The European elections take part in Italy on 26 May 2019. Anyone aged 18 or over is eligible to vote. It’s also possible to vote from abroad if certain conditions are met.
The elections take place on Sunday 26 May 2019 in Italy.
In Italy, voters must vote in a specific polling station (indicated on the electoral card) based on their home address. Special conditions to allow voters to vote in sections other than their own may apply: for example, hospital in-patients, voters with disabilities preventing them from leaving their home or detainees.
In Italy; you have to be at least 18 years old to vote in the European elections.
Italian voters do not need to register in advance as they are automatically registered by the municipal authorities. We advise you to check that you are on the correct voting list if you have recently moved house. For non-Italian citizens, please see the section further down.
See below for non-Italian citizens.
At the relevant polling station, voters must present a valid identity document and an electoral card to be permitted to vote.
Voting by correspondence is permitted for Italian citizens residing abroad, if they are registered as such in the AIRE register. However, Italian citizens temporarily residing abroad for study, work or health treatment, must apply in advance to their municipality.
This is not possible in Italy.
Yes, you can, but you have to register to vote no later than the 90th day before the date of the elections (by 25 February 2019 at the very latest).
Voters will elect 76 Members of Parliament in 2019, three more than in the 2014 elections.
As for European elections, in Italy there are five constituencies. Voters choose among candidates on the lists of the constituency depending on their residence:
Nord Occidentale
Nord Orientale
Centrale
Meridionale
Insulare
Political parties have to clear at least 4% of the votes in order to be elected to the European Parliament. The number of MEPs elected for each constituency is established in advance, according to proportional criteria.
Under EU law, all countries must use voting systems that ensure proportional representation, which means that the number of elected members from each party depends on the share of votes obtained by the party.
Italy uses preferential voting, which gives the voters the option to indicate their preferences within the party list they choose. Candidates who receive the most preferences are more likely to be elected.
The lists of candidates should be presented for each constituency 39 or 40 days before election day. between the 40th and the 39th days prior to election Day. Before that, between the 49th and the 48th days prior to the election, the symbol of each list of candidates should have been submitted to the national authority (Ministry of Interiors). By the 36th day prior to election day, the electoral office of each constituency decides on the admissibility of the lists. The poster with all candidates listed below the relevant symbol, will be printed by the competent national authority and distributed to all municipalities to be displayed in the reserved spaces within the 8th day before the vote.
How can I vote in other countries?
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