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This page gathers the results of elections in Italy.
Italy elects, on national level, a Parliament consisting of two houses, the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) (630 members) and the Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica) (315 elected members, plus a few senators for life). The President of the Republic is elected for a seven-year term by the Parliament houses in joint session.
In Italy there are two main political coalitions, but historically there are many parties. Both coalitions have experienced stability issues at different times. Other than the left-wing coalition, L'Unione, and the right-wing one, the House of Freedoms, there are some regional parties (especially from Aosta Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto, Sicily and Sardinia), and the Italian Radicals, whose allegiance can change often.
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Latest Election
A snap general election was held in Italy on April 13 and April 14, 2008[1] after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on February 6, 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote,[2] and a unsuccessful tentative appointment of Franco Marini with the aim to change the current electoral law. Under Italian law, elections must be held within 70 days of the dissolution.
Previous elections
| Coalitions | Votes | % | Seats | Parties inside coalitions | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Union (L'Unione) |
19,036,986 | 49.80 | 348[3] | Olive Tree (L'Ulivo)
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11,928,362 | 31.20 | 220 |
| Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | 2,229,604 | 5.83 | 41 | ||||
Rose in the Fist (Rosa nel Pugno)
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991,049 | 2.59 | 18 | ||||
| Party of Italian Communists (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani) | 884,912 | 2.31 | 16 | ||||
| Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori) | 877,159 | 2.29 | 16 | ||||
| abroad: 1 | |||||||
| Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) | 783,944 | 2.05 | 15 | ||||
| Popular-UDEUR (Popolari-UDEUR) | 534,553 | 1.40 | 10 | ||||
| Pensioners' Party (Partito dei Pensionati) | 335,118 | 0.88 | 0 | ||||
| South Tyrolean People's Party (Südtiroler Volkspartei) | 182,703 | 0.48 | 4 | ||||
| The Socialists (I Socialisti) | 115,105 | 0.30 | 0 | ||||
| Consumers' List (Lista Consumatori) | 73,720 | 0.19 | 0 | ||||
| League for Autonomy-Lombard Alliance (Lega Alleanza Lombarda) | 44,580 | 0.12 | 0 | ||||
| Autonomy Liberty Democracy (Autonomie Liberté Démocratie) | 34,167 | 0.09 | 1 | ||||
| Veneto Front League (Liga Fronte Veneto) | 22,010 | 0.06 | 0 | ||||
| The Union (L'Unione) | abroad: 6 | ||||||
| House of Freedoms (Casa delle Libertà) |
18,995,697 | 49.69 | 281 | Forza Italia | 9,045,384 | 23.66 | 137 |
| abroad: 3 | |||||||
| National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) | 4,706,654 | 12.31 | 71 | ||||
| Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro) | 2,582,233 | 6.75 | 39 | ||||
Lega Nord-Movement for Autonomy
|
1,749,632 | 4.58 | 26 | ||||
Christian Democracy-New PSI (DC-Nuovo PSI)
|
285,744 | 0.75 | 4 | ||||
Social Alternative (Alternativa Sociale)
|
256,997 | 0.67 | 0 | ||||
| Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) | 231,743 | 0.61 | 0 | ||||
| No Euro Movement (No Euro) | 58,757 | 0.15 | 0 | ||||
| United Pensioners (Pensionati Uniti) | 28,317 | 0.07 | 0 | ||||
| Environmental List-Ecological Democrats (Ambienta-Lista-Ecologisti Democratici) | 17,574 | 0.05 | 0 | ||||
| Forza Italia-National Alliance (Forza Italia-Alleanza Nazionale) | 13,372 | 0.03 | 0 | ||||
| Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano) | 12,334 | 0.03 | 0 | ||||
| S.O.S. Italy (S.O.S. Italia) | 6,956 | 0.02 | 0 | ||||
| For Italy in the World with Tremaglia (Partito per Italia nel mondo con Tremaglia) | abroad: 1 | ||||||
| Other Parties | 1 | Italian Association in South America (Associazioni Italiane in Sud America) | abroad: 1 | ||||
| North-East Project (Progetto Nordest) | 92,079 | 0.24 | 0 | ||||
| All other parties | 105,302 | 0.28 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 630 | 630 |
Source: Interior Ministry of Italy, Votes, Seats
- ^ "Italy's President Dissolves Parliament, Forces Vote", Bloomberg.com (2008-02-06). Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
- ^ "Italy to hold snap April election", BBC News (2008-02-06). Retrieved on 2008-02-06.
- ^ Includes bonus seats allocated to largest coalition, according to the new electoral system.
Past elections and referendums
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Presidential elections
European elections
Regional and local elections
- Sicilian regional election, 2006
- Italian municipal elections, 2006
- Sardinian provincial election, 2005
- Basilicata regional election, 2005
- Venetian regional election, 2005
- Italian regional elections, 2005
See also
External links
- Adam Carr's Election Archive
- Parties and elections
- Ministry of Internal Affairs of Italy - Page on Elections
