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President: Sergio Mattarella (PD) · Prime Minister: Giorgia Meloni (FDI) · Governing parties: FDI, LEGA, FI

Legislative elections: Chamber of Deputies, 5-year term, 3% threshold (coalitions 10%; 2008/2013/2018: 4%, within coalitions 2%, coalitions 10%), 400 seats (2008/2013/2018: 630), parallel voting system (245 PR, 147 FPTP, 8 abroad; 2008/2013/2018: PR + majority bonus + 12 abroad):


  2022 2018 2013 2008

Party

Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Fratelli d'Italia (FDI)
Brothers of Italy (a)
National conservatism  26,0 119 4,4 31 2,0 9 - -
Partito Democratico (PD)
Democratic Party
Social democracy
Christian left
19,1 69 18,7 112 25,4 297 33,2 217
Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S)
Five Star Movement
Anti-corruption politics
Direct democracy
Environmentalism
15,4 52 32,7 227 25,6 109 - -
Lega (LEGA)
League (b)
Regionalism
Right-wing populism
8,8 66 17,4 124 4,1 18 8,3 60
Forza Italia (FI)
Forward Italy (c)
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 
8,1 45 14,0 106 21,6 98 37,4 276
Azione (AZ)
Action
Liberalism 7,8 12 - - - - - -
Italia Viva (IV)
Italy Alive
Liberalism 9 - - - - - -
Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra (AVS)
Greens and Left Alliance
Democratic socialism
Green politics
3,6 12 - - - - - -
Pił Europa (+EU)
More Europe (d)
Liberalism 2,8 2 2,6 3 - - PD (6)
Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (PRC)
Communist Refoundation Party (e)
Communism
Socialism
1,4 - 1,1 - RC - SA -
Noi Moderati (NM)
Us Moderates (f)
Christian democracy
Liberal conservatism 
0,9 7 1,3 4 - - - -
Impegno Civico (IC)
Civic Commitment
Centrism 0,6 1 - - - - - -
Südtiroler Volkspartei (SVP)
South Tyrolean People's Party (g)
Minority interests (GER/LAD)
Christian democracy 
0,4 3 0,4 4 0,4 5 0,4 2
Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI)
Italian Communist Party (h)
Communism  0,1 - PaP - RC - SA -
Europa Verde-Verdi (EV)
Green Europe-Greens
Green politics AVS (7) INS - RC - SA -
Articolo Uno (ART1)
Article One
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
PD (4) LEU (7) - - - -
Sinistra Italiana (SI)
Italian Left (i)
Democratic socialism AVS (4) LEU (3) 3,2 37 SA -
Noi con Italia (NCI)
We with Italy
Christian democracy
Liberal conservatism
NM (3) NCI (3) - - - -
Italia al Centro (IAC)
Italy in the Centre
Liberal conservatism NM (2) - - - - - -
Centro Democratico (CD)
Centre Democrats
Centrism IC (1) +EU (1) 0,5 6 - -
Unione di Centro (UDC)
Union of the Centre
Christian democracy
Social conservatism 
NM (1) NCI - 1,8 8 5,6 36
Coraggio Italia (CI)
Courage Italy
Liberal conservatism
Liberalism
NM (1) - - - - - -
Partito Socialista Italiano (PSI)
Italian Socialist Party
Social democracy PD - PD/INS (1)/- PD (4) 1,0 -
Partito Autonomista Trentino Tirolese (PATT)
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
Regionalism
Christian democracy 
SVP - SVP (1) SVP (1) SVP -
Sud chiama Nord (SCN)
South calls North
Regionalism - 1 - - - - - -
Liberi e Uguali (LEU)
Free and Equal
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
- - 3,4 14 - - - -
Italia Europa Insieme (INSIEME)
Italy Europe Together
Social democracy
Green politics
- - 0,6 1 - - - -
Civica Popolare (CP)
Popular Civic List
Christian democracy
Centrism
- - 0,5 2 - - - -
Alternativa Popolare (AP)
Popular Alternative
Christian democracy
Conservatism 
- - CP (2) - - - -
Possibile (POS)
Possible
Social democracy
Environmentalism
- - LEU (1) - - - -
Area Civica (AC)
Civic Area
Social liberalism - - INS (1) - - - -
Direzione Italia (DI)
Direction Italy
Conservatism - - NCI (1) - - - -
Scelta Civica (SC)
Civic Choice
Liberalism
Christian democracy
- - NCI - 8,3 39 - -
Italia dei Valori (IDV)
Italy of Values (j)
Anti-corruption politics
Centrism
- - CP - 2,2 - 4,4 29
Movimento per le Autonomie (MPA)
Movement for Autonomies
Regionalism
Christian democracy
- - NCI - 0,4 - 1,1 8
La Sinistra-L'Arcobaleno (SA)
The Left-The Rainbow
Socialism
Green politics 
- - - - - - 3,1 -
Abroad (k) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 1
Aosta (l) - 1 M5S (1) - 1 - 1
Others 5,0 - 2,9 - 4,5 - 5,5 -
Total - 400 - 630 - 630 - 630
Turnout 63,8% 72,9 75,2% 80,5%

© 2022 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Ministero dell'Interno (www.elezioni.interno.it).  For full coverage, click here (1946-present). Notes: (a) 2013: Brothers of Italy-National Centre-Right (FDI); (b) 2008/2013: League North (LN); (c) 2013: The People of Freedom (PDL); (d) 2008: Italian Radicals (RI); (e) 2018: Power to the People (PaP); 2022: People's Union (UP); (f) 2018: We with Italy-UDC (NCI-UDC); (g) 2018/2022: South Tyroean People's Party-Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (SVP-PATT); (h) 2008/2013: Party of Italian Communists (PDCI); (i) 2008: Democratic Left (SD); 2013: Left Ecology Freedom (SEL); (j) 2013: Civil Revolution (RC); (k) Separate constituency; 2008/2013/2018/2022: Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE); South American Union of Italian Emigrants (USEI) (2008/2022: MAIE 1 MP; 2013: MAIE/USEI 2/1 MPs; 2018: MAIE/USEI 1/1 MP); (l) Separate constituency; 2008: Autonomy Liberty Democracy (ALD); 2013/2022: Aosta Valley (VdA) (2008: Independent MP; 2013: Stella Alpina (SA), 1 MP; 2022: Valdostan Union (UV), 1 MP).