Legislature XIX of Italy

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Legislature XIX of Italy

XIX legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
19th legislature
Type
Type
Houses Chamber of Deputies
Senate of the Republic
History
Founded13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
Preceded by XVIII Legislature
Leadership
Ignazio La Russa, FdI
since 13 October 2022
Lorenzo Fontana, Lega
since 14 October 2022
Structure
SeatsC: 400
S: 205 (200 + 5)
Chamber of Deputies current composition.svg
Chamber of Deputies political groups
Non-voting President (1)
  •   Lega (1)

Government (242)

Opposition (157)

Senate of the Republic current.svg
Senate of the Republic political groups
Non-voting President (1)

Government (119)

Opposition (85)

Elections
Rosatellum
Rosatellum
Last general election
 25 September 2022
Next general election
 No later than 22 October 2027
Meeting place
Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome (C)
Palazzo Madama, Rome (S)
Constitution
Constitution of Italy
Footnotes
Notes:
  1. ↑ FdI (116), VèP (1)
  2. ↑ FI (46), NPSI (1), SiT (1)
  3. ↑ NM (4), CP (1), CI (1), MAIE (1), FdI (1), FI–MA (1), Popular Centre (1)
  4. ↑ PD (63), Art.1–MDP (5), DemoS (1), CD (1)
  5. ↑ EV (5), SI (4), PP (1)
  6. ↑ SVP (3), UV (1)
  7. ↑ PD (1), RI (1)
  8. ↑ Italia Plurale (1), Liberal Horizons (1), ScN (1)
  9. ↑ Including DB (1)
  10. ↑ Including AF (1)
  11. ↑ FdI (3), UdC (1), CI (1), MAIE (1), Popular Centre (1)
  12. ↑ Ind. (1)
  13. ↑ PD (35), CpE (1), Ind. (1)
  14. ↑ SVP (2), PD (2), Ind. (2, Elena Cattaneo and Carlo Rubbia)
  15. ↑ SI (3), EV (1)
  16. ↑ (Mario Monti, Renzo Piano and Liliana Segre)

The Legislature XIX of Italian Republic (Italian : XIX Legislatura della Repubblica Italiana) is the current legislature of the Italian Parliament, which started on 13 October 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

The composition of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic is the one resulting from the 2022 Italian general election on 25 September, called after the dissolution of the Parliament announced by President Sergio Mattarella on 21 July. Per the 2020 Italian constitutional referendum, in the Chamber the number of members has been reduced from 630 to 400, while in the Senate the number of elective members has been reduced from 315 to 200. [3] [4]

Government

Prime MinisterPartyTerm of officeGovernmentComposition
Took officeLeft office
Giorgia Meloni Official 2023 crop.jpg Giorgia Meloni
(b. 1977)		 Brothers of Italy 22 October 2022Incumbent Meloni FdI • Lega • FI
( Centre-right coalition )

Current composition

Chamber of Deputies

Parliamentary groups in the Chamber of Deputies
Initial composition [6] Current composition [7]
Parliamentary groupSeatsParliamentary groupSeatsChangeNotes
Brothers of Italy 118 Brothers of Italy 117Decrease2.svg 1 [a]
Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy 69 Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy 70Increase2.svg 1 [b]
Lega – Salvini Premier 66 Lega – Salvini Premier 65Decrease2.svg 1 [c]
Five Star Movement 52 Five Star Movement 50Decrease2.svg 2 [d] [e]
Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP 44 Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP 48Increase2.svg 4 [note 1]
Action – Italia Viva – Renew Europe 21 Action – Renew Europe 10Decrease2.svg 11 [note 2]
Greens and Left Alliance 10Decrease2.svg 2 [b] [l]
Italia Viva – Renew Europe 7Decrease2.svg 14 [note 3]
Us Moderates (Us with Italy, Coraggio Italia, UdC, Italy in the Centre) – MAIE – Popular Centre10Increase2.svg 10 [note 4]
Mixed30Mixed14Decrease2.svg 16 [l] [q]
Linguistic minorities4Linguistic minorities4Steady2.svg [t]
+Europe 3 +Europe 3Steady2.svg
Greens and Left Alliance 12Decrease2.svg12 [u]
Us Moderates (Us with Italy, Coraggio Italia, UdC, Italy in the Centre) – MAIE 9 Lega 1Increase2.svg1 [c]
UdC 1Decrease2.svg8 [r]
Non-inscrits2Non-inscrits4Increase2.svg 2 [note 5]
Total seats400Total seats400Steady2.svg
  1. 1 2 On 12 August 2024, deputy Andrea de Bertoldi left the FdI group and joined the Non-Inscrits subgroup of the Mixed group.
  2. 1 2 On 23 April 2024, deputy Eleonora Evi left the AVS group and joined the Democrats.
  3. 1 2 On 19 April 2024, deputy Antonino Minardo left the Lega group and joined the Mixed group.
  4. 1 2 On 4 September 2024, deputy Giorgio Lovecchio left M5S and joined FI.
  5. 1 2 On 1 February 2024, deputy Federica Onori left M5S and joined Azione.
  6. 1 2 On 14 May 2024, deputy Giuseppe Castiglione left Azione and joined FI.
  7. ↑ On 16 September 2024, deputy Enrico Costa left Azione and joined FI.
  8. 1 2 On 30 September 2024, deputy Isabella De Monte left IV and joined FI.
  9. 1 2 On 20 November 2023, the A–IV group split into two groups.
  10. ↑ On 29 January 2024, deputies Elena Bonetti and Ettore Rosato joined the Action group.
  11. 1 2 On 24 September 2024, deputy Mara Carfagna left the IV group and joined the Non-Inscrits subgroup of the Mixed group.
  12. 1 2 On 9 January 2023, deputy Aboubakar Soumahoro left the AVS group.
  13. ↑ On 10 September 2023, Bonetti left the IV group.
  14. ↑ On 22 September 2023, Rosato was expelled from IV.
  15. 1 2 On 4 September 2024, deputy Luigi Marattin left the IV group and joined the Non-Inscrits subgroup of the Mixed group.
  16. ↑ On 27 October 2022, the Us Moderates component of the Mixed group became an official group.
  17. 1 2 On 2 March 2023, deputy Michela Brambilla left the Mixed group and joined the NM group.
  18. 1 2 On 18 April 2024, deputy Lorenzo Cesa left the NM group and joined the Mixed group.
  19. 1 2 On 30 October 2024, Carafagna left the Non-Inscrits subgroup of the Mixed group and joined the NM group.
  20. ↑ On 26 October 2022, deputy Dieter Steger joined the Linguistic Minorities subgroup of the Mixed group.
  21. ↑ On 27 October 2022, the Greens and Left Alliance component of the Mixed group became an official group.

Senate of the Republic

Parliamentary groups in the Senate of the Republic
Initial composition [8] Current composition [9]
Parliamentary groupSeatsParliamentary groupSeatsChangeNotes
Brothers of Italy 63 Brothers of Italy 63Steady2.svg
Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy 38 Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy 37Decrease2.svg 1 [a] [b]
Lega Salvini Premier – Sardinian Action Party 29 Lega Salvini Premier – Sardinian Action Party 29Steady2.svg
Five Star Movement 28 Five Star Movement 26Decrease2.svg 2 [c] [d]
Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP 18 Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP 20Increase2.svg 2 [e] [f] [g]
Action – Italia Viva – Renew Europe 9 Italia Viva – Renew Europe 7Decrease2.svg 2 [b] [h] [i]
For the Autonomies (SVP–PATT, Campobase, South calls North)7 For the Autonomies (SVP–PATT, Campobase)6Decrease2.svg 1 [h] [j]
Civics of Italy – Us Moderates (UdC – Coraggio Italia – Us with Italy – Italy in the Centre) – MAIE 6 Civics of Italy – UdC – Us Moderates (Us with Italy, Coraggio Italia, Italy in the Centre) – MAIE – Popular Centre6Steady2.svg [k]
Mixed7Mixed11Increase2.svg 4
Action – Renew Europe 2Increase2.svg2 [l] [m]
Greens and Left Alliance 4Increase2.svg4 [n]
Non-inscrits7Non-inscrits4Decrease2.svg3 [m] [k]
Non-inscrit life senators1Non-inscrit life senators0Decrease2.svg 1 [j]
Total seats206Total seats205Steady2.svg
    1. ↑ On 3 March 2023, senator Bruno Astorre died. He was found dead in one of the Senate offices. On 21 March, Filippo Sensi replaced him.
    2. 1 2 On 26 April 2023, senator Enrico Borghi left the PD group and joined the A–IV group.
    3. ↑ On 8 February 2024, senator Raffaele De Rosa left M5S.
    4. ↑ On 6 August 2024, senator Antonio Salvatore Trevisi left M5S.
    5. ↑ On 12 June 2023, senator Silvio Berlusconi died. He was replaced by Adriano Galliani in October.
    6. ↑ On 21 February 2024, De Rosa joined FI.
    7. ↑ On 7 August 2024, Trevisi joined FI.
    8. 1 2 On 5 October 2023, senator Dafne Musolino left ScN and the Aut group and joined the A–IV group.
    9. ↑ On 8 November 2023, senators Carlo Calenda, Mariastella Gelmini, Marco Lombardo and Giusy Versace left the A–IV group and joined the Mixed group. On 9 November, A–IV split into two groups.
    10. 1 2 On 9 November 2022, senator for life Carlo Rubbia joined the Aut group. On 22 September 2023 Giorgio Napolitano died.
    11. 1 2 On 30 October 2024, Gelmini left the Non-Inscrits subgroup of the Mixed group and joined the NM group.
    12. ↑ On 9 November 2023, the Action subgroup of the Mixed group is formed, composed of Calenda, Gelmini, Lombardo and Versace.
    13. 1 2 On 17 September 2024, senators Mariastella Gelmini and Giusy Versace left the Azione group and joined the Non-Inscrits subgroup of the Mixed group.
    14. ↑ On 24 October 2022, the Greens and Left Alliance subgroup of the Mixed group is formed, composed of senators Ilaria Cucchi, Peppe De Cristofaro, Aurora Floridia and Tino Magni.

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