2022 Italian general election
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All 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (C)All 200 elective seats in the Senate of the Republic (S) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 46,021,956 (C) · 45,210,950 (S) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 63.9% (9.0 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A general election was held in Italy on 25 September 2022. The 2022 Italian government crisis, which led to the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, resulted in President Sergio Mattarella dissolving the Italian Parliament on 21 July, eight months before its natural expiration, and calling for new elections. Draghi continued to head the government as caretaker Prime Minister. The election saw the centre-right coalition, led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy, a political party with neo-fascist roots, winning an absolute majority of Parliament seats. Meloni was appointed Prime Minister of Italy on 22 October and became the first woman to hold that position.
Parties and leaders
| Coalition | Party | Ideology | Leader/s | Seats at last election | Seats at dissolution | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputies | Senators | Total MPs | Deputies | Senators | Total MPs | ||||||
| Centre-right coalition | League (Lega) | Right-wing populism | Matteo Salvini | 125
|
58
|
183
|
132
|
60
|
192
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| Forza Italia (FI) | Liberal conservatism | Silvio Berlusconi | 104
|
57
|
161
|
82
|
48
|
130
| |||
| Brothers of Italy (FdI) | National conservatism | Giorgia Meloni | 32
|
18
|
50
|
37
|
21
|
58
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| Us Moderates (NM) | Liberal conservatism | Maurizio Lupi | 3
|
3
|
6
|
23
|
12
|
35
| |||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party | Social democracy | Enrico Letta | 120
|
55
|
175
|
97
|
39
|
136
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| Civic Commitment (IC) | Centrism | Luigi Di Maio | — | — | — | 54
|
11
|
65
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| Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) | Eco-socialism | Angelo Bonelli | — | — | — | 6
|
1
|
7
| |||
| More Europe (+E) | Liberalism | Emma Bonino | 3
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
1
| ||||
| Five Star Movement (M5S) | Populism | Giuseppe Conte | 227
|
112
|
339
|
104
|
61
|
165
| |||
| Action – Italia Viva (A–IV) | Liberalism | Carlo Calenda | — | — | — | 46
|
18
|
64
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| People's Union (UP) | Left-wing populism | Luigi de Magistris | — | — | — | 4
|
2
|
6
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| Italexit | Euroscepticism | Gianluigi Paragone | — | — | — | 1
|
4
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5
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| Italia Sovrana e Popolare (ISP) | Sovereigntism | Marco Rizzo | — | — | — | — | 2
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2
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Results
Overall results
| Coalition | Party | Proportional | First-past-the-post | Overseas | Total seats |
+/− | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||
| Centre-right coalition | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 25.99 | 69 | 43.79 | 49 | 26.00 | 1 | 119 | +87 | |||||
| League (Lega) | 8.77 | 23 | 42 | 1 | 66 | –59 | ||||||||
| Forza Italia (FI) | 8.11 | 22 | 23 | – | 45 | –59 | ||||||||
| Us Moderates (NM) | 0.91 | – | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | +3 | ||||||
| Total seats | 114 | 121 | 2 | 237 | –28 | |||||||||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party (PD) | 19.07 | 57 | 26.13 | 8 | 28.20 | 4 | 69 | –43 | |||||
| Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) | 3.63 | 11 | 1 | 4.89 | – | 12 | New | |||||||
| More Europe (+E) | 2.83 | – | 2 | 2.76 | – | 2 | –1 | |||||||
| Civic Commitment (IC) | 0.60 | – | 1 | 1.07 | – | 1 | New | |||||||
| Aosta Valley (VdA) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | +1 | |||
| Total seats | 68 | 13 | 4 | 85 | –37 | |||||||||
| Five Star Movement (M5S) | 15.43 | 41 | 15.43 | 10 | 8.61 | 1 | 52 | –175 | ||||||
| Action – Italia Viva (A–IV) | 7.79 | 21 | 7.79 | – | 5.58 | – | 21 | New | ||||||
| South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT (SVP–PATT) | 0.42 | 1 | 0.42 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | –1 | |||||
| South calls North (ScN) | 0.76 | – | 0.76 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | New | |||||
| Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13.04 | 1 | 1 | −1 | ||||
| Total | 400 | –230 | ||||||||||||
Senate of the Republic
Overall results
| Coalition | Party | Proportional | First-past-the-post | Overseas | Total seats |
+/− | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||
| Centre-right coalition | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 26.02 | 34 | 44.02 | 31 | 27.05 | – | 65 | +47 | |||||
| League (Lega) | 8.85 | 13 | 17 | – | 30 | –28 | ||||||||
| Forza Italia (FI) | 8.27 | 9 | 9 | – | 18 | –39 | ||||||||
| Us Moderates (NM) | 0.89 | – | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | –2 | ||||||
| Total seats | 56 | 59 | – | 115 | –22 | |||||||||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party (PD) | 18.96 | 31 | 25.99 | 6 | 33.98 | 3 | 40 | –13 | |||||
| Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) | 3.53 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | New | ||||||
| More Europe (+E) | 2.94 | – | – | — | — | — | – | –1 | ||||||
| Total seats | 34 | 7 | 3 | 44 | –16 | |||||||||
| Five Star Movement (M5S) | 15.55 | 23 | 15.55 | 5 | 9.34 | – | 28 | –84 | ||||||
| Action – Italia Viva (A–IV) | 7.73 | 9 | 7.73 | – | 6.98 | – | 9 | New | ||||||
| South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT (SVP–PATT) | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | –1 | |||
| South calls North (ScN) | 0.99 | – | 0.99 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | New | |||||
| Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.73 | 1 | 1 | ±0 | ||||
| Total | 200 | −115 | ||||||||||||