The 2022 Italian general election was held on 25 September, resulting in a majority of seats of both houses of the Italian Parliament for the centre-right coalition. The Meloni Cabinet was announced on 21 October and was officially sworn in on the next day. The first Cabinet headed by a female Prime Minister of Italy, it was variously described as a shift to the political right, as well as the first far-right-led Italian government since World War II. The Meloni Cabinet successfully won the confidence votes on 25–26 October with a comfortable majority in both houses of Parliament.
Voter turnout Voter turnout was the lowest in the history of republican Italy at 63.9%, about 9 percentage points below the 2018 election.
RegionTime12:0019:0023:00Abruzzo17.16%51.38%63.99%Aosta Valley19.92%48.76%60.59%Apulia16.80%42.57%56.56%Basilicata13.86%41.27%58.77%Calabria12.84%36.91%50.80%Campania12.44%38.70%53.27%Emilia-Romagna23.46%59.74%71.97%Friuli-Venezia Giulia21.68%56.20%66.21%Lazio20.83%53.42%64.34%Liguria21.89%53.44%64.19%Lombardy22.42%58.34%70.09%Marche20.15%55.69%68.39%Molise13.00%44.04%56.54%Piedmont20.47%53.60%66.35%Sardinia15.58%40.96%53.17%Sicily14.77%41.89%57.34%Tuscany22.31%58.06%69.75%Trentino-Alto Adige18.93%52.54%66.04%Umbria20.09%56.07%68.83%Veneto22.13%57.57%70.17%Total19.21%51.14%63.91%Source: Ministry of the Interior
Chamber of Deputies Vote and seats share
Results by constituency + FPTP results by constituencyConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonCDXCSXM5SSVP–PATTScNAbruzzo33Aosta Valley11Apulia1091Basilicata11Calabria541Campania 177Campania 277Emilia-Romagna1174Friuli-Venezia Giulia33Lazio 1972Lazio 255Liguria431Lombardy 1972Lombardy 255Lombardy 355Lombardy 444Marche44Molise11Piedmont 1541Piedmont 255Sardinia44Sicily 1651Sicily 2651Trentino-Alto Adige422Tuscany972Umbria22Veneto 155Veneto 277Total147121131021Source: Ministry of the Interior + Proportional results by constituencyConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonCDXCSXM5SA–IVSVP–PATTMAIEAbruzzo6321Apulia177451Basilicata3111Calabria8422Campania 1133361Campania 2114331Emilia-Romagna188622Friuli-Venezia Giulia5311Lazio 1157422Lazio 27421Liguria6321Lombardy 1167522Lombardy 295121Lombardy 395211Lombardy 47421Marche6321Molise11Piedmont 1104411Piedmont 29521Sardinia7322Sicily 194131Sicily 2115231Trentino-Alto Adige3111Tuscany156522Umbria422Veneto 18521Veneto 2127311Overseas82411Total25311672422111Source: Ministry of the Interior
Senate of the Republic Vote and seats share
Results by constituency + FPTP results by constituencyConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonCDXCSXM5SSVP–PATTScNAbruzzo11Aosta Valley11Apulia55Basilicata11Calabria22Campania734Emilia-Romagna532Friuli-Venezia Giulia11Lazio66Liguria22Lombardy11101Marche22Molise11Piedmont541Sardinia22Sicily6411Trentino-Alto Adige6222Tuscany431Umbria11Veneto55Total74597521Source: Ministry of the Interior + Proportional results by constituencyConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonCDXCSXM5SA–IVMAIEAbruzzo3111Apulia8422Basilicata211Calabria4211Campania114241Emilia-Romagna94311Friuli-Venezia Giulia321Lazio126321Liguria3111Lombardy2010622Marche3111Molise11Piedmont94311Sardinia3111Sicily104231Tuscany83311Umbria211Veneto116311Overseas431Total12656372391Source: Ministry of the Interior
Analysis of proportionality Using the Gallagher index, the disproportionality of both houses was 12.31 and 10.83. For comparison, the disproportionality in the 2018 election was 5.50 and 6.12.
+ Chamber of DeputiesCoalitionVote shareSeat shareDifferenceDifference²Centre-right coalition43.7859.25239.32Centre-left coalition26.1321.2523.81Five Star Movement15.4313.005.90Action – Italia Viva7.795.256.45SVP–PATT0.420.750.11South calls North0.760.250.26MAIE0.480.250.05Others5.210.0027.14TOTAL303.04TOTAL /2151.5212.31 + Senate of the RepublicCoalitionVote shareSeat shareDifferenceDifference²Centre-right coalition44.0257.50181.71Centre-left coalition25.9922.0015.92Five Star Movement15.5514.002.40Action – Italia Viva7.734.5010.43SVP–PATT0.411.000.34South calls North0.990.500.24MAIE0.480.500.00Others4.830.0023.33TOTAL234.37TOTAL /2117.8510.83
Leaders' races CoalitionPartyNameConstituencyVotes%PositionResultCentre-rightFdI Giorgia Meloni L'Aquila ()104,82351.491st ElectedLega Matteo Salvini Apulia ()1st ElectedFI Silvio Berlusconi Monza ()231,44050.261st ElectedNM Maurizio Lupi Lecco ()131,30554.801st ElectedCentre-leftPD Enrico LettaVeneto ()1st ElectedAVS Angelo Bonelli Imola ()90,00438.341st Elected+E Emma Bonino Rome (XIV) ()182,23933.212nd Not electedIC Luigi Di Maio Fuorigrotta ()41,74324.422nd Not electedFive Star Movement Giuseppe ConteLombardy ()2nd ElectedAction – Italia VivaCarlo Calenda Rome (XIV) ()77,21114.073rd Not electedLazio ()1st ElectedSouth calls North Cateno De Luca Catania ()60,06714.443rd Not elected
Electorate demographics Sociology of the electorateDemographicCentre-rightCentre-leftM5SA–IVOthersTurnoutTotal vote43.8%26.1%15.4%7.8%6.9%63.8%SexMen48.6%20.3%15.2%8.6%7.3%63.1%Women38.9%32.0%15.6%6.9%6.6%58.5%Age18–34 years old25.0%37.9%20.9%8.5%7.7%57.3%35–49 years old49.6%21.0%17.4%5.7%6.3%57.6%50–64 years old45.6%22.5%16.6%6.9%8.4%65.2%65 or older51.9%24.3%8.8%9.9%5.1%61.8%OccupationStudent19.1%44.5%24.8%8.0%3.6%64.5%Unemployed43.5%22.3%23.5%3.3%7.4%52.2%Housewife51.1%19.9%19.0%5.4%4.6%63.0%Blue-collar56.5%15.7%16.4%3.9%7.5%56.6%White-collar38.4%30.7%13.8%10.8%6.3%67.2%Self-employed 43.3%16.0%15.8%7.5%17.4%70.0%Manager 42.6%28.2%11.6%12.3%5.3%74.1%Retired44.4%30.5%9.9%9.0%6.2%59.9%EducationElementary school53.8%18.0%16.7%5.2%6.3%54.8%High school42.4%25.5%16.1%7.4%8.6%64.2%University28.8%40.7%11.3%14.3%4.9%71.1%Economic conditionLower49.2%14.4%25.0%3.4%8.0%50.6%Middle-lower50.1%19.7%18.2%5.2%6.8%52.7%Middle41.7%28.9%14.0%7.9%7.5%64.0%Upper-middle37.1%32.6%11.4%11.5%7.4%71.7%Upper41.1%34.8%10.2%11.7%2.2%72.5%Source: Ipsos Italia
See also Results of the 1996 Italian general election
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