National-level elections in Italy are called periodically to form a parliament consisting of two houses: the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) with 400 members; and the Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica) with 200 elected members, plus a few appointed senators for life. Italy is a parliamentary republic: the President of the Republic is elected for a seven-year term by the two houses of Parliament in joint session, together with special electors appointed by the Regional Councils.
Italy had a mixed-member majoritarian system in place between 1993 and 2005. The 2006 elections were the first elections conducted under a closed-list proportional system rather than a mixed system.
The most recent Italian general election was held on 25 September 2022.
2022 general election The last general election was held on 25 September 2022.
The centre-right coalition, in which Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy emerged as the main political force, won an absolute majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate of the Republic. The centre-left coalition, the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the centrist Action - Italia Viva came in second, third and fourth respectively. Chamber of Deputies CoalitionPartyProportionalFirst-past-the-postAosta ValleyOverseasTotalseatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsBrothers of Italy 7,302,517 26.00 69 12,300,244 43.79 49 16,016 28.80 0 281,949 26.001 119Lega (political party) 2,464,005 8.77 23 42 0 1 66Forza Italia (2013) 2,278,217 8.11 22 23 0 0 45Us Moderates 255,505 0.91 0 7 0 0 0 0 7Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy 5,356,180 19.07 57 7,337,975 26.13 8 0 0 0 305,759 28.20 4 69Greens and Left Alliance 1,018,669 3.63 11 1 0 0 0 52,994 4.89 0 12More Europe 793,961 2.83 0 2 0 0 0 29,971 2.76 0 2Civic Commitment 169,165 0.60 0 1 0 0 0 11,590 1.07 0 1Five Star Movement 4,333,972 15.43 41 4,333,972 15.43 10 0 0 0 93,338 8.61 1 52Action – Italia Viva 2,186,669 7.79 21 2,186,669 7.79 0 0 0 0 60,499 5.58 0 21South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT 117,010 0.42 1 117,010 0.42 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 South calls North 212,685 0.76 0 212,685 0.76 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Aosta Valley (political coalition) 0 0 0 0 0 0 20,763 38.63 1 0 0 0 1 Associative Movement of Italians Abroad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141,356 13.04 1 1Others 1,599,227 5.68 0 1,599,227 5.68 0 16,967 32.57 0 106,847 9.85 0 0Total 28,087,782 100.00 245 28,087,782 100.00 146 53,746 100.00 1 1,084,303 100.00 8 400 Senate of the Republic CoalitionPartyProportionalFirst-past-the-postAosta ValleyTrentino-Alto AdigeOverseasTotalseatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsBrothers of Italy 7,167,136 26.01 34 12,129,547 44.02 31 18,509 34.05 0 137,015 27.24 0 294,712 27.05 0 65Lega (political party) 2,439,200 8.85 13 14 1 1 0 29Forza Italia (2013) 2,279,802 8.27 9 9 0 0 0 18Us Moderates 243,409 0.88 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy 5,226,732 18.96 31 7,161,688 25.99 4 0 0 0 149,682 29,29 1 370,262 33.98 3 39Greens and Left Alliance 972,316 3.53 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 00 4Campobase 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1Others 972,214 3.53 0 0 0 0 0 0 14,610 1.34 0 0Five Star Movement 4,285,894 15.55 23 4,285,894 15.55 5 0 0 0 28,355 5.64 0 101,794 9.34 0 28 Action – Italia Viva 2,131,310 7.73 9 2,131,310 7.73 0 0 0 0 6,782 1.35 0 76,070 6.98 0 9 South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116,003 23.06 2 0 0 0 2 South calls North 271,549 0.99 0 271,549 0.99 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Associative Movement of Italians Abroad 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 138,758 12.73 1 1Others 2,119,823 5,72 0 2,119,823 5,72 0 35,850 65.95 0 65.117 13.42 093,107 8.54 0 0Total 27,569,675 100.00 122 27,569,675 100.00 67 54,359 100.00 1 502,954 100.00 6 1,090,147 100.00 4 200
Italian Republic general election results voter turnout YearVoter turnoutVotersRegistered votersPopulationInvalid votes194689.08%24,947,18728,005,44944,994,0007.70%194892.23%26,854,20329,117,55445,706,0002.20%195393.87%28,410,85130,267,08047,756,0004.30%195893.72%30,399,70832,436,02249,041,0002.80%196392.88%31,766,05834,201,66050,498,0003.20%196892.79%33,003,24935,566,68152,910,0003.60%197293.18%34,524,10637,049,65454,410,0003.20%197693.37%37,741,40440,423,13155,701,0002.70%197990.35%38,112,22842,181,66456,292,0003.90%198389.02%39,114,32143,936,53456,836,0005.70%198788.86%40,599,49045,689,82957,345,0004.90%199287.44%41,479,76447,435,96456,859,0005.40%199486.14%41,461,26048,135,04157,049,0005.90%199682.91%40,496,43848,846,23857,239,0007.80%200181.44%40,195,50049,358,94757,684,2947.20%200683.62%39,298,49746,997,60158,103,0332.90%200880.54%37,954,25347,126,32658,147,7335.10%201375.19%35,271,54146,905,15461,482,2973.59%201872.93%33,923,32146,505,49960,589,4454.33%202263.85%29,385,11146,021,95658,983,0004.38%
Graph of the results of the Italian Republic general elections
This graph shows the results of elections held in Italy from 1946 to 2018, with the percentages of consensus gathered by the various parties and movements displayed by color. Passing your mouse over the different colored sections will display the name of the grouping and the percentage in the corresponding election. Clicking on a region will direct you to the article on the party or election selected. This other graph shows, instead, the elections from 1946 to 2022 relative to the total eligible voters; providing an illustration of the phenomenon of electoral abstentionism.
List of presidential elections Provisional Head of State
1946 Italian presidential election 1947 Italian presidential election
President of the Republic 1948 Italian presidential election 1955 Italian presidential election 1962 Italian presidential election 1964 Italian presidential election 1971 Italian presidential election 1978 Italian presidential election 1985 Italian presidential election 1992 Italian presidential election 1999 Italian presidential election 2006 Italian presidential election 2013 Italian presidential election 2015 Italian presidential election 2022 Italian presidential election
List of general elections
Kingdom of Italy 27 January–3 February 1861 Italian general election 22–29 October 1865 Italian general election 10–17 March 1867 Italian general election 20–27 November 1870 Italian general election 8–15 November 1874 Italian general election 5–12 November 1876 Italian general election 16–23 May 1880 Italian general election 29 October–5 November 1882 Italian general election 23–30 May 1886 Italian general election 23–30 November 1890 Italian general election 6–13 November 1892 Italian general election 26 May–2 June 1895 Italian general election 21–28 March 1897 Italian general election 3–10 June 1900 Italian general election 6–13 November 1904 Italian general election 7–14 March 1909 Italian general election 26 October–2 November 1913 Italian general election 16 November 1919 Italian general election 15 May 1921 Italian general election 6 April 1924 Italian general election 24 March 1929 Italian general election 25 March 1934 Italian general election
Italian Republic 2–3 June 1946 Italian general election 18 April 1948 Italian general election 7 June 1953 Italian general election 25 May 1958 Italian general election 28 April 1963 Italian general election 19 May 1968 Italian general election 7 May 1972 Italian general election 20 June 1976 Italian general election 3 June 1979 Italian general election 26 June 1983 Italian general election 14–15 June 1987 Italian general election 5–6 April 1992 Italian general election 27–28 March 1994 Italian general election 21 April 1996 Italian general election 13 May 2001 Italian general election 9–10 April 2006 Italian general election 13–14 April 2008 Italian general election 24–25 February 2013 Italian general election 4 March 2018 Italian general election 25 September 2022 Italian general election
List of European Parliament elections 10 June 1979 European Parliament election in Italy 17 June 1984 European Parliament election in Italy 18 June 1989 European Parliament election in Italy 12 June 1994 European Parliament election in Italy 13 June 1999 European Parliament election in Italy 13 June 2004 European Parliament election in Italy 6–7 June 2009 European Parliament election in Italy 25 May 2014 European Parliament election in Italy 26 May 2019 European Parliament election in Italy 8-9 June 2024 European Parliament election in Italy
List of regional elections
20 April 1947 Sicilian regional election 24 April–8 May 1949 Italian regional elections 3 June 1951 Sicilian regional election 14 June 1953 Sardinian regional election 6 November 1954 Valdostan regional election 5 June 1955 Sicilian regional election 16 June 1957 Sardinian regional election 17 May–7 June 1959 Italian regional elections 18 June 1961 Sardinian regional election 9 June–27 October 1963 Italian regional elections 10 May–15 November 1964 Italian regional elections 13 June 1965 Sardinian regional election 11 June 1967 Sicilian regional election 21 April and 26 May and 17 November 1968 Italian regional elections 15 June 1969 Sardinian regional election 7–8 June 1970 Italian regional elections 13 June 1971 Sicilian regional election 10 June–17 June and 18 November1973 Italian regional elections 16 June 1974 Sardinian regional election 15–16 June 1975 Italian regional elections 20 June 1976 Sicilian regional election 25 June and 19 November 1978 Italian regional elections 17 June 1979 Sardinian regional election 8–9 June 1980 Italian regional elections 21 June 1981 Sicilian regional election 26 June and 20 November 1983 Italian regional elections 24 June 1984 Sardinian regional election 12–13 May 1985 Italian regional elections 22 June 1986 Sicilian regional election 26–27 June and 20 November 1988 Italian regional elections 11 June 1989 Sardinian regional election 6–7 May 1990 Italian regional elections 16 June 1991 Sicilian regional election 6 June and 21 November 1993 Italian regional elections 12–26 June 1994 Sardinian regional election 23 April 1995 Italian regional elections 16 June 1996 Sicilian regional election 31 May and 14 June and 22 November 1998 Italian regional elections 13–27 June 1999 Sardinian regional election 16 April 2000 Italian regional elections 24 June and 11 November 2001 Italian regional elections 8 June and 28 October 2003 Italian regional elections 12–13 June 2004 Sardinian regional election 3–4 April 2005 Italian regional elections 28 May and 5–6 November 2006 Italian regional elections 13–14 April and 25 May and 26 October and 9 November and 14–15 December 2008 Italian regional elections 15–16 February 2009 Sardinian regional election 28–29 March 2010 Italian regional elections 16–17 October 2011 Molise regional election 28 October 2012 Sicilian regional election 24–25 February and 17–18 November and 21–22 April and 26 May and 27 October 2013 Italian regional elections 16 February and 25 May and 23 November 2014 Italian regional elections 31 May 2015 Italian regional elections 5 November 2017 Sicilian regional election 4 March and 22 April and 29 April and 20 May and 21 October 2018 Italian regional elections 10 February and 24 February and 24 March and 26 May and 27 October 2019 Italian regional elections 26 January and 20–21 September 2020 Italian regional elections 3–4 October 2021 Italian regional elections 25 September 2022 Sicilian regional election 12–13 February and 2–3 April and 25–26 June and 22 October 2023 Italian regional elections
Referendums
Overview The constitution of Italy provides for two kinds of binding referendums.
A legislative referendum can be called in order to abrogate a law totally or partially, if requested by 500,000 electors or five regional councils. This kind of referendum is valid only if at least a majority of electors goes to the polling station. It is forbidden to call a referendum regarding financial laws or laws relating to pardons or the ratification of international treaties.