2022 Italian general election

2022 Italian general election

25 September 2022
All 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (C) All 200 elective seats in the Senate of the Republic (S)
Opinion polls
Registered	46,021,956 (C) · 45,210,950 (S)
Turnout	63.9% (9.0 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Giorgia Meloni Enrico Letta Giuseppe Conte Party Brothers of Italy Democratic Party Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-right Centre-left — Leader's seat L'Aquila (C) Siena (C) Lombardy (C) Seats before 37 (C) · 21 (S) 97 (C) · 40 (S) 104 (C) · 61 (S) Seats won 119 (C) · 65 (S) 69 (C) · 40 (S) 52 (C) · 28 (S) Seat change 87 (C) · 47 (S) 43 (C) · 13 (S) 175 (C) · 84 (S) Popular vote 7,284,952 (C) 7,135,316 (S) 5,337,738 (C) 5,196,480 (S) 4,315,497 (C) 4,258,308 (S) Percentage 26.0% (C) 26.0% (S) 19.0% (C) 18.9% (S) 15.4% (C) 15.5% (S)   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Matteo Salvini Silvio Berlusconi Carlo Calenda Party League Forza Italia Action – Italia Viva Alliance Centre-right Centre-right — Leader's seat Apulia (S) Monza (S) Lazio (S) Seats before 132 (C) · 60 (S) 82 (C) · 48 (S) 46 (C) · 18 (S) Seats won 66 (C) · 30 (S) 45 (C) · 18 (S) 21 (C) · 9 (S) Seat change 59 (C) · 28 (S) 59 (C) · 39 (S) New Popular vote 2,458,752 (C) 2,429,936 (S) 2,272,902 (C) 2,269,208 (S) 2,178,035 (C) 2,117,480 (S) Percentage 8.7% (C) 8.8% (S) 8.1% (C) 8.2% (S) 7.7% (C) 7.7% (S)
Prime Minister before election Mario Draghi Independent Prime Minister after the election Giorgia Meloni Brothers of Italy

A general election was held in Italy on 25 September 2022. The 2022 Italian government crisis, which lead 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 call for new elections. Draghi continues 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, becoming the first woman to hold that position.

Parties and leaders

See also: Political parties in Italy

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
			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
			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
			Civic Commitment (IC)	Centrism	Luigi Di Maio	—	—	—	54	11	65
			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
	People's Union (UP)			Left-wing populism	Luigi de Magistris	—	—	—	4	2	6
	Italexit			Euroscepticism	Gianluigi Paragone	—	—	—	1	4	5
	Italia Sovrana e Popolare (ISP)			Sovereigntism	Marco Rizzo	—	—	—	—	2	2

Results

Overall results

← Summary of the 25 September 2022 Chamber of Deputies election 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

← Summary of the 25 September 2022 Senate of the Republic election 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