2009 European Parliament election in Italy

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72 seats to theEuropean Parliament
First party Second party Third party   Leader Silvio Berlusconi Dario Franceschini Umberto Bossi Party People of Freedom Democratic Party Northern League Alliance EPP S&D EFD Leader since 18 January 1994 16 February 2009 4 December 1989 Last election 32.4%, 25 seats 31.1%, 24 seats 5.0%, 4 seats Seats won 29 21 9 Seat change 4 3 5 Popular vote 10,797,296 7,999,476 3,126,915 Percentage 35.3% 26.1% 10.2% Swing 2.9% 5.0% 5.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Antonio Di Pietro Pier Ferdinando Casini Richard Theiner Party IdV UDC SVP Alliance ALDE EPP EPP Leader since 21 March 1998 18 January 1994(asCCD) 18 April 2009 Last election 2.1%, 2 seats 5.9%, 5 seats 0.5%, 1 seat Seats won 5 5 1 Seat change 5 0 0 Popular vote 2,450,643 1,995,021 143,509 Percentage 8.0% 6.5% 0.5% Swing 5.8% 0.6% 0
Major parties in each Province

The2009 European Parliament election in Italy was held on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June 2009, as decided by theItalian government on 18 December 2008.^[1] Italy elected 72members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

Theparty-list proportional representation was the traditional electoral system of the Italian Republic from its establishment in 1946 to 1994, therefore it was also adopted to elect the Italianmembers of theEuropean Parliament (MEPs) since 1979.

Two levels were introduced: a national level to divide the seats among parties and a constituency level to distribute them among candidates inopen lists. Five constituencies were established, each including 2–5regions and each electing a fixed number of MEPs. At national level, seats are divided between party lists using thelargest remainder method withHare quota. Seats are allocated to parties and then to their most voted candidates.

In the run-up of the election, theItalian Parliament has introduced a nationalthreshold of 4% in the electoral law for theEuropean Parliament. An exception was granted for parties representing some linguistic minorities as such lists can be connected with one of the major parties, combining their votes, provided that those parties reach the 4% threshold and that candidates from minority parties obtain a sufficient number of votes, no less than 50,000 for the main candidate.

This is a list of Italian delegations sitting at the European Parliament before 6 June 2009.

In the following table the main parties/lists participating in the election are listed.

The parties that passed the national electoral threshold at 4% wereThe People of Freedom (PdL),Democratic Party (PD),Northern League (LN),Italy of Values (IdV) andUnion of the Centre (UdC).This election was a victory for the Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi: the parties supporting hisgovernment (The People of Freedom andNorthern League) won 38 seats, while the opposition (Democratic Party,Italy of Values andUnion of the Centre) obtained 34 seats.

On 1 December 2009, after the entry into force of theTreaty of Lisbon, the Italian seats in the European Parliament increased from 72 to 73. The additional seat was assigned to the Union of the Centre (that went from 5 to 6 seats).

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