European elections 2024, here is the number of seats due to Italy

The number of seats due to Italy for the 2024 European Elections was announced in the Official Journal: here are the exact figures.

This announcement, contained in Decree of the President of the Republic dated 10 April 2024clearly outlines the allocation of seats to the different constituencies.

The constituencies, as defined in Table A attached to law of 24 January 1979, n. 18 and related amendments, receive a specific number of seats.

So let’s find out more about the division and distribution of “available seats” among future members of the European Parliament.

European elections 2024, here is the number of seats due to Italy

In Italy there are five European electoral constituencies, each with a number of seats assigned based on the resident population. Parties can present a maximum number of candidates equal to the number of seats assigned to the constituency.

Voters can only vote for candidates on the list of their constituency of residence: North Western, North Eastern, Central, Southern, or Insular.

Here is a snapshot of the allocation of seats to the constituencies:

• I. North-Western Italy (Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy): 20 seats.
• II. North-eastern Italy (Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna): 15 seats.
• III. central Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Lazio): 15 seats.
• IV. southern Italy (Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria): 18 seats.
• V. Insular Italy (Sicily, Sardinia): 8 seats.
• Total: 76 seats.

Here is the attachment with the complete table.

It should be noted that constituencies often produce remains in the calculation of the seats due. These remainders represent the fractions of the electoral quotients that are not sufficient to assign an entire seat. To avoid penalizing constituencies with higher remainders, an additional seat is assigned to constituencies with higher remainders.

It should therefore be noted in the table that some remains, marked with an asterisk they brought to the assignment of an additional seat

to the corresponding constituency.

Some information on the electoral round European elections in Italy are scheduled for 8 and 9 June 2024. To participate in the vote you must be at least 18 years old. Italian citizens residing in other EU member states

they can choose to vote in their country of residence, provided they meet certain requirements. According to European electoral law, all member countries must usea proportional electoral system . In Italy, it is adoptedthe preferential vote which allows voters to indicateup to three preferences with

the obligation to choose candidates of different sex in the case of two or three preferences. Applicants must be at least 25 years old

by election day, and can be Italian citizens or residents in Italy and registered on the appropriate lists, provided they satisfy the eligibility requirements for the European Parliament.Political parties or groups

they must deposit their stamps with the Ministry of the Interior and present their lists of candidates at the electoral offices of the Courts of Appeal of the district capitals. The lists finally they must be signed by a specific number of voters, with a minimum representation of 10% for each region that makes up the constituency. In order to be elected, the lists must obtain

at least 4% of valid votes at national level.