2014 European Parliament election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol explained

The European Parliament election of 2014 took place in Italy on 25 May 2014.

The Democratic Party (PD) was by far the most voted list in Trentino (42.4%), while the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) was by far the largest party in South Tyrol (48.0%). SVP's Herbert Dorfmann, outgoing MEP, was largely the most voted candidate in the region (86,879 preference votes) as well as in both provinces (16,588 in Trentino and 70,291 in South Tyrol). In the preferences' regional tally Dorfmann was followed by Alessandra Moretti (PD, 17,746) and Oktavia Brugger (Greens–The Other Europe, 17,270).^[1] Dorfmann was the only candidate from the region to be elected (in his case, re-elected) to the European Parliament.

Results

Trentino

Party		Votes	%
	Democratic Party	93,038	42.4
	Five Star Movement	33,954	15.5
	South Tyrolean People's Party^[2]	26,402	12.0
	Forza Italia	22,293	10.1
	Lega Nord	19,732	9.0
	The Other Europe	8,413	3.8
	New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre	5,180	2.4
	Brothers of Italy	4,969	2.3
	European Greens – Green Italia	3,420	1.6
	European Choice	1,137	0.5
	Italy of Values	813	0.4
	I Change – MAIE	286	0.1
Total		219,637	100.00

South Tyrol

Party		Votes	%
	South Tyrolean People's Party	91,736	48.0
	Democratic Party	29,944	15.7
	The Other Europe^[3]	18,948	9.9
	Five Star Movement	16,829	8.8
	Lega Nord^[4]	11,438	6.0
	Forza Italia	8,995	4.7
	European Greens – Green Italia	7,515	3.9
	Brothers of Italy	2,624	1.4
	New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre	1,724	0.9
	Italy of Values	616	0.3
	European Choice	475	0.2
	I Change – MAIE	195	0.1
Total		191,039	100.00

References

Notes and References

Web site: Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT.
The list included a candidate from the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party and was endorsed by the Union for Trentino.
The list included a candidate from the South Tyrolean Greens, who did not support the European Greens – Green Italia list in dissent with the Federation of the Greens. The Greens' candidate, Oktavia Brugger, received 15,787 preference votes, thus being the most voted one in the list and one of the most voted ones in the province.
The list included a candidate from Die Freiheitlichen, Pius Leitner, who was the slate's most voted candidate in South Tyrol with 6,054 preference votes.