# 1994 European Parliament election in Italy

The 1994 European Parliament election in Italy was the election of the delegation from Italy to the European Parliament in 1994.
It was the first continental election after the scandal of Tangentopoli which destroyed the traditional republican parties of Italy: consequently, all new parties contested the race.

## 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.

## Results

The new party Forza Italia (FI), led by the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, won the election with 30.6% of the vote and 27 seats. The second party was the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), main heir of the Italian Communist Party (PCI), that gained 19.1% of the vote and 16 seats, while the third party was National Alliance (AN), heir of the Italian Social Movement (MSI), that gained 12.5% of the vote and 11 seats. The Italian People's Party (PPI), main heir of Christian Democracy (DC), gained only 10.0% of the vote and 8 seats.
← Summary of the 12 June 1994 European Parliament election results in Italy → :
| National party | National party | National party | EP group | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
| | Forza Italia (FI) | Forza Italia (FI) | FE | Silvio Berlusconi | 10,089,139 | 30.62 | New | 27 | New |
| | Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) | Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) | PES | Achille Occhetto | 6,281,354 | 19.06 | 8.52 | 16 | 6 |
| | National Alliance (AN) | National Alliance (AN) | NI | Gianfranco Fini | 4,108,670 | 12.47 | 6.96 | 11 | 7 |
| | | Italian People's Party (PPI) | EPP | Carlo Casini | 3,295,337 | 10.00 | 22.90 | 8 | 18 |
| | | South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) | EPP | Michl Ebner | 202,668 | 0.62 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 |
| | Total | Total | EPP | | 3,498,005 | 10.62 | 22.78 | 9 | 18 |
| | Northern League (LN) | Northern League (LN) | ELDR | Umberto Bossi | 2,162,586 | 6.56 | 4.73 | 6 | 4 |
| | Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) | Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) | EUL | Fausto Bertinotti | 2,004,716 | 6.08 | New | 5 | New |
| | Segni Pact (PS) | Segni Pact (PS) | EPP | Mariotto Segni | 1,073,095 | 3.26 | New | 3 | New |
| | Federation of the Greens (FdV) | Federation of the Greens (FdV) | Green | Carlo Ripa di Meana | 1,055,797 | 3.20 | 2.97 | 3 | 2 |
| | Pannella List (LP) | Pannella List (LP) | ERA | Marco Pannella | 702,717 | 2.13 | 0.89 | 2 | 1 |
| | Italian Socialist Party – Democratic Alliance (PSI–AD) | Italian Socialist Party – Democratic Alliance (PSI–AD) | PES | Elena Marinucci | 606,538 | 1.84 | 12.96 | 2 | 10 |
| | The Network (LR) | The Network (LR) | Green | Leoluca Orlando | 366,258 | 1.11 | New | 1 | New |
| | Italian Republican Party (PRI) | Italian Republican Party (PRI) | ELDR | Giorgio La Malfa | 242,786 | 0.74 | – | 1 | 2 |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) | Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI) | NI | Enrico Ferri | 227,439 | 0.69 | 2.03 | 1 | 1 |
| | Southern Action League (LAM) | Southern Action League (LAM) | None | | 224,033 | 0.67 | New | 0 | New |
| | Federalism (UV–SN–LAV–PN) | Federalism (UV–SN–LAV–PN) | None | | 126,937 | 0.39 | 0.21 | 0 | 1 |
| | Lombard Alpine League (LAL) | Lombard Alpine League (LAL) | None | | 110,458 | 0.34 | New | 0 | New |
| | Federation of Liberals (FdL) | Federation of Liberals (FdL) | None | | 53,983 | 0.16 | New | 0 | New |
| | Solidarity | Solidarity | None | | 15,214 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 32,949,725 | | | | |
| Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | 2,753,484 | | | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 35,667,440 | 100.00 | — | 87 | 6 |
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 48,461,792 | 73.60 | 7.47 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior ||||||||||
Popular vote
FI
30.6%
PDS
19.1%
AN
12.5%
PPI
10.0%
LN
6.6%
PRC
6.1%
Segni
3.3%
FdV
3.2%
Pannella
2.1%
PSI–AD
1.8%
Rete
1.1%
Others
3.3% :