The 2014 European Parliament election took place in Italy on 25 May 2014.
In Lombardy the centre-left Democratic Party was by far the largest party with 40.3% of the vote, largely distancing Forza Italia (16.9%), the Five Star Movement (15.7%) and Lega Nord (14.6%). The centre-right's tally, including also the New Centre-Right (3.7), which ran in a joint list with the Union of the Centre, and Brothers of Italy (2.8%), was 37.9%: it was the first time ever that the centre-left topped the centre-right in a regionwide election. The three most voted candidates in Lombardy were Matteo Salvini (Lega Nord, 180,844), Alessia Mosca (Democratic Party, 141,780) and Giovanni Toti (Forza Italia, 116,120).[1]
Results edit
| Party | votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 1,971,915 | 40.3 | |
| Forza Italia | 826,201 | 16.9 | |
| Five Star Movement | 769,862 | 15.7 | |
| Lega Nord | 714,835 | 14.6 | |
| New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre | 180,451 | 3.7 | |
| The Other Europe | 171,928 | 3.5 | |
| Brothers of Italy | 134,939 | 2.8 | |
| European Greens – Green Italia | 49,878 | 1.0 | |
| Italy of Values | 30,878 | 0.6 | |
| European Choice | 30.660 | 0.6 | |
| I Change – MAIE | 8,576 | 0.2 | |
| Total | 4,890,123 | 100.00 | |
Source: Ministry of the Interior