# 1999 European Parliament election in Italy

The 1999 European Parliament election in Italy was the election of the delegation from Italy to the European Parliament in 1999.

## 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.

## Main parties and leaders
### Outgoing MEPs

| EP Group | Seats | Party | MEPs |
| European People's Party Group | 40 / 87 |
| European People's Party Group | 40 / 87 | Forza Italia | 25 |
| European People's Party Group | 40 / 87 | Italian People's Party | 8 |
| European People's Party Group | 40 / 87 | Segni Pact | 3 |
| European People's Party Group | 40 / 87 | Christian Democratic Centre | 2 |
| European People's Party Group | 40 / 87 | South Tyrolean People's Party | 1 |
| European People's Party Group | 40 / 87 | Democratic Union for the Republic | 1 |
| Socialist Group | 19 / 87 |
| Socialist Group | 19 / 87 | Democrats of the Left | 16 |
| Socialist Group | 19 / 87 | Italian Democratic Socialists | 2 |
| Socialist Group | 19 / 87 | Movement of Unitarian Communists | 1 |
| European United Left/Nordic Green Left | 5 / 87 |
| European United Left/Nordic Green Left | 5 / 87 | Communist Refoundation Party | 4 |
| European United Left/Nordic Green Left | 5 / 87 | Independent | 1 |
| Green Group | 3 / 87 |
| Green Group | 3 / 87 | Federation of the Greens | 2 |
| Green Group | 3 / 87 | The Network | 1 |
| European Radical Alliance | 2 / 87 | Pannella List | 2 |
| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group | 1 / 87 |
| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group | 1 / 87 | Italian Republican Party | 1 |
| Union for Europe | 1 / 87 | Independent | 1 |
| Non-Inscrits | 16 / 87 |
| Non-Inscrits | 16 / 87 | National Alliance | 10 |
| Non-Inscrits | 16 / 87 | Northern League | 5 |
| Non-Inscrits | 16 / 87 | Tricolour Flame | 1 |

### Summary of parties

| Party | Main ideology | Leader | European party | Outgoing MEPs |
| Forza Italia (FI) | Liberal conservatism | Silvio Berlusconi | EPP | 26 / 87 |
| Democrats of the Left (DS) | Social democracy | Walter Veltroni | PES | 17 / 87 |
| National Alliance – Segni Pact (AN–PS) | Conservatism | Gianfranco Fini | None | 13 / 87 |
| Northern League (LN) | Regionalism | Umberto Bossi | None | 5 / 78 |
| Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) | Communism | Fausto Bertinotti | None | 4 / 87 |
| Bonino List | Liberalism | Emma Bonino | None | 2 / 87 |
| Federation of the Greens (FdV) | Green politics | Grazia Francescato | EFGP | 2 / 78 |
| Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) | Social democracy | Enrico Boselli | PES | 2 / 87 |
| Christian Democratic Centre (CCD) | Christian democracy | Pier Ferdinando Casini | EPP | 2 / 87 |
| The Democrats | Social liberalism | Arturo Parisi | ELDR | 1 / 87 |
| Tricolour Flame (FT) | Neo-fascism | Pino Rauti | None | 1 / 87 |
| Italian Republican Party (PRI) | Liberalism | Giorgio La Malfa | ELDR | 1 / 87 |
| United Christian Democrats (CDU) | Christian democracy | Rocco Buttiglione | EPP | 0 / 87 |
| Party of Italian Communists (PdCI) | Communism | Armando Cossutta | None | 0 / 87 |
| Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR) | Christian democracy | Clemente Mastella | EPP | 0 / 87 |
| Italian Renewal (RI) | Liberalism | Lamberto Dini | EPP | 0 / 87 |
| Pensioners' Party (PP) | Pensioners' interests | Carlo Fatuzzo | ED | 0 / 87 |

## Results

The election was won again by Forza Italia, just accepted to the European People's Party, that got 25.2% of the vote and 22 seats. The governing Democrats of the Left, led by Walter Veltroni, got 17.3% of the vote and 15 seats, while National Alliance, federated to Segni Pact, got only 10.3% of the vote and 9 seats (8 seats to AN and one seat to Segni Pact). Instead a good result was obtained by Bonino List, that gained 8.5% of the vote and 7 seats.
← Summary of the 13 June 1999 European Parliament election results in Italy → :
| National party | National party | National party | EP group | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– |
| | Forza Italia (FI) | Forza Italia (FI) | EPP-ED | Silvio Berlusconi | 7,813,948 | 25.16 | 5.46 | 22 | 5 |
| | Democrats of the Left (DS) | Democrats of the Left (DS) | PES | Walter Veltroni | 5,387,729 | 17.34 | 1.72 | 15 | 1 |
| | National Alliance – Segni Pact (AN–PS) | National Alliance – Segni Pact (AN–PS) | UEN | Gianfranco Fini | 3,194,661 | 10.30 | 5.43 | 9 | 5 |
| | Bonino List (LB) | Bonino List (LB) | TGI | Emma Bonino | 2,625,881 | 8.45 | 6.32 | 7 | 5 |
| | | The Democrats (DEM) | ELDR | Antonio Di Pietro | 2,402,435 | 7.73 | New | 6 | New |
| | | South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) | EPP-ED | Michl Ebner | 156,005 | 0.50 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Federalism (Valdostan Union – Others) | None | | 40,970 | 0.13 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 |
| | Total | Total | Mixed | | 2,599,410 | 8.37 | New | 7 | New |
| | Northern League (LN) | Northern League (LN) | TGI | Umberto Bossi | 1,395,547 | 4.48 | 2.08 | 4 | 2 |
| | Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) | Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) | GUE/NGL | Fausto Bertinotti | 1,391,595 | 4.27 | 1.81 | 4 | 1 |
| | Italian People's Party (PPI) | Italian People's Party (PPI) | EPP-ED | Ciriaco De Mita | 1,316,830 | 4.24 | 5.76 | 4 | 4 |
| | Christian Democratic Centre (CCD) | Christian Democratic Centre (CCD) | EPP-ED | Pier Ferdinando Casini | 805,320 | 2.59 | New | 2 | New |
| | Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) | Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI) | PES | Enrico Boselli | 670,957 | 2.16 | 0.37 | 2 | 1 |
| | United Christian Democrats (CDU) | United Christian Democrats (CDU) | EPP-ED | Nino Gemelli | 669,919 | 2.16 | New | 2 | New |
| | Party of Italian Communists (PdCI) | Party of Italian Communists (PdCI) | GUE/NGL | Armando Cossutta | 622,261 | 2.00 | New | 2 | New |
| | Federation of the Greens (FdV) | Federation of the Greens (FdV) | Greens/EFA | Reinhold Messner | 548,987 | 1.76 | 1.44 | 2 | 1 |
| | Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR) | Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR) | EPP-ED | Clemente Mastella | 498,742 | 1.61 | New | 1 | New |
| | Tricolour Flame (FT) | Tricolour Flame (FT) | TGI | Roberto Felice Bigliardo | 496,030 | 1.60 | New | 1 | New |
| | Italian Renewal (RI) | Italian Renewal (RI) | EPP-ED | Pino Pisicchio | 353,890 | 1.14 | New | 1 | New |
| | Pensioners' Party (PP) | Pensioners' Party (PP) | EPP-ED | Carlo Fatuzzo | 233,874 | 0.75 | – | 1 | 1 |
| | Italian Republican Party – Federation of Liberals (PRI–FdL) | Italian Republican Party – Federation of Liberals (PRI–FdL) | ELDR | Luciana Sbarbati | 168,620 | 0.54 | 0.36 | 1 | 0 |
| | LVR – UfS – FG – Others | LVR – UfS – FG – Others | None | | 117,979 | 0.38 | – | 0 | 0 |
| | Southern Action League (LAM) | Southern Action League (LAM) | None | | 94,181 | 0.30 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 |
| | Sardinian Action Party – Veneto North-East – Italian Consumers Party | Sardinian Action Party – Veneto North-East – Italian Consumers Party | None | | 61,185 | 0.19 | – | 0 | 0 |
| | Socialist Party (PS) | Socialist Party (PS) | None | | 42,500 | 0.14 | New | 0 | New |
| | Humanist Party (PU) | Humanist Party (PU) | None | | 16,168 | 0.05 | – | 0 | 0 |
| | Cobas for Self-Organization | Cobas for Self-Organization | None | | 4,432 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 31,062,426 | 90.4 | | | |
| Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | 3,315,038 | 9.6 | | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 34,359,339 | 100 | — | 87 | 0 |
| 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 | 49,278,309 | 69.73 | 3.87 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior ||||||||||
Popular vote
FI
25.2%
DS
17.3%
AN–PS
10.3%
Bonino
8.5%
Dem
7.7%
LN
4.5%
PRC
4.3%
PPI
4.2%
CCD
2.6%
SDI
2.2%
CDU
2.2%
PdCI
2.0%
FdV
1.8%
UDEUR
1.6%
FT
1.6%
RI
1.1%
Others
2.9% :