Each country, with its rules. And, of course, with its results. The european elections they develop in the entire European Union at a time, within a period of four days, and each country chooses its system. Italyone of the countries that sends the most deputies to Brussels, has chosen to have the electoral event on two days, Saturday and Sunday, in order to encourage greater participation in the process. But, in addition, Italians not only vote for their MEPs: they also hold local elections, so today the mayors of all Italian towns will also be elected.

Of the 720 deputies entering the European Parliament For the new legislature (2024-2029), Italians choose a total of 76: only two countries, Germany and France, send more MEPs to the European capital. Its formula is also different from that chosen by Spain: although the distribution of seats follows a proportional model, depending on the votes each party receives, In Italy the preferential voting system is used, which gives each of the voters the possibility of indicating their preference for one or more candidates. The election results in Italy They may be the ones that take the longest to be published, given that it is the country that takes the longest to close its voting centers.

In fact, the data for any country cannot be known—not even the election results in Spain— until the Italian polling stations close, which happens at 11:00 p.m. From that moment on, the data from the different countries will be known, including those from Italy, although in the Alpine country it is at this moment where the ballot counting. The estimates released by the European Parliament a few hours after confirming the final result offer the following result:

  • FdI – Fratelli d’Italia – 27.70%
  • P.S. – Democratic Party – 23.70%
  • M5S – Cinque Stelle Movement – 11.10%
  • FI – NM – Coalition Forza Italia – Noi Moderati (Forza Italia, Noi Moderati) – 10.50%
  • Lega Salvini Premier – Lega Salvini Premier – 8.00%
  • Alliance Verdi and Sinistra – Coalition Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra (Green Europe, Italian Sinistra) – 6.60%
  • Stati Uniti d’Europa – Coalition Stati Uniti d’Europa (+ Europa, Italia Viva, Liberali Democratici Europei, Partito Socialista Italiano,Radicali Italiani, L’Italia c’è) – 4.00%

In the last European elections, those of 2019, there were 73 seats that Italy distributed – the distribution of seats varied after the United Kingdom left the bloc—. The Matteo Salvini League It was then the party with the most votes, with 34.3% of the votes, while Nicola Zingaretti’s Democratic Party came in second place (22.7%), losing 12 seats. Another populist party occupied third position in the 2019 European elections, with the 5 Star Movement led by Luigi di Maio adding 17% of the ballots, while Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia took 8.8% of the votes. Fratelli d’Italia, the party of the current Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, added five deputies to the European Parliament. In 2019, this is how the Italian seats were distributed:

  • League – 28 seats
  • Democratic Party – 19 seats
  • 5 Star Movement – 14 seats
  • Forza Italia – 6 seats
  • Fratelli d’Italia – 5 seats