Turnout: 63.91%
About this election
Italy held snap parliamentary elections on 25 September 2022 following the collapse of Mario Draghi's broad coalition government. The right-wing coalition of Brothers of Italy (FdI), Lega, and Forza Italia won a commanding majority with 235 of 400 Chamber seats and 112 of 200 Senate seats. Brothers of Italy (FdI) became the largest single party with 26.00% of the vote (119 Chamber seats) — its best ever result. FdI leader Giorgia Meloni became Prime Minister on 22 October 2022, Italy's first female prime minister and the first post-fascist party leader to head the Italian government since World War II. The Democratic Party (PD) led the main centre-left opposition with 19.07% (69 seats), while the Five Star Movement under Giuseppe Conte won 15.43% (52 seats) as a third force. Turnout fell to 63.91% — a record low for a post-war Italian general election, reflecting widespread voter disillusionment.
Italy uses a parallel (mixed-member) system for both chambers. Approximately one-third of seats (147 of 400 Chamber seats; 74 of 200 Senate seats) are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post; the remaining two-thirds are allocated by proportional representation. The 2020 constitutional referendum reduced the Chamber from 630 to 400 seats and the Senate from 315 to 200 seats — the first time Italy's parliament was substantially downsized. Parties must clear a 3% national vote threshold to receive proportional seats; coalitions must clear 10%, with individual member parties needing at least 1% to receive coalition seats. The Senate and Chamber are elected simultaneously, and a government must hold the confidence of both.
The March 2018 elections produced a hung parliament: the Five Star Movement (M5S) won the most votes (32.7%), the centre-right coalition led by Lega won the most seats (265), and the PD-led centre-left was reduced to third. After months of negotiations, M5S and Lega formed a populist coalition under PM Giuseppe Conte (June 2018–September 2019). Lega then withdrew to force new elections; instead, M5S and PD formed a coalition also under Conte (September 2019–February 2021). Mario Draghi's technocratic government of national unity followed (2021–2022) before collapsing in July 2022.
Italian Ministry of the Interior (Ministero dell'Interno) — elezioni.interno.gov.it.