Central Italy (European Parliament constituency)

Central Italy
Central Italy
European Parliament constituency
	Location among the current constituencies
	Shown in Italy in red
Member state	Italy
Created	1979
MEPs	14 (2014); 15 (2009, 2019, 2024); 16 (1989, 2004); 17 (1979, 1984); 18 (1999); 20 (1994)
Sources

Member stateItaly

Created1979

MEPs14 (2014)
15 (2009, 2019, 2024)
16 (1989, 2004)
17 (1979, 1984)
18 (1999)
20 (1994)

Central Italy is a constituency of the European Parliament on the occasion of European elections. It consists of the Italian regions of Lazio, Marche, Tuscany, and Umbria.^[1]

As the other Italian constituencies, it has only a procedural goal to choose the elected MEPs inside party lists, the distribution of seats between different parties being calculated at national level (called Collegio Unico Nazionale, National Single Constituency).

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Year	Electorate	Votes	Turnout	Blank & Invalid votes	Valid votes
1979	8,225,980	7,321,736	89.01%	208,532	7,130,117
1984	8,713,067	7,506,688	86.15%	342,089	7,164,599
1989	9,008,530	7,600,174	84.37%	510,277	7,089,897
1994	9,362,767	7,190,503	76.80%	403,063	6,787,440
1999	9,484,514	6,717,785	70.83%	571,673	6,146,112
2004	9,621,843	7,160,522	74.42%	481,153	6,679,369
2009	9,743,719	6,619,218	67.93%	343,112	6,276,106
2014	9,769,495	5,954,964	60.95%	247,983	5,706,981
2019	9,781,720	5,707,334	58.35%	168,051	5,539,283
2024	9,808,951	5,071,812	51.71%	233,012	4,838,800

Party		1979	1984	1989
	Christian Democracy (DC)	5	5	5
	Italian Communist Party (PCI)	6	7	6
	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)	1	2	2
	Italian Liberal Party (PLI)	0	1	1
	Italian Social Movement (MSI)	1	1	1
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI)	1	0	0
	Italian Republican Party (PRI)	1	0	0
	Radical Party (PR)	1	1	0
	Proletarian Unity Party (PdUP)	1	0	0
	Federation of Green Lists (FLV)			1
Total		17	17	16

Party				1994	1999	2004	2009	2014	2019	2024
		Forza Italia	FI	5	4	3		2	2	1
		Lega Nord / Lega	LN				1	1	6	1
		National Alliance	AN	3	3	2
		The People of Freedom	PdL				6
		Brothers of Italy	FdI						1	5

		Democratic Party of the Left	PDS	5
		Italian People's Party	PPI	2	1
		Democrats of the Left	DS		4
		The Olive Tree				6
		Democratic Party	PD				6	7	4	5
		Communist Refoundation Party	PRC	1	1	1
		Party of Italian Communists	PdCI		1	1
		Democratic Alliance	AD	1
		The Democrats	Dem		1
		Italian Democratic Socialists	SDI		1	1
		Italy of Values	IdV				1
		Federation of the Greens	FdV	1
		Greens and Left Alliance	AVS							1

	Italian Radicals		RI	1	1
	Italian Republican Party		PRI	1
	Union of the Centre		UDC			1	1
	Social Alternative		AS			1
	The Other Europe with Tsipras		AET					1
	Five Star Movement		M5S					3	2	2

Total				20	17	16	15	14	15	15

Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

Name	Gender	National party	Group	Period	Preference vote^[2]
← 2019–2024 2024–2029 2029–2034 →
Giorgia Meloni	Female	Brothers of Italy	ECR	Never sworn in^[3]	616,822
Elly Schlein	Female	Democratic Party	S&D	Never sworn in^[4]	172,575
Nicola Zingaretti	Male	Democratic Party	S&D	16 July 2024 – Present	131,671
Nicola Procaccini	Male	Brothers of Italy	ECR	16 July 2024 – Present	125,423
Dario Nardella	Male	Democratic Party	S&D	16 July 2024 – Present	119,456
Roberto Vannacci	Male	Lega	P4E	Never sworn in^[5]	117,475
Matteo Ricci	Male	Democratic Party	S&D	16 July 2024 – Present	106,482
Antonio Tajani	Male	Forza Italia	EPP	Never sworn in^[6]	99,691
Camilla Laureti	Female	Democratic Party	S&D	16 July 2024 – Present	64,755
Marco Squarta	Male	Brothers of Italy	ECR	16 July 2024 – Present	54,774
Ignazio Marino	Male	Greens and Left Alliance	Greens/EFA	16 July 2024 – Present	51,184
Carlo Ciccioli	Male	Brothers of Italy	ECR	16 July 2024 – Present	51,040
Antonella Sberna	Female	Brothers of Italy	ECR	16 July 2024 – Present	49,410
Marco Tarquinio	Male	Democratic Party	S&D	16 July 2024 – Present	43,945
Francesco Torselli	Male	Brothers of Italy	ECR	16 July 2024 – Present	43,648
Salvatore De Meo	Male	Forza Italia	EPP	16 July 2024 – Present	40,822
Susanna Ceccardi	Female	Lega	P4E	16 July 2024 – Present	34,238
Carolina Morace	Female	Five Star Movement	The Left	16 July 2024 – Present	32,728
Dario Tamburrano	Male	Five Star Movement	The Left	16 July 2024 – Present	13,605

National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	Seats
	Italian Communist Party (PCI)	COM	Enrico Berlinguer	2,593,454	36.37	6 / 17
	Christian Democracy (DC)	EPP	Guido Gonella	2,260,718	31.71	5 / 17
	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)	SOC	Mario Zagari	743,012	10.42	1 / 17
	Italian Social Movement (MSI)	NI	Pino Romualdi	393,331	5.52	1 / 17
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI)	SOC	Ruggero Puletti	282,894	3.97	1 / 17
	Radical Party (PR)	TGI	Marco Pannella	263,204	3.69	1 / 17
	Italian Republican Party (PRI)	LD	Bruno Visentini	205,916	2.89	1 / 17
	Proletarian Unity Party (PdUP)	TGI	Luciana Castellina	117,801	1.65	1 / 25
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			269,787	3.78	0 / 25
Valid votes				7,130,117
Blank and invalid votes				208,532
Totals				7,321,736	100.00	17 / 17
Eligible voters and turnout				8,225,980	89.01
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

Central Italy (European Parliament constituency)

Seats by party

1979–1994

Since 1994

Current MEPs

Elections

1979

1984

1989

1994

1999

2004

2009

2014

2019

2024

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National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Italian Communist Party (PCI)	COM	Enrico Berlinguer	2,975,252	41.53	5.16	7 / 17	1
	Christian Democracy (DC)	EPP	Giulio Andreotti	2,087,820	29.14	2.57	5 / 17	0
	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)	SOC	Claudio Martelli	762,892	10.65	0.23	2 / 17	1
	Italian Social Movement (MSI)	ER	Pino Romualdi	469,188	6.55	1.03	1 / 17	0
	Liberal Party–Republican Party (PLI–PRI)	LD	Mario Di Bartolomei	362,469	5.06	0.46	1 / 17	0
	Radical Party (PR)	NI	Enzo Tortora	213,560	2.98	0.71	1 / 17	0
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI)	SOC	Antonio Pala	191,902	2.68	1.29	0 / 17	1
	Proletarian Democracy (DP)	RBW	Massimo Gorla	84,501	1.18	0.46	0 / 17	0
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			17,285	0.24	3.54	0 / 17	0
Valid votes				7,164,599
Blank and invalid votes				342,089
Totals				7,506,688	100.00	—	17 / 17	0
Eligible voters and turnout				8,713,067	86.15	2.86
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Italian Communist Party (PCI)	COM	Achille Occhetto	2,498,063	35.23	6.30	6 / 16	1
	Christian Democracy (DC)	EPP	Arnaldo Forlani	2,089,493	29.47	0.33	5 / 16	0
	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)	SOC	Bettino Craxi	982,	13.86	3.21	2 / 16	0
	Italian Social Movement (MSI)	ER	Pino Rauti	443,846	6.55	0.29	1 / 16	0
	Federation of Green Lists (FLV)	G	Gianfranco Amendola	273,919	3.86		1 / 16
	Liberal Party–Republican Party (PLI–PRI)	LD	Bruno Visentini	261,809	3.69	1.37	1 / 16	0
	Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI)	SOC	Robinio Costi	175,172	2.47	0.21	0 / 16	0
	Rainbow Greens (VA)	G	Francesco Rutelli	173,274	2.44		0 / 16
	Antiprohibitionist List (LA)	G	Marco Taradash	89,295	1.26		0 / 16
	Proletarian Democracy (DP)	G	Eugenio Melandri	84,494	1.19	0.01	0 / 16	0
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			17,878	0.25	0.01	0 / 16	0
Valid votes				7,089,897
Blank and invalid votes				510,277
Totals				7,600,174	100.00	—	16 / 16	1
Eligible voters and turnout				9,008,530	84.37	1.78
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Democratic Party of the Left (PDS)	PES	Achille Occhetto	1,874,146	27.61		5 / 20
	Forza Italia (FI)	FE	Silvio Berlusconi	1,735,876	25.58		5 / 20
	National Alliance (AN)	NI	Gianfranco Fini	1,150,777	16.95		3 / 20
	Italian People's Party (PPI)	EPP	Carlo Casini	563,456	8.30		2 / 20
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	EUL	Luciana Castellina	546,240	8.05		1 / 20
	Federation of the Greens (FdV)	G	Carlo Ripa di Meana	216,656	3.19		1 / 20
	Pannella List (LP)	ERA	Marco Pannella	140,980	2.08		1 / 20
	Democratic Alliance–Socialist Party (AD–PS)	PES	Riccardo Nencini	132,794	1.96		1 / 20
	Italian Republican Party (PRI)	ELDR	Giorgio La Malfa	67,426	0.99		1 / 20
	Segni Pact (PS)	EPP	Mariotto Segni	198,300	2.92		0 / 20
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			160,689	2.37	2.12	0 / 20	0
Valid votes				6,787,440
Blank and invalid votes				403,063
Totals				7,190,503	100.00	—	20 / 20	4
Eligible voters and turnout				9,362767	76.80	5.54
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Democrats of the Left (DS)	PES	Walter Veltroni	1,508,984	24.55	3.06	4 / 18	1
	Forza Italia (FI)	EPP	Silvio Berlusconi	1,238,996	20.16	5.42	4 / 18	1
	National Alliance (AN)	UEN	Gianfranco Fini	948,972	15.44	1.51	3 / 18	0
	Bonino List (LB)	TGI	Emma Bonino	463,050	7.53	9.61	1 / 18	0
	The Democrats (Dem)	ELDR	Francesco Rutelli	380,157	6.19		1 / 18
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	GUE/NGL	Fausto Bertinotti	364,970	5.94	2.11	1 / 18	0
	Italian People's Party (PPI)	EPP	Franco Marini	234,347	3.81	4.49	1 / 18	0
	Party of Italian Communists (PdCI)	GUE/NGL	Armando Cossutta	170,339	2.77		1 / 18
	Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI)	PES	Claudio Martelli	138,013	2.25		1 / 18
	Italian Republican Party (PRI)	ELDR	Luciana Sbarbati	47,520	0.77	0.22	1 / 18	0
	Christian Democratic Centre (CCD)	EPP	Carlo Casini	159,004	2.59		0 / 18
	Social Movement Tricolour Flame (MSFT)	NI	Isabella Rauti	125,831	2.05		0 / 18
	Federation of the Greens (FdV)	Greens/EFA	Maria Falcone	101,387	1.65	1.54	0 / 18	1
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			264,542	4.31	1.94	0 / 18	0
Valid votes				6,146,112
Blank and invalid votes				571,673
Totals				6,717,785	100.00	—	18 / 18	2
Eligible voters and turnout				9,484,514	70.83	5.97
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	The Olive Tree	Several^[a]	Lilli Gruber	2,393,369	35.83		6 / 16
	Forza Italia (FI)	EPP	Silvio Berlusconi	1,190,602	17.83	2.33	3 / 16	1
	National Alliance (AN)	AEN	Gianfranco Fini	986,205	14.76	0.68	2 / 16	1
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	GUE/NGL	Fausto Bertinotti	532,859	7.98	2.04	1 / 16	0
	Union of the Centre (UDC)	EPP	Armando Dionisi	361,936	5.42		1 / 16
	Party of Italian Communists (PdCI)	GUE/NGL	Oliviero Diliberto	223,504	3.35	0.58	1 / 16	0
	Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI)	PES	Alessandro Battilocchio	131,790	1.97	0.28	1 / 16	0
	Social Alternative (AS)	NI	Alessandra Mussolini	104,836	1.57		1 / 16
	Bonino List (LB)	NI	Emma Bonino	148,555	2.22	5.31	0 / 16	1
	Federation of the Greens (FdV)	Greens/EFA	Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio	140,617	2.11	0.46	0 / 16	0
	Italy of Values (IdV)	ALDE	Antonio Di Pietro	130,429	1.95		0 / 16
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			334,667	5.02	0.71	0 / 16	0
Valid votes				6,679,369
Blank and invalid votes				481,153
Totals				7,160,522	100.00	—	16 / 16	2
Eligible voters and turnout				9,621,843	74.42	3.59
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	The People of Freedom (PdL)	EPP	Silvio Berlusconi	2,344,306	37.35		6 / 15
	Democratic Party (PD)	S&D	David Sassoli	2,030,062	32.35		6 / 15
	Italy of Values (IdV)	ALDE	Luigi De Magistris	483,471	7.70	5.75	1 / 15	1
	Union of the Centre (UDC)	EPP	Carlo Casini	341,612	5.44	0.02	1 / 15	0
	Lega Nord (LN)	UEN	Umberto Bossi	186,988	2.98	2.42	1 / 15	1
	Federation of the Left (FdS)	GUE/NGL	Oliviero Diliberto	280,063	4.46	6.87	0 / 15	1
	Left and Freedom (SL)	GUE/NGL	Nichi Vendola	226,180	3.60		0 / 15
	Bonino-Pannella List (LB)	NI	Emma Bonino	171,186	2.73	0.51	0 / 15	0
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			212,238	3.39	–	0 / 15	0
Valid votes				6,276,106
Blank and invalid votes				343,112
Totals				6,619,218	100.00	—	15 / 15	1
Eligible voters and turnout				9,743,719	67.93	6.49
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party (PD)	S&D	Simona Bonafé	2,267,892	46.57	14.22	7 / 14	1
	Five Star Movement (M5S)	NI		1,243,070	21.78		3 / 14
	Forza Italia (FI)	EPP	Antonio Tajani	841,276	14.74		2 / 14
	The Other Europe with Tsipras (AET)	GUE/NGL	Barbara Spinelli	269,286	4.72		1 / 14
	Lega Nord (LN)	EFN	Matteo Salvini	122,509	2.15	0.83	1 / 14	0
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	ECR	Giorgia Meloni	261,216	4.58		0 / 14
	New Centre-Right (NCD)	EPP	Beatrice Lorenzin	200,117	3.51		0 / 14
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			111,615	1.95	—	0 / 14	0
Valid votes				5,706,981
Blank and invalid votes				247,983
Totals				5,954,964	100.00	—	14 / 14	1
Eligible voters and turnout				9,769,495	60.95	6.98
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Lega	ID	Matteo Salvini	1,848,005	33.36	31.21	6 / 15	5
	Democratic Party (PD)	S&D	Simona Bonafé	1,488,260	26.87	19.70	4 / 15	3
	Five Star Movement (M5S)	NI		882,802	15.94	5.84	2 / 15	1
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	ECR	Giorgia Meloni	385,962	6.97	2.39	1 / 15	1
	Forza Italia (FI)	EPP	Antonio Tajani	345,788	6.24	8.50	2 / 15	0
	More Europe (+E)	RE	Emma Bonino	167,206	3.02		0 / 15
	The Left (LS)	GUE/NGL	Nicola Fratoianni	123,396	2.23	2.49	0 / 15	1
	Green Europe (EV)	Green/EFA	Pippo Civati	120,429	2.17		0 / 15
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			177,435	3.20	—	0 / 15	0
Valid votes				5,539,283
Blank and invalid votes				168,051
Totals				5,707,334	100.00	—	15 / 15	1
Eligible voters and turnout				9,781,720	58.35	2.60
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

National party		European group	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	ECR	Giorgia Meloni	1,499,433	30.99	24.02	5 / 15	4
	Democratic Party (PD)	S&D	Elly Schlein	1,288,280	26.62	0.15	5 / 15	1
	Five Star Movement (M5S)	NI		457,820	9.46	6.48	2 / 15	0
	Greens and Left Alliance (AVS)	The Left Greens/EFA	Ignazio Marino	366,221	7.57	3.17	1 / 15	1
	Forza Italia (FI)	EPP	Antonio Tajani	338,470	6.99	0.75	1 / 15	1
	Lega	ID	Roberto Vannacci	323,258	6.68	26.68	1 / 15	5
	United States of Europe (SUE)	RE	Matteo Renzi	193,565	4.00		0 / 15
	Action (A)	RE	Carlo Calenda	150,273	3.11		0 / 15
	Peace Land Dignity (PTD)	The Left	Michele Santoro	130,177	2.69		0 / 15
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			91,303	1.88	—	0 / 15	0
Valid votes				4,838,800
Blank and invalid votes				233,012
Totals				5,071,812	100.00	—	15 / 15
Eligible voters and turnout				9,808,951	51.71	6.64
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

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