European elections, 6 – 9 June 2024, country sheet ITALY
Official EE24 website: https://dait.interno.gov.it/elezioni/speciale-elezioni
Other elections/referenda held the same day: Local elections, Regional elections in Piemonte
Number of MEPs before/after EE24: 76 (73 elected in 2019, up to 76 after Brexit in 2020)
Current government: Fratelli d’Italia (ECR), Lega (ID) and Forza Italia (EPP) since October 2022
ELECTORAL RULES
- Obligatory vote: No
- Number of constituencies: 5
- Preferential vote: Yes
- Postal vote: No
- Threshold to get elected: 4%
- Day of EE24: Saturday 8 June and Sunday 9 June
- Opening time of polling stations: 15.00 CEST (June 8)
- Closing time of polling stations: 23.00 CEST (June 9)
VOTERS
- Total: 47 036 270 (Eurostat)
- Minimum age: 18
CANDIDATES
- Lists (total): 15
- Candidates (total): 867 (including multiple candidacies)
- Minimum age to stand as candidate: 25
Lead candidates per list or party (affiliation) (In bold those represented in outgoing EP)
- N/A
MEPs re-running (in bold lead candidate of list)
Partito Democratico (S&D)
- Brando Benifei
- Irene Tinagli
- Patrizia Toia
- Elisabetta Gualmini
- Alessandra Moretti
- Camilla Laureti
- Beatrice Covassi
- Daniela Rondinelli
- Pina Picierno
- Pietro Bartolo
Fratelli d’Italia (ECR)
- Carlo Fidanza
- Pietro Fiocchi
- Vincenzo Sofo
- Sergio Antonio Berlato
- Nicola Procaccini
- Maria Veronica Rossi
- Chiara Maria Gemma
- Denis Domenico Nesci
- Giuseppe Milazzo
Movimento 5 Stelle (NI)
- Maria Angela Danzi
- Sabrina Pignedoli
- Mario Furore
Forza Italia (EPP)
- Massimiliano Salini
- Stefania Zambelli
- Francesca Peppucci
- Matteo Gazzini
- Salvatore De Meo
- Alessandra Mussolini
- Isabella Adinolfi
- Fulvio Martusciello
- Lucia Vuolo
- Caterina Chinnici
Lega (ID)
- Silvia Sardone
- Alessandro Panza
- Isabella Tovaglieri
- Gianna Gancia
- Angelo Ciocca
- Danilo Oscar Lancini
- Paolo Borchia
- Elena Lizzi
- Alessandra Basso
- Rosanna Conte
- Susanna Ceccardi
- Anna Cinzia Bonfrisco
- Valentino Grant
- Aldo Patriciello
- Annalisa Tardino
- Raffaelle Stancanelli
Alleanza Verdi/Sinistra (Greens/EFA + Left)
- Massimiliano Smeriglio
- Rosa D’Amato
Azione (Renew)
- Giosi Ferrandino
RESULTS 2019
MEPs / % votes
- Lega / 29 / 34,26%
- Partito Democratico / 19 / 22,74%
- Movimento 5 Stelle / 14 / 17,06%
- Forza Italia / 7 / 8,78%
- Fratelli d’Italia / 6 / 6,44%
- Südtiroler Volkspartei / 1 / 0,53%
- Other parties / 10,19%
TURNOUT 2019
- 54,5%
Source – EU Parliament