IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Italy

Italian Republic

59,216,525	22
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
45,210,950	60.94%
Registered Voters (as of None)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Italian Chamber of Deputies	Camera dei Deputati	Lower House
Italian Senate	Senato della Repubblica	Upper House
Italian Presidency	None	Head of State

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Sergio MATTARELLA
Head of Government: Prime Minister Giuseppe CONTE
Assembly: Italy has a bicameral Parliament (Parlamento) consisting of the Senate (Senato della Repubblica) with 322 seats and the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) with 630 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by an electoral college to serve a 7-year term.
Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
In the Senate (Senato della Repubblica), 315 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms, 5 members are elected by the President and 2 members are filled ex officio*. In the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) 630 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.
- Lists are closed. Once national thresholds are met, seats are allocated to parties on a regional basis. The thresholds are: 10% for any pre-election coalition, 2% for any party within a pre-election coalition, and 4% for any party not in coalition. The pre-election coalition winning a plurality of votes is guaranteed 340 seats. Within a coalition, seats are allocated to parties in proportion to their vote shares.

* Thresholds apply at the regional level, and seats are allocated regionally. The thresholds are: 20% for any pre-election coalition, 3% for any party within a coalition, and 8% for any party not in coalition. Within a coalition, seats are allocated to parties in proportion to their vote shares.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Referendum	1999-04-18	24,447,521	49,309,060	49.58
Referendum	2000-05-21	14,189,487	48,846,238	29.05
Italian Senate	2001-05-13	36,189,394	44,499,794	81.32
Italian Chamber of Deputies	2001-05-13	40,246,874	49,358,947	81.54
Referendum	2001-10-07	16,257,606	49,066,417	33.13
Referendum	2003-06-15	12,667,178	49,554,128	25.56
Italian Senate	2006-04-09	35,262,679	42,232,467	83.5
Italian Chamber of Deputies	2006-04-09	39,298,497	46,997,601	83.62
Referendum	2006-06-25	26,044,844	49,776,350	52.32
Italian Senate	2008-04-13	34,681,417	47,126,326	73.59
Italian Chamber of Deputies	2008-04-13	37,942,347	47,126,326	80.51
Referendum	2009-06-21	11,360,482	47,196,282	24.07
Referendum	2011-06-12	27,642,457	50,594,868	54.63
Italian Senate	2013-02-24	31,751,350	42,270,824	75.11
Italian Chamber of Deputies	2013-02-24	35,271,541	42,270,824	83.44
Referendum	2016-04-17	15,806,788	50,675,406	31.19
Referendum	2016-12-04	33,244,258	50,773,284	65.48
Italian Chamber of Deputies	2018-03-04	35,185,743	50,736,204	69.35
Italian Senate	2018-03-04	35,067,594	46,615,813	75.23
Referendum	2022-06-12	-	51,533,195	-
Italian Chamber of Deputies	2022-09-25	29,355,592	46,021,956	63.79
Italian Senate	2022-09-25	28,795,727	45,210,950	63.69

Voter Turnout

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