are listed. In the case in which the party leader stands in all five of them as top candidate, also the second in the list is shown. The Five Star Movement's slates were compiled following the alphabetical order.[4][5][6]

Party North-West North-East Centre South Islands Source
Forza Italia
Giovanni Toti
Elisabetta Gardini
Antonio Tajani
Raffaele Fitto
Gianfranco Micciché
link
Democratic Party
Alessia Mosca
Alessandra Moretti
Simona Bonafè
Pina Picierno
Caterina Chinnici
link
Lega Nord
Matteo Salvini
Claudio Borghi
Matteo Salvini
Flavio Tosi
Matteo Salvini
Manuel Vescovi
Matteo Salvini
Angelo Attaguile (MPA)
Matteo Salvini
Francesca Donato
link
Italy of Values
Ignazio Messina
Giommaria Uggias
Ignazio Messina
Antonino Pipitone
Ignazio Messina
Paolo Brutti
Ignazio Messina
Aniello Di Nardo
Ignazio Messina
Giommaria Uggias
link
New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre
Maurizio Lupi (NCD)
Antonio Cancian (NCD)
Beatrice Lorenzin (NCD)
Lorenzo Cesa (UdC)
Giovanni La Via (NCD)
link
Five Star Movement
Gabriele Antonica
(alphabetical order)
Marco Affronte
(alphabetical order)
Laura Agea
(alphabetical order)
Isabella Adinolfi
(alphabetical order)
Ignazio Corrao
(alphabetical order)
link
Brothers of Italy
Giorgia Meloni
Guido Crosetto
Giorgia Meloni
Magdi Allam
Giorgia Meloni
Marco Scurria
Giorgia Meloni
Gianni Alemanno
Giorgia Meloni
Salvatore Deidda
link
The Other Europe
Curzio Maltese
Paola Morandin
Barbara Spinelli
Ermanno Rea
Barbara Spinelli
link
European Choice
Gianluca Susta
(SC)
Michele Boldrin
(FiD)
Stefania Giannini
(SC)
Bruno Tabacci
(CD)
Anna Busia
(CD)
link
Green Italy – European Greens
Oliviero Alotto (GI)
Syusy Blady
Annalisa Corrado (GI)
Vincenzo Fornaro
Fabio Granata (GI)
link
I ChangeMAIE
Agostino D'Antuoni (IC)
Maria Cristina Sandrin
Claudio Morganti (IC)
Davide Vannoni
Davide Vannoni
link
South Tyrolean People's Party
Herbert Dorfmann
link

Opinion polling

Poll results are listed according to the date of publication of the survey. Detailed data are usually published in the official website of the Italian government. The publication of opinion polls during the last 15 days of the electoral campaign is forbidden by Italian law.

Date Polling Firm FI PD LN UdC M5S SC FdI NCD AET SE Others Lead
9 May 2014 Epokè 16.3 30.2 6.8 w. NCD 22.6 w. SE 3.3 5.4 6.3 4.5 4.6 7.6
9 May 2014 Euromedia 20.9 31.4 5.8 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 3.9 4.6 3.5 2.5 2.4 6.4
9 May 2014 EMG 19.7 33.2 5.1 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 4.0 4.8 3.7 2.3 2.2 8.2
9 May 2014 IPR 18.8 32.7 5.5 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 4.0 6.0 3.4 2.5 2.1 7.7
9 May 2014 Ixè 18.2 33.2 w. NCD 26.4 w. SE 6.8
9 May 2014 Ipsos 19.5 33.8 5.2 w. NCD 23.0 w. SE 4.0 6.4 3.0 3.0 2.1 10.8
9 May 2014 ISPO 18.1 34.9 4.9 w. NCD 23.7 w. SE 3.7 6.4 3.7 2.1 2.5 11.2
9 May 2014 Demos&Pi 17.5 32.8 4.5 w. NCD 22.0 w. SE 4.3 7.0 4.5 3.6 3.8 10.8
8 May 2014 Tecnè 21.7 28.8 4.9 w. NCD 27.7 w. SE 4.0 4.5 3.6 2.2 2.6 1.1
8 May 2014 SWG 19.1 34.8 5.6 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 2.8 5.2 3.7 2.1 2.7 10.8
8 May 2014 Demopolis 17.5 33.5 5.2 w. NCD 26.4 w. SE 4.1 5.7 4.0 2.0 1.6 7.1
8 May 2014 Piepoli 20.0 34.0 4.5 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 3.5 5.0 3.5 2.5 2.0 9.0
7 May 2014 Euromedia 20.2 31.1 5.2 w. NCD 25.9 w. SE 3.9 4.9 3.5 2.4 2.9 5.2
7 May 2014 Datamedia 20.0 32.0 5.1 w. NCD 26.0 w. SE 3.9 5.1 3.5 2.0 2.4 6.0
7 May 2014 Lorien 19.0 34.0 5.5 w. NCD 23.0 w. SE 3.5 6.5 4.0 2.5 2.0 11.0
6 May 2014 Ipsos 19.4 33.9 5.0 w. NCD 23.9 w. SE 4.1 6.1 3.5 3.0 1.1 10.0
6 May 2014 Demopolis 17.4 33.0 5.3 w. NCD 25.5 w. SE 4.0 5.7 4.1 2.2 2.8 7.5
5 May 2014 IPR 19.0 32.3 5.2 w. NCD 26.0 w. SE 3.8 5.9 3.3 1.6 1.9 6.3
5 May 2014 EMG 19.8 33.6 4.9 w. NCD 24.6 w. SE 4.0 4.9 3.6 2.4 2.2 9.0
5 May 2014 SWG 18.2 35.2 5.5 w. NCD 24.2 w. SE 3.0 5.0 3.5 2.0 3.4 11.0
5 May 2014 Ixè 17.8 33.0 5.3 w. NCD 26.6 w. SE 3.9 4.8 3.8 2.0 2.8 6.4
3 May 2014 IPR 19.0 32.3 5.2 w. NCD 26.0 w. SE 3.8 5.6 3.3 1.6 2.2 6.3
3 May 2014 Ipsos 19.2 34.3 5.3 w. NCD 22.5 w. SE 3.9 6.1 3.3 3.0 2.4 11.8
3 May 2014 ScenariPolitici 17.5 29.8 7.5 w. NCD 27.5 w. SE 4.2 5.0 4.2 2.5 1.8 2.3
30 Apr 2014 Tecnè 21.3 28.9 5.3 w. NCD 27.4 w. SE 3.8 4.8 3.8 2.3 2.4 1.5
30 Apr 2014 Datamedia 20.0 31.5 5.1 w. NCD 25.5 w. SE 3.7 5.5 3.7 2.2 2.8 6.0
29 Apr 2014 Demopolis 17.0 33.2 5.4 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 3.8 5.6 4.0 2.3 3.7 8.2
29 Apr 2014 Ipsos 19.3 34.4 5.1 w. NCD 23.7 w. SE 3.9 5.9 3.3 3.2 1.2 10.7
29 Apr 2014 Lorien 19.0 34.5 5.5 w. NCD 23.5 w. SE 3.0 6.5 4.0 2.0 2.0 11.0
29 Apr 2014 Piepoli 19.5 34.0 4.5 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.5 6.0 4.0 2.5 2.0 10.0
28 Apr 2014 IPR 19.0 32.7 5.0 w. NCD 25.0 w. SE 3.8 6.0 3.5 2.8 2.2 7.7
28 Apr 2014 EMG 19.6 33.1 4.5 w. NCD 24.4 w. SE 4.0 5.1 3.8 2.5 3.0 8.7
28 Apr 2014 SWG 18.0 35.4 5.6 w. NCD 21.9 w. SE 3.5 4.9 3.8 2.2 4.7 13.5
26 Apr 2014 Ipsos 19.0 34.9 5.4 w. NCD 21.6 w. SE 4.1 6.3 3.1 3.2 2.4 13.3
24 Apr 2014 Epokè 15.9 29.1 6.8 w. NCD 22.3 w. SE 2.6 6.2 6.1 5.0 6.0 6.8
24 Apr 2014 IPR 19.1 32.9 5.1 w. NCD 24.2 w. SE 3.8 5.6 3.7 3.0 2.6 8.7
24 Apr 2014 Tecnè 21.3 29.2 5.5 w. NCD 27.0 w. SE 3.7 5.0 3.7 2.4 2.2 2.2
24 Apr 2014 Ixè 17.5 32.1 5.0 w. NCD 27.4 w. SE 3.8 5.1 4.1 2.0 3.0 4.7
23 Apr 2014 Demopolis 18.0 34.0 5.2 w. NCD 23.8 w. SE 3.7 5.6 3.8 2.1 3.8 10.2
23 Apr 2014 Euromedia 20.1 32.0 5.0 w. NCD 25.3 w. SE 3.7 4.6 3.4 2.5 3.4 6.7
23 Apr 2014 Piepoli 19.0 34.0 4.5 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.5 6.0 4.0 2.5 2.5 10.0
23 Apr 2014 IPR 19.3 32.7 5.0 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.8 5.5 3.8 3.0 2.9 8.7
22 Apr 2014 EMG 20.3 33.8 4.4 w. NCD 23.4 w. SE 3.7 4.9 4.0 2.5 3.0 10.4
19 Apr 2014 ScenariPolitici 18.0 28.6 7.0 w. NCD 27.9 w. SE 4.2 6.0 4.8 2.5 1.0 0.7
19 Apr 2014 Ipsos 19.6 35.0 4.9 w. NCD 21.4 w. SE 3.8 6.4 2.9 3.5 2.5 13.6
18 Apr 2014 Ixè 18.0 32.8 5.2 w. NCD 25.8 w. SE 3.5 5.5 3.9 2.1 3.2 7.0
18 Apr 2014 SWG 18.2 35.8 5.0 w. NCD 22.7 w. SE 3.1 4.9 3.9 2.2 4.2 13.1
18 Apr 2014 Demopolis 17.0 33.5 5.4 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.6 5.5 3.5 2.0 5.5 9.5
17 Apr 2014 Tecnè 21.0 29.9 5.4 w. NCD 25.4 w. SE 3.8 5.4 4.1 2.6 2.4 4.5
16 Apr 2014 Datamedia 19.0 32.0 5.2 w. NCD 25.1 w. SE 3.5 5.7 3.9 2.2 3.4 6.9
15 Apr 2014 Piepoli 19.0 33.5 4.5 w. NCD 24.5 w. SE 3.5 6.5 4.0 2.5 2.0 9.0
15 Apr 2014 Ipsos 19.6 34.2 5.0 w. NCD 22.7 w. SE 3.5 6.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 11.5
14 Apr 2014 EMG 20.3 34.4 4.6 w. NCD 22.9 w. SE 3.5 5.2 3.4 2.5 3.2 11.5
14 Apr 2014 IPR 19.5 32.0 5.0 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.9 6.5 3.8 3.8 1.5 8.0
11 Apr 2014 Ixè 19.1 32.2 5.2 w. NCD 25.2 w. SE 3.6 5.3 4.2 1.9 3.3 7.0
11 Apr 2014 SWG 20.3 34.3 4.8 w. NCD 23.0 2.4 2.4 3.8 4.1 0.8 4.1 11.3
10 Apr 2014 Tecnè 21.4 30.5 5.1 w. NCD 23.8 w. SE 3.6 5.7 4.8 2.4 2.7 6.7
9 Apr 2014 Ipsos 20.5 33.9 5.8 w. NCD 22.3 w. SE 3.0 5.3 3.1 3.4 2.7 11.6
9 Apr 2014 Piepoli 19.0 33.0 4.0 w. NCD 24.5 w. SE 3.5 6.0 4.5 2.5 3.0 8.5
9 Apr 2014 Datamedia 20.0 31.3 5.0 w. NCD 24.3 w. SE 3.3 5.0 3.9 2.3 4.9 7.0
7 Apr 2014 IPR 20.0 30.5 4.5 w. NCD 23.0 w. SE 3.7 6.0 3.5 3.7 5.1 7.5
7 Apr 2014 Ixè 18.6 31.6 5.4 1.6 26.1 1.2 3.4 3.3 4.6 N/A 4.2 5.5
7 Apr 2014 EMG 20.9 33.9 4.4 w. NCD 22.5 w. SE 3.4 5.1 3.1 2.1 4.6 11.4
5 Apr 2014 Ipsos 21.1 33.3 5.3 w. NCD 21.2 w. SE 3.5 5.7 3.1 3.8 3.0 12.1
4 Apr 2014 SWG 19.5 34.8 4.8 1.1 20.0 2.6 2.8 4.1 3.7 0.6 6.0 14.8
3 Apr 2014 Tecnè 22.0 30.2 4.6 2.2 23.4 N/A 3.4 3.8 5.2 1.6 3.6 6.8
2 Apr 2014 Euromedia 21.6 31.5 4.8 1.8 21.4 1.0 3.5 3.9 3.8 2.0 4.7 9.9
2 Apr 2014 IPR 21.0 30.0 4.3 2.0 22.5 1.0 3.3 4.0 3.5 2.0 6.4 7.5
2 Apr 2014 Piepoli 20.0 33.0 4.0 2.0 23.0 2.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 N/A 4.0 10.0
2 Apr 2014 Datamedia 20.0 31.0 5.0 1.8 24.3 N/A 3.1 3.4 3.9 2.0 5.5 6.7
1 Apr 2014 Lorien 22.0 31.5 5.5 1.5 23.0 N/A 2.5 5.0 4.5 N/A 4.5 8.5
1 Apr 2014 Ipsos 21.8 33.0 5.5 3.0 21.0 2.9 3.1 4.3 3.3 N/A 2.1 11.2
31 Mar 2014 ScenariPolitici 18.3 27.9 7.1 2.0 25.9 1.4 3.6 4.2 4.8 1.7 3.1 2.0
31 Mar 2014 EMG 20.8 32.8 4.3 2.2 21.9 1.1 3.4 3.3 3.2 N/A 7.0 10.9
29 Mar 2014 SWG 18.8 35.0 5.0 1.3 21.1 2.1 3.1 3.8 4.0 N/A 5.2 13.9
28 Mar 2014 Ixè 20.8 30.5 5.8 1.2 25.3 1.4 3.2 3.2 4.9 N/A 3.7 5.2
27 Mar 2014 Tecnè 22.9 31.0 3.8 2.0 22.4 N/A 3.2 3.9 5.8 N/A 5.0 8.1
26 Mar 2014 IPR 22.0 29.5 4.3 2.0 23.0 1.0 3.0 4.3 3.5 2.3 5.1 6.5
26 Mar 2014 Euromedia 22.2 31.5 4.4 1.5 20.8 N/A 3.1 3.5 4.0 N/A 9.0 9.3
26 Mar 2014 Datamedia 20.5 30.5 5.0 1.8 24.0 N/A 3.0 3.5 3.7 2.0 6.0 6.5
24 Mar 2014 EMG 22.4 32.4 4.2 2.4 21.3 1.9 2.9 3.6 2.9 N/A 6.0 10.0
21 Mar 2014 Ixè 22.7 28.6 4.3 1.9 20.8 1.0 3.1 3.6 6.1 N/A 7.9 5.9
20 Mar 2014 Tecnè 23.5 32.4 3.3 1.9 21.9 N/A 2.9 3.8 5.6 N/A 4.7 8.9
17 Mar 2014 IPR 23.0 28.5 4.0 3.0 23.0 1.0 3.0 4.3 4.0 N/A 6.2 5.5
14 Mar 2014 Ixè 23.4 29.4 4.5 1.6 22.6 0.9 3.3 3.3 6.5 N/A 4.5 6.0
13 Mar 2014 Tecnè 24.4 30.4 4.0 2.0 21.8 N/A 3.5 3.5 5.4 N/A 5.0 6.0
13 Mar 2014 IPR 23.5 28.0 4.3 3.0 24.0 w. UdC 3.0 4.5 4.0 N/A 5.7 4.0
13 Mar 2014 Euromedia 23.5 28.5 4.4 2.0 23.1 1.7 2.7 3.7 4.9 N/A 5.5 5.0
10 Mar 2014 IPR 24.0 27.5 4.3 w. NCD 24.0 w. SE 3.0 5.5 4.0 2.5 5.2 3.5
7 Mar 2014 SWG 21.6 30.3 4.9 1.1 22.0 w. SE 2.7 3.3 N/A 2.3 11.8 8.3
7 Mar 2014 Ixè 24.0 29.1 4.7 1.9 21.8 1.0 3.5 3.2 6.3 N/A 4.5 5.1
6 Mar 2014 Tecnè 24.0 28.2 4.5 1.9 22.4 N/A 3.1 3.3 N/A N/A 12.6 4.2
3 Mar 2014 ScenariPolitici 20.0 27.5 6.3 2.2 25.4 2.3 3.1 4.2 5.4 N/A 3.6 2.1
28 Feb 2014 Ixè 23.2 28.5 4.6 1.8 22.7 1.1 3.6 3.0 6.9 N/A 4.6 5.3
21 Feb 2014 Ixè 22.4 27.6 4.8 1.6 24.9 1.0 3.4 3.1 7.2 N/A 4.0 2.7
13 Feb 2014 Tecnè 23.5 29.6 3.9 2.3 25.4 N/A 3.0 3.7 N/A N/A 8.6 4.2
5 Feb 2014 IPR 24.3 27.6 5.0 2.0 25.4 1.0 1.5 5.6 N/A N/A 7.6 2.2
7 Jun 2009 Election results 35.3 26.1 10.2 6.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 15.4 8.8
Date Polling Firm FI PD LN UdC M5S SC FdI NCD AET SE Others Lead

Results

Party European group Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Democratic Party S&D Simona Bonafè 11,203,231 40.81 +14.69
31 / 73
+10
Five Star Movement EFDD Ignazio Corrao 5,807,362 21.15 new
17 / 73
new
Forza Italia EPP Raffaele Fitto 4,614,364 16.81 –18.45
13 / 73
–16
Lega Nord NI Matteo Salvini 1,688,197 6.15 –4.06
5 / 73
–4
New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre EPP Lorenzo Cesa 1,202,350 4.38 new
3 / 73
new
The Other Europe GUE/NGL Barbara Spinelli 1,108,457 4.03 new
3 / 73
new
Brothers of Italy None Giorgia Meloni 1,006,513 3.66 new
0 / 73
new
Green Italy – European Greens Greens/EFA Angelo Bonelli 250,102 0.91 new
0 / 73
new
European Choice ALDE Bruno Tabacci 197,942 0.72 new
0 / 73
new
Italy of Values ALDE Ignazio Messina 181,373 0.66 –7.34
0 / 73
–7
South Tyrolean People's Party[7] EPP Herbert Dorfmann 138,037 0.50 +0.03
1 / 73
±0
I ChangeMAIE None Davide Vannoni 50,978 0.18 new
0 / 73
new
Valid votes 27,448,906 94.70
Blank and Invalid votes 1,542,352 5.30
Totals 28,991,258 100.00
73 / 73
Electorate and voter turnout 50,662,460 57.22
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Popular vote
PD
 
40.81%
M5S
 
21.15%
FI
 
16.81%
LN
 
6.15%
NCD–UDC
 
4.38%
AET
 
4.03%
FdI
 
3.66%
Others
 
2.98%

References

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