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 regions 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 lists and their most voted candidates.
Constituencies 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. == Outgoing MEPs ==