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{{Infobox legislative election
| election_name      = 2004 European Parliament election in Italy
| country            = Italy
| ongoing            = 
| previous_election  = [[1999 European Parliament election in Italy|1999]]
| outgoing_members   = List of members of the European Parliament for Italy, 1999–2004
| next_election      = [[2009 European Parliament election in Italy|2009]]
| elected_members    = List of members of the European Parliament for Italy, 2004–2009
| seats_for_election = All 78 Italian seats to the [[European Parliament]]
| turnout            = 71.72 ({{increase}} 1.99 [[Percentage point|pp]])
| election_date      = 13 June 2004

| party1             = The Olive Tree (Italy)
| leader1            = [[Romano Prodi]]
| last_election1     = 24
| seats1             = 28
| percentage1        = 31.08

| party2             = Forza Italia (1994)
| leader2            = [[Silvio Berlusconi]]
| last_election2     = 22
| seats2             = 16
| percentage2        = 20.93

| party3             = [[National Alliance (Italy)|AN]]
| leader3            = [[Gianfranco Fini]]
| last_election3     = 8
| seats3             = 9
| percentage3        = 11.49

| party4             = [[Communist Refoundation Party|PRC]]
| leader4            = [[Fausto Bertinotti]]
| last_election4     = 4
| seats4             = 5
| percentage4        = 6.06

| party5             = [[Union of the Centre (2002)|UDC]]
| leader5            = [[Pier Ferdinando Casini]]
| last_election5     = 4
| seats5             = 5
| percentage5        = 5.89

| party6             = Lega Nord
| leader6            = [[Umberto Bossi]]
| last_election6     = 4
| seats6             = 4
| percentage6        = 4.96

| party7             = Federation of the Greens
| leader7            = [[Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio]]
| last_election7     = 2
| seats7             = 2
| percentage7        = 2.47

| party8             = [[Party of Italian Communists|PdCI]]
| leader8            = [[Oliviero Diliberto]]
| last_election8     = 2
| seats8             = 2
| percentage8        = 2.42

| party9             = Bonino List
| leader9            = [[Emma Bonino]]
| last_election9     = 7
| seats9             = 2
| percentage9        = 2.25

| party10            = Italy of Values
| leader10           = [[Antonio Di Pietro]]
| last_election10    = New
| seats10            = 2
| percentage10       = 2.14

| party11            = [[United Socialists for Europe|SUE]]
| leader11           = [[Gianni De Michelis]] 
| colour11           = {{party color|New Italian Socialist Party}}
| last_election11    = New
| seats11            = 2
| percentage11       = 2.04

| party12            = Union of Democrats for Europe
| leader12           = [[Clemente Mastella]]
| last_election12    = 1
| seats12            = 1
| percentage12       = 1.29

| party13            = [[Social Alternative|AS]]
| leader13           = [[Alessandra Mussolini]]
| last_election13    = New
| seats13            = 1
| percentage13       = 1.23

| party14            = Pensioners' Party (Italy)
| leader14           = [[Carlo Fatuzzo]]
| last_election14    = 1
| seats14            = 1
| percentage14       = 1.15

| party15            = Tricolour Flame
| leader15           = [[Luca Romagnoli]]
| last_election15    = 1
| seats15            = 1
| percentage15       = 0.73

| party16            = South Tyrolean People's Party
| leader16           = [[Elmar Pichler Rolle]]
| last_election16    = 1
| seats16            = 1
| percentage16       = 0.45

| map                = European_Election_2004_Italy.png
| map_size           = 
| map_caption        = Major party in each Province.
}}

The '''2004 European Parliament election in Italy''' was held on 12 and 13 June 2004.

Italy's highly fragmented party system made it hard to identify an overall trend, but the results were generally seen as a defeat for Italian Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]] and a victory for the centre-left opposition coalition identified with [[Romano Prodi]], who was [[President of the European Commission]] until 2004, and was widely expected to re-enter Italian politics at the [[2006 Italian general election|next election]].

The common list of [[The Olive Tree (political coalition)|The Olive Tree]], comprising mainly the [[Democrats of the Left]] and [[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy|The Daisy]] became the largest list, with an important psychological effect. However, expectations for this list were originally somewhat larger, and [[Massimo D'Alema]] had proclaimed that "''If the unity list reaches 33%, the government has to go''".

While the ''Olive Tree'''s performance was not as phenomenal as it had hoped, the test indicated a somewhat reduced support for the centre-right coalition. However, in European elections, Italians tend to vote in a more candidate-oriented way, giving their vote more easily to a candidate outside their usual party; this generally reduces the significance of these elections.

==Electoral system==
The pure [[party-list proportional representation]] was the traditional electoral system of the Italian Republic since its foundation in 1946, so it had been adopted to elect the Italian representatives to the European Parliament too. 

Two levels were used: a national level to divide seats between parties, and a constituency level to distribute them between candidates. [[Italian region]]s were united in 5 constituencies, each electing a group of deputies. 

At national level, seats were divided between party lists using the [[largest remainder method]] with [[Hare quota]]. All seats gained by each party were automatically distributed to their local [[open list]]s and their most voted candidates.

===Constituencies===
[[Image:ItalyEuroRegions.png|thumb|The five constituencies for European elections]]
Seats are allocated to party lists on a national basis using an electoral quota, with the residue given to the lists with the largest excess over whole quotas. An electoral quota is then calculated for each list and used to allocate seats to each list in each of the five electoral regions.

{|class ="wikitable"
!Electoral Region!!Administrative Regions!!Seats
|-
|North-West||[[Aosta Valley]], [[Liguria]], [[Lombardy]], [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]||23
|-
|North-East||[[Emilia-Romagna]], [[Friuli-Venezia Giulia]], [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]], [[Veneto]]||15
|-
|Central||[[Latium]], [[Marche]], [[Tuscany]], [[Umbria]]||16
|-
|Southern||[[Abruzzo]], [[Apulia]], [[Basilicata]], [[Calabria]], [[Campania]], [[Molise]]||17
|-
|Islands||[[Sardinia]], [[Sicily]]||7
|}

== Outgoing MEPs ==
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|EP Group
!Seats
!Party
!MEPs
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|European People's Party}}" rowspan="7"|
|rowspan="7"|{{nowrap|[[European People's Party–European Democrats]]}}
|rowspan="7"|{{Composition bar|34|87|hex={{party color|European People's Party}}}}
|-
|{{lang|it|[[Forza Italia (1994)|Forza Italia]]|italic=no}} 
|align=center |22 
|-
|[[Union of Christian and Centre Democrats]]  
|align=center |4
|-
|[[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy|The Daisy]]  
|align=center |4
|-
|[[Union of Democrats for Europe]]  
|align=center |2
|-
|[[Pensioners' Party (Italy)|Pensioners' Party]] 
|align=center |1 
|-
|[[South Tyrolean People's Party]]  
|align=center |1
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}" rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|[[Socialist Group in the European Parliament]]
|rowspan="3"|{{Composition bar|16|87|hex={{party color|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats}}}}
|-
|[[Democrats of the Left]]
|align=center |15
|-
|[[Italian Democratic Socialists]]
|align=center |1
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union for Europe of the Nations}}" rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|[[Union for Europe of the Nations]]
|rowspan="3"|{{Composition bar|10|87|hex={{party color|Union for Europe of the Nations}}}}
|-
|[[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]] 
|align=center |9
|-
|[[Segni Pact]] 
|align=center |1
|-
| bgcolor="gold" rowspan="5"|
|rowspan="5"|[[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group]]
|rowspan="5"|{{Composition bar|8|87|hex=gold}}
|-
|[[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy|The Daisy]] 
|align=center |4
|-
|[[Italy of Values]] 
|align=center |2
|-
|[[European Republicans Movement]]
|align=center |1
|-
|[[New Italian Socialist Party]]
|align=center |1
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|European United Left–Nordic Green Left}}" rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|[[European United Left–Nordic Green Left]]
|rowspan="3"|{{Composition bar|6|87|hex={{party color|European United Left–Nordic Green Left}}}}
|-
|[[Communist Refoundation Party]]
|align=center |4
|-
|[[Party of Italian Communists]] 
|align=center |2
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Greens–European Free Alliance}}"|
|[[Greens–European Free Alliance]]
|{{Composition bar|2|87|hex={{party color|Greens–European Free Alliance}}}}
|[[Federation of the Greens]] 
|align=center |2
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Non-Inscrits}}" rowspan="4"|
|rowspan="4"|[[Non-Inscrits]]
|rowspan="4"|{{Composition bar|11|87|hex={{party color|Non-Inscrits}}}}
|-
|[[Bonino List]] 
|align=center |7
|-
|[[Lega Nord|Northern League]] 
|align=center |3
|-
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] 
|align=center |1
|}

== Main parties and leaders ==
[[File:ElezioneBrunate.jpg|thumb|right|A poster showing party lists for the 2004 European Parliament election]]
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:left
|-
!colspan="2"|Party
!Main ideology
!Leader
!European<br>party
!Outgoing MEPs
|-
|style="background:{{party color|The Olive Tree (Italy)}}"|
|[[The Olive Tree (Italy)|The Olive Tree]] <br> 
*<small>[[Democrats of the Left]] (DS)</small>
*<small>[[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy]] (DL)</small>
*<small>[[Italian Democratic Socialists]] (SDI)</small>
*<small>[[European Republicans Movement]] (MRE)</small>
|Several 
*<small>[[Social democracy]]</small>
*<small>[[Social liberalism]]</small>
*<small>[[Social democracy]]</small>
*<small>[[Social liberalism]]</small>
|[[Romano Prodi]]
*<small>[[Piero Fassino]]</small>
*<small>[[Francesco Rutelli]]</small>
*<small>[[Enrico Boselli]]</small>
*<small>[[Luciana Sbarbati]]</small>
|Several
*<small>[[Party of European Socialists|PES]]</small>
*<small>[[European Democratic Party|EDP]]</small>
*<small>[[Party of European Socialists|PES]]</small>
*<small>[[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party|ELDR]]</small>
|{{composition bar|25|78|hex={{party color|The Olive Tree (Italy)}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Forza Italia}}"|
|[[Forza Italia (1994)|Forza Italia]] (FI)
|[[Liberal conservatism]]
|[[Silvio Berlusconi]]
|[[European People's Party|EPP]]
|{{composition bar|22|78|hex={{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}"|
|[[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]] (AN)
|[[National conservatism]]
|[[Gianfranco Fini]]
|[[Alliance for Europe of the Nations|AEN]]
|{{composition bar|9|78|hex={{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Bonino List}}"|
|[[Bonino List]] 
|[[Libertarianism]]
|[[Emma Bonino]]
|None
|{{composition bar|7|78|hex={{party color|Bonino List}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}"|
|[[Union of Christian and Centre Democrats]] (UDC)
|[[Christian democracy]]
|[[Pier Ferdinando Casini]]
|[[European People's Party|EPP]]
|{{composition bar|4|78|hex={{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}"|
|[[Communist Refoundation Party]] (PRC)
|[[Communism]]
|[[Fausto Bertinotti]]
|[[Party of the European Left|PEL]]
|{{composition bar|4|78|hex={{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Lega Nord}}"|
|[[Lega Nord|Northern League]] (LN)
|[[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]
|[[Umberto Bossi]]
|None
|{{composition bar|3|78|hex={{party color|Lega Nord}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}"|
|[[Party of Italian Communists]] (PdCI)
|[[Communism]]
|[[Oliviero Diliberto]]
|[[Party of the European Left|PEL]]
|{{composition bar|2|78|hex={{party color|Party of Italian Communists}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}"|
|[[Federation of the Greens]] (FdV)
|[[Green politics]]
|[[Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio]]
|[[European Green Party|EGP]]
|{{composition bar|2|78|hex={{party color|Federation of the Greens}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Italy of Values}}"|
|[[Italy of Values|Di Pietro–Occhetto List]]
|[[Populism]]
|[[Antonio Di Pietro]] <br> [[Achille Occhetto]]
|None
|{{composition bar|2|78|hex={{party color|Italy of Values}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Union of Democrats for Europe}}"|
|[[Union of Democrats for Europe]] (UDEUR)
|[[Christian democracy]]
|[[Clemente Mastella]]
|[[European People's Party|EPP]]
|{{composition bar|2|78|hex={{party color|Union of Democrats for Europe}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|New Italian Socialist Party}}"|
|[[United Socialists for Europe]]
|[[Social democracy]]
|[[Gianni De Michelis]] <br> [[Claudio Signorile]]
|None
|{{composition bar|1|78|hex={{party color|New Italian Socialist Party}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Pensioners' Party (Italy)}}"|
|[[Pensioners' Party (Italy)|Pensioners' Party]] (PP)
|Pensioners' interests
|[[Carlo Fatuzzo]]
|[[European Democrats|ED]]
|{{composition bar|1|78|hex={{party color|Pensioners' Party (Italy)}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Tricolour Flame}}"|
|[[Tricolour Flame]] (FT)
|[[Neo-fascism]]
|[[Luca Romagnoli]]
|None
|{{composition bar|0|78|hex={{party color|Tricolour Flame}}}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Social Alternative}}"|
|[[Social Alternative]] (AS)
|[[Neo-fascism]]
|[[Alessandra Mussolini]]
|None
|{{composition bar|0|78|hex={{party color|Social Alternative}}}}
|}

==Results==
{{Election results
|party1=[[The Olive Tree (Italy)|The Olive Tree]]|votes1=10105836|sw1=-1.53|seats1=24|sc1=-4
|party2=[[Forza Italia (1994)|Forza Italia]]|votes2=6806245|sw2=-4.23|seats2=16|sc2=-6
|party3=[[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance]]|votes3=3736606|sw3=+1.19|seats3=9|sc3=+1
|party4=[[Communist Refoundation Party]]|votes4=1969776|sw4=+1.79|seats4=5|sc4=+1
|party5=[[Union of Christian and Centre Democrats]]|votes5=1914726|sw5=+1.14|seats5=5|sc5=+1
|party6=[[Lega Nord]]|votes6=1613506|sw6=+0.48|seats6=4|sc6=0
|party7=[[Federation of the Greens]]|votes7=803356|sw7=+0.71|seats7=2|sc7=0
|party8=[[Party of Italian Communists]]|votes8=787613|sw8=+0.42|seats8=2|sc8=0
|party9=[[Bonino List]]|votes9=731536|sw9=-6.20|seats9=2|sc9=-5
|party10=[[Italy of Values]]|votes10=695179|sw10=New|seats10=2|sc10=New
|party11=[[United Socialists for Europe]]|votes11=664463|sw11=New|seats11=2|sc11=New
|party12=[[Union of Democrats for Europe|Popular Alliance – UDEUR]]|votes12=419173|sw12=+0.32|seats12=1|sc12=0
|party13=[[Social Alternative]]|votes13=400626|sw13=New|seats13=1|sc13=New
|party14=[[Pensioners' Party (Italy)|Pensioners' Party]]|votes14=374343|sw14=+0.40|seats14=1|sc14=0
|party15=[[Tricolour Flame]]|votes15=237058|sw15=-0.87|seats15=1|sc15=0
|party16=[[Italian Republican Party]] – [[The Liberals Sgarbi]]|votes16=233144|sw16=+0.18|seats16=0|sc16=-1
|party17=[[Pact of Liberal Democrats|Segni-Scognamiglio Pact]]|votes17=172556|sw17=|seats17=0|sc17=-1
|party18=[[Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda|LAL]] – [[Liga Fronte Veneto|LFV]] – [[Sardinian Action Party|PSd'Az]] – [[Union for South Tyrol|UfS]]|votes18=160101|sw18=|seats18=0|sc18=0
|party19=[[Consumers' List]]|votes19=160066|sw19=New|seats19=0|sc19=New
|party20=Abolizione Scorporo ([[Greens Greens]] – [[Federalist Greens]])|votes20=158988|sw20=New|seats20=0|sc20=New
|party21=[[South Tyrolean People's Party]]|votes21=146357|sw21=-0.05|seats21=1|sc21=0
|party22=[[Christian Democracy (Italy, 2002)|New Country]]|votes22=78003|sw22=New|seats22=0|sc22=New
|party23=[[No Euro Movement|No Euro]]|votes23=70220|sw23=New|seats23=0|sc23=New
|party24=[[Social Idea Movement]]|votes24=47171|sw24=New|seats24=0|sc24=New
|party25=Federalism ([[Valdostan Union]] – Others)|votes25=29598|sw25=|seats25=0|sc25=0
|total_sc=-9
|invalid=3201256
|electorate=49804087
|source=[http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=E&dtel=12/06/2004&tpa=Y&tpe=A&lev0=0&levsut0=0&es0=S&ms=S Ministry of the Interior]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050220174520/http://www.eurela.org/ European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)]

==See also==
* [[2009 European Parliament election in Italy]]
* [[2004 European Parliament election in Lombardy]]
{{European Parliament elections}}
{{Italian elections}}

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