Rome, 7 June 2024 – What will it be like form that every voter will find himself in front of8 and 9 Junewhen he votes for European elections 2024 (from 2pm to 10pm on Saturday and from 7am to 11pm on Sunday)? A premise: it will not be the same for everyone. The color, name, but also the number and order of the lists contained within it will change depending on the region of residence. For the occasion, in fact, Italy was divided into five areas, called constituencies, which group together different regions of Italy. There are therefore five facsimile different from each other.
Summary
Electoral constituency III – Central Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Lazio)
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He elects throughout Italy 76 European parliamentarians. Each constituency, based on the electoral law, is assigned a certain number number of seats: 20 per north-western Italy (Valle d’Aosta, Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy), 15 per lNorth Eastern Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna), 15 forcentral Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), 18 forsouthern Italy (Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria), 8 forInsular Italy (Sicily, Sardinia). Each political party or group was able to present a maximum number of candidates on its list corresponding to the total assigned to the constituency.
Electoral constituency I – North-Western Italy (Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta, Liguria, Lombardy). The card is grey and inside it the voter will find 12 symbolscorresponding to the parties League for Salvini Prime Minister, Popular Alternative, Forza Italia, United States of Europe, Freedom of Cateno De Luca, 5 Star Movement, Peace Earth Dignity, Rassemblement Valdotain, Left Green Alliance, Action with Calenda, Democratic Party, Brothers of Italy.
Constituency I – north-western Italy (Piedmont, Valle d’Aosta, Liguria, Lombardy)
Electoral constituency II – North-eastern Italy (Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna). The card is colored browninside 12 symbols. Forza Italia, Peace Earth Dignity, Democratic Party, Südtiroler Volkspartei, 5 Star Movement, Brothers of Italy, United States of Europe, Freedom of Cateno De Luca, Action with Calenda, Popular Alternative, Left Green Alliance, League for Salvini Prime Minister.
Electoral constituency II – North-eastern Italy (Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna)
Electoral constituency III – Central Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Lazio). The card is ruby red (fuchsia), with 12 symbols: Freedom of Cateno De Luca, League for Salvini prime minister, Sovereign and popular democracy, Brothers of Italy, 5 Star Movement, Peace Earth Dignity, Forza Italia, Popular alternative, Democratic Party, Green Left Alliance, United States of Europe, Action with Calendar.
Electoral constituency III – Central Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Lazio)
Electoral constituency IV – Southern Italy (Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria). Here the card is colored orange, 12 the lists: Lega Salvini Premier, Peace Earth Dignity, Action with Calenda, Brothers of Italy, Freedom of Cateno De Luca, Animalist Party, Popular Alternative, Forza Italia, Green Left Alliance, Democratic Party, 5 Star Movement, United States of America Europe.
Electoral constituency IV – Southern Italy (Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria)
Electoral constituency V – Insular Italy (Sicily, Sardinia). The card is colored rose and this time there are 11 symbols. Left Green Alliance, Salvini Premier League, Peace Earth Dignity, 5 Star Movement, United States of Europe, Forza Italia, Brothers of Italy, Action with Calenda, Popular Alternative, Democratic Party, Freedom of Cateno De Luca.
Electoral constituency V – Insular Italy (Sicily, Sardinia)
You vote by drawing an X on the mark of the chosen list, or in the rectangle that contains it, using the copying pencil made available at the polling station. If you draw a mark across multiple list marks, the vote And null. Next to the chosen list you can indicate up to three preferred candidates.
In the graph below the valid vote simulations.
European elections 2024, valid voting simulations
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For their candidates to be admitted to Parliament, the lists must have achieved at least 4% of valid votes expressed at a national level. The seats are distributed proportionally among the lists, which in turn will ensure them for the candidates based on their position on the list and preferences.
Voters can in fact indicate within the same list, from one to three preferencesvoting in the case of two or three preferences, candidates of different sexes. If the voter expresses multiple preferences for candidates who are all of the same sex, the preferences following the first are cancelled.
In the absence of preferences, the vote goes only to the list. You can’t do the so-called ‘split votethat is, you cannot cross out the symbol of one list and give preferences to a candidate from another list.
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