In absolute terms, the difference was more than five million votes, but the S&D won only 14 more MEPs than the EPP. In Italy, the S&D needed about 370,000 voters to gain one MEP, more than 14 times as many as the EPP needed in Luxembourg.
另一个极端是意大利。在意大利，S&D赢得41%的选票，而欧洲人民党为22%。从绝对数目衡量，差距在500万票以上，但S&D只比欧洲人民党多获得14个欧洲议会席位。在意大利，S&D需要大约370,000票才能获得一个欧洲议会席位，比欧洲人民党在卢森堡的成本大14倍。