The pureparty-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 thelargest remainder method withHare quota. All seats gained by each party were automatically distributed to their localopen lists and their most voted candidates.
The election was won again byForza Italia, just accepted to theEuropean People's Party, that got 25.2% of the vote and 22 seats. The governingDemocrats of the Left, led byWalter Veltroni, got 17.3% of the vote and 15 seats, whileNational Alliance, federated toSegni 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 byBonino List, that gained 8.5% of the vote and 7 seats.
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