2022 President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies election

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2022 Italian President of the Chamber of Deputies election
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  2018 13—14 October 2022

First ballot: 2/3 of the entire membership needed to win
400 members, 267 votes needed to win
Final (fourth) ballot: a majority of members present needed to win
392 members present, 197 votes needed to win
 Majority partyMinority party
 
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Maria Cecilia Guerra daticamera 2022.jpg
Candidate Lorenzo Fontana Maria Cecilia Guerra
Party Lega Democratic Party
Seat Verona [a] Turin [b]
First ballot0 (0.00%)0 (0.00%)
Final ballot222 (56.63%)77 (19.64%)

 Third partyFourth party
 
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CandidateFederico Cafiero De Raho Matteo Richetti
Party Five Star Movement Action
Seat Ravenna, Ferrara, Forlì-Cesena and Rimini [c] Parma and Modena [d]
First ballot0 (0.00%)0 (0.00%)
Final ballot52 (13.26%)22 (5.61%)

President before election

Roberto Fico
Five Star Movement

Elected President

Lorenzo Fontana
Lega

The election of the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies who would serve through the legislature XIX of Italy took place on 13 and 14 October 2022, almost four weeks after the 2022 Italian general election. Lorenzo Fontana, a member of the Lega was elected on the fourth ballot with 222 votes. [1]

Contents

Procedure

The election takes place by secret ballot. A two-thirds supermajority of the whole membership is needed to win on the first ballot. On the second and third ballots, a two-thirds supermajority of votes cast (including blank ballots among the totals) suffices. Starting from the fourth ballot, the threshold is further lowered to a simple majority of members present.

History

As required by the assembly's standing orders, the election took place by secret ballot. Ettore Rosato, of Action – Italia Viva (A–IV) (being the most senior member to have served as Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies in the previous Parliament) served as acting presiding officer. [2]

In early October the centre-right coalition, which held 237 seats (a majority of 36) designated Riccardo Molinari, a member of the League, as its official candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber. On the first three ballots, a two-thirds supermajority was required according to the standing orders; as no political coalition had enough seats to reach such a number, party leaders instructed MPs to cast blank ballots. Nonetheless, some members received a few votes on the first three ballots.

Following the election of Ignazio La Russa as President of the Senate and tensions within the centre-right, Lorenzo Fontana replaced Molinari as the official candidate of the conservative coalition shortly after the third ballot took place. [3]

Results

First ballot

CandidatePartyVotes
Riccardo Molinari Lega 4
Enrico Letta Democratic Party 3
Others6
Blank votes368
Invalid votes7
Did not vote [e] 8
Needed to win267 [f]

Second ballot

CandidatePartyVotes
Enrico Letta Democratic Party 4
Riccardo Molinari Lega 3
Nico Stumpo Democratic Party 3
Others7
Blank votes368
Invalid votes7
Did not vote11
Needed to win259 [g]

Third ballot

CandidatePartyVotes
Andrea Casu Democratic Party 3
Riccardo Molinari Lega 3
Others7
Blank votes368
Invalid votes7
Did not vote22
Needed to win252 [g]

Fourth ballot

CandidatePartyVotes
Lorenzo Fontana Lega 222
Maria Cecilia Guerra Democratic Party 77
Federico Cafiero de Raho Five Star Movement 52
Matteo Richetti Action – Italia Viva 22
Others2
Blank votes6
Invalid votes11
Did not vote11
Needed to win197 [h]

See also

Notes

  1. Formally single-member electoral district no. 06 of Veneto 2 (Italian: collegio elettorale uninominale Veneto 2 - 06)
  2. Formally multi-member electoral district no. 01 of Piedmont 1 (Italian: collegio elettorale plurinominale Piemonte 1 - 06)
  3. Formally multi-member electoral district no. 03 of Emilia-Romagna (Italian: collegio elettorale plurinominale Emilia-Romagna - 03)
  4. Formally multi-member electoral district no. 01 of Emilia-Romagna (Italian: collegio elettorale plurinominale Emilia-Romagna - 01)
  5. Members in this category did not cast a ballot and weren't counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum was present
  6. 2/3 of members
  7. 1 2 2/3 of members present
  8. A majority of members present

References

  1. "Italy parliament elects right-wing Fontana as new speaker". 14 October 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. "Il discorso integrale di Ettore Rosato alla Camera per l'avvio della legislatura" (in Italian). 13 December 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. "Camera, Lega: "Fontana candidato a presidenza"". 13 October 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.