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The common list of the Olive Tree, comprising mainly the Democrats of the Left and Daisy-Democracy is Freedom became the largest list, with an important psychological effect. The Democrats of the Left ( Democratici di Sinistra, DS was a left-wing Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition Democracy Is Freedom – The Daisy ( Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita, DL was a centrist Italian political party. However, expectations for this list were originally somewhat larger, and Massimo D'Alema had proclaimed that "If the unity list reaches 33%, the government has to go". Massimo D'Alema (born April 20 1949) is an Italian politician
While the Unity list did not live up to its expectations, the test indicated a somewhat reduced support for the right-wing coalition. However, it must be kept in mind that, in European elections, Italians tend to vote in a more "light-hearted" way, giving their vote more easily to a candidate outside their usual party; this generally reduces the significance of these elections.
Among the notable results, Lilli Gruber for the Olive-Tree Unity List obtained more votes than Silvio Berlusconi himself, a fact that was perceived as very important, as Berlusconi, whose personality is pivotal to his coalition, used to top such personalised elections by a large margin. Dietlinde Gruber (born April 19, 1957) known as Lilli Gruber, is an Italian Politician and Journalist from the Province (born 29 September 1936 is an Italian politician, Entrepreneur, Real estate and Insurance Tycoon, Bank and Media proprietor
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Results
| Registered voters: | 49,845,299 | ||||
| Valid votes: | 32,579,869 | 65. 4% | |||
| Party | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United in the Olive Tree | 10,119,909 | 31. 1 | |||
| —Democrats of the Left (DS/PES) | 12 | -3 | |||
| —Daisy-Democracy is Freedom (Margherita/EDP) | 5 | ||||
| —Daisy-Democracy is Freedom (Margherita/EPP-ED) | 2 | ||||
| —Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI/PES) | 2 | ||||
| —European Republican Movement (MRE/ELDPR) | 1 | ||||
| —South Tyrolese People's Party (SVP/EPP-ED)¹ | 146,252 | 0. The Democrats of the Left ( Democratici di Sinistra, DS was a left-wing Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition Democracy Is Freedom – The Daisy ( Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita, DL was a centrist Italian political party. The Italian Democratic Socialists ( Socialisti Democratici Italiani, SDI was a small social-democratic party in Italy. The European Republicans Movement ( Movimento Repubblicani Europei, MRE of Italy was a small Center left liberal party. The South Tyrolean People's Party ( Südtiroler Volkspartei, SVP is a regionalist political party active in the Italian Province of Bolzano-Bozen 5 | 1 | ||
| —Valdotanian Union ¹ | 29,430 | 0. The Valdotanian Union ( Union Valdôtaine, UV is a regionalist centrist Italian political party, which is the largest political force in 1 | |||
| —Individual affiliates (Lilli Gruber and Michele Santoro) | 2 | ||||
| Forza Italia (FI/EPP-ED) | 6,837,748 | 20. Dietlinde Gruber (born April 19, 1957) known as Lilli Gruber, is an Italian Politician and Journalist from the Province Michele Santoro (born July 2, 1951) is an Italian journalist broadcaster and anchorman Forza Italia (Forward Italy FI is a Christian-democratic, liberal and liberal-conservative Italian political party led by Silvio 1 | -4. 1 | 16 | -6 |
| National Alliance (AN/UENG) | 3,759,575 | 11. National Alliance ( Alleanza Nazionale, AN is a conservative Italian political party. 5 | +1. 2 | 9 | |
| Communist Refoundation Party (PRC/EUL-NGL) | 1,971,700 | 6. The Communist Refoundation Party ( Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC is a communist Italian political party. 0 | +1. 7 | 5 | +1 |
| Union of Christian Democrats (UDC/EPP-ED) | 1,917,775 | 5. The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats ( Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro, UDC is a christian-democratic Italian political party. 9 | +3. 8 | 5 | +3 |
| Lega Nord (LN/Ind) | 1,615,834 | 5. Lega Nord (Northern League LN whose complete name is Lega Nord per l'Indipendenza della Padania (Northern League for Independence of Padania) is an Italian 0 | +0. 5 | 4 | |
| Federation of the Greens (Verdi/Green-EFA) | 802,502 | 2. The Federation of the Greens ( Federazione dei Verdi, or just Verdi) is a green and eco-socialist Italian political party. 5 | +0. 7 | 2 | |
| Party of Italian Communists (PDCI/EUL-NGL) | 783,710 | 2. The Party of Italian Communists ( Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, PdCI is a Political party in Italy. 4 | +0. 4 | 2 | |
| Emma Bonino List (LEB/Ind) | 731,867 | 2. Italian Radicals ( Radicali Italiani) is an Italian political party which describes itself as a liberale, liberista e libertario 2 | -6. 3 | 2 | -5 |
| Civil Society of Di Pietro - Occhetto (Italia dei Valori/ELDRP) | 694,963 | 2. Italy of Values ( Italia dei Valori, IdV is a populist and anti- corruption Italian political party, headed by former Mani Pulite 1 | 2 | +2 | |
| Socialists United for Europe (SUE/ELDRP) | 665,771 | 2. Socialists United for Europe was an electoral list for the 2004 European Parliament election by the New Italian Socialist Party (NPSI of Gianni De Michelis 0 | -0. 2 | 2 | |
| Fiamma Tricolore (FT) | 236,016 | 0. The Tricolour Flame Social Movement, normally just Tricolour Flame ( Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore, MS-FT is a neo-fascist Italian political 7 | -0. 9 | 1 | |
| Popular-UDEUR (UDEUR / EPP-ED) | 420,089 | 1. The UDEUR Populars ( Popolari UDEUR, UDEUR is a small centrist and christian-democratic Italian political party. 3 | -0. 3 | 1 | |
| Social Alternative (AS) | 398,036 | 1. Alternativa Sociale ( Social Alternative) was a Coalition of neo-fascist political parties in Italy. 2 | 1 | +1 | |
| Pensioners' Party (PP/EPP-ED) | 372,811 | 1. The Pensioners' Party ( Partito Pensionati, PP is a centrist Italian political party. 1 | +0. 4 | 1 | |
| Others | — | ||||
| Total | 32,579,869 | 78 | -9 | ||
¹ United in the Olive Tree included Michl Ebner of the SVP in their list of elected candidates under a pre-electoral arrangement. Michl Ebner (born on 20 September 1952 in Bolzano)is an Italian Politician and Member of the European Parliament for
Seats
Seats are allocated to party lists on a national basis using an electoral quota, with the residue given to the lists with the largest excess over whole quotas. An electoral quota is then calculated for each list and used to allocate seats to each list in each of the five electoral regions.
| Electoral Region | Administrative Regions | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| North-West | Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont | 23 |
| North-East | Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto | 15 |
| Central | Latium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria | 16 |
| Southern | Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise | 17 |
| Islands | Sardinia, Sicily | 7 |
Members returned
See MEPs for Italy 2004 - 2009 for a national list in alphabetical order. Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Bologna. Friuli-Venezia Giulia ( Friulian: Friûl-Vignesie Julie, Friaul-Julisch Venetien Furlanija - Julijska krajina Friul-Venezsia Jułia is one of the twenty Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige; German: Trentino-Südtirol; Ladin: Trentin-Adesc Aut Veneto or Venetia ( Vèneto) is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Latium was a region of ancient Italy, home to the original Latin people. The Marche (plural originally from le marche de Ancona, referring to the March of Ancona) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 Umbria is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Perugia. Apulia ( Italian: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east the Ionian Sea Basilicata is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west Apulia ( Puglia) to the east Calabria to Calabria ( Latin: Brutium) is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of Campania is a region of Southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5 Molise is a region of Southern Italy, the second smallest of the regions Sardinia (sɑrˈdɪnɪə Sardegna Sardigna or Sardinnya is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily) Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy.
North-West
- Vittorio Agnoletto (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)
- Gabriele Albertini (European People's Party)
- Pier Luigi Bersani (Party of European Socialists)
- Vito Bonsignore (European People's Party)
- Mario Borghezio (Independence and Democracy)
- Mercedes Bresso (Party of European Socialists)
- Giulietto Chiesa (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Carlo Fatuzzo (European People's Party)
- Monica Frassoni (Greens-EFA)
- Jas Gawronski (European People's Party)
- Romano Maria la Russa (Union for a Europe of Nations)
- Pia Elda Locatelli (Party of European Socialists)
- Mario Mantovani (European People's Party)
- Mario Mauro (European People's Party)
- Cristiana Muscardini (Union for a Europe of Nations)
- Pier Antonio Panzeri (Party of European Socialists)
- Guido Podestà (European People's Party)
- Marco Rizzo (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)
- Matteo Salvini (Independence and Democracy)
- Francesco Speroni (Independence and Democracy)
- Patrizia Toia (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Marta Vincenzi (Party of European Socialists)
- Either Emma Bonino¹ or Marco Pannella (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
North-East
- Sergio Berlato (Union for a Europe of Nations)
- Giovanni Berlinguer (Party of European Socialists)
- Emma Bonino (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Umberto Bossi (Independence and Democracy)
- Renato Brunetta (European People's Party)
- Giorgio Carollo (European People's Party)
- Paolo Costa (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Antonio De Poli (European People's Party)
- Michl Ebner (European People's Party)
- Sepp Kusstatscher (Greens-EFA)
- Enrico Letta (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Roberto Musacchio (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)
- Marco Pannella (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Vittorio Prodi (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Amalia Sartori (European People's Party)
- Mauro Zani (Party of European Socialists)
Central
- Roberta Angelilli (Union for a Europe of Nations)
- Alfredo Antoniozzi (European People's Party)
- Alessandro Battilocchio (Non-Inscrits)
- Armando Dionisi (European People's Party)
- Alessandro Foglietta (Union for a Europe of Nations)
- Lilli Gruber (Party of European Socialists)
- Umberto Guidoni (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)
- Luisa Morgantini (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)
- Alessandra Mussolini (Non-Inscrits)
- Pasqualina Napoletano (Party of European Socialists)
- Lapo Pistelli (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Guido Sacconi (Party of European Socialists)
- Luciana Sbarbati (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Antonio Tajani (European People's Party)
- Stefano Zappala' (European People's Party)
- Nicola Zingaretti (Party of European Socialists)
Southern
- Alfonso Andria (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Fausto Bertinotti (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)
- Lorenzo Cesa (European People's Party)
- Paolo Cirino Pomicino (European People's Party)
- Massimo D'Alema (Party of European Socialists)
- Gianni De Michelis (Non-Inscrits)
- Ottaviano Del Turco (Party of European Socialists)
- Antonio Di Pietro (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Giuseppe Gargani (European People's Party)
- Umberto Pirilli (Union for a Europe of Nations)
- Giovanni Pittella (Party of European Socialists)
- Adriana Poli Bertone (Union for a Europe of Nations)
- Luca Romagnoli (Non-Inscrits)
- Michele Santoro (Party of European Socialists)
- Salvatore Tatarella (Union for a Europe of Nations)
- Riccardo Ventre (European People's Party)
- Marcello Vernola (European People's Party)
Islands
- Giuseppe Castiglione (European People's Party)
- Giusto Catania (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)
- Luigi Cocilovo (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Claudio Fava (Party of European Socialists)
- Raffaele Lombardo (European People's Party)
- Francesco Musotto (European People's Party)
- Nello Musumeci (Union for a Europe of Nations)