1979 European Parliament election in Italy

1979 European Parliament election in Italy
10 June 1979
All 81 Italian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout85.7%
Party Leader Vote % Seats
DC Benigno Zaccagnini 36.5% 29
PCI Enrico Berlinguer 29.6% 24
PSI Bettino Craxi 11.0% 9
MSI Giorgio Almirante 5.5% 4
PSDI Pietro Longo 4.3% 4
PR Marco Pannella 3.7% 3
PLI Valerio Zanone 3.6% 3
PRI Giovanni Spadolini 2.6% 2
PdUP Luciana Castellina 1.2% 1
DP Mario Capanna 0.7% 1
SVP Silvius Magnago 0.6% 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Major party in each province

The 1979 European Parliament election in Italy was held on 10 June 1979. As the 1979 Italian general election was held on 3 June, just a week before, the lack of matching between the two elections caused much controversy for wasting public money.

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