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Legislature XIX of Italy

The Legislature XIX of Italian Republic (Italian: XIX Legislatura della Repubblica Italiana) is the 19th and current Italian Parliament, which was elected at the 2022 general election on 25 September and convened on 12 October.[1][2] As per the 2020 Italian constitutional referendum, the size of the Chamber of Deputies was reduced from 630 to 400, and the Senate's elective membership was reduced from 315 to 200 (for a total of 205 Senators, including appointed life members).[3][4]

Legislature XIX of Italy

XIX legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
19th legislature
Type
Type
HousesChamber of Deputies
Senate of the Republic
History
Founded13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
Preceded byXVIII 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 political groups
Non-voting President (1)
  •   Lega (1)

Government (242)

Opposition (157)

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 largest party in both chambers is Brothers of Italy, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The centre-right coalition supporting the Meloni government controls a majority in both chambers

Government

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Prime Minister Party Term of office Government Composition
Took office Left office
  Giorgia Meloni
(b. 1977) 		Brothers of Italy 22 October 2022 Incumbent Meloni FdI • Lega • FI
(Centre-right coalition)

Current composition

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Chamber of Deputies

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Main article: List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy, 2022–present
Parliamentary groups in the Chamber of Deputies
Initial composition[6] Current composition[7]
Parliamentary group Seats Parliamentary group Seats Change Notes
Brothers of Italy 118 Brothers of Italy 117   1 [a]
Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy 69 Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy 70   1 [b]
Lega – Salvini Premier 66 Lega – Salvini Premier 65   1 [c]
Five Star Movement 52 Five Star Movement 50   2 [d][e]
Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP 44 Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP 48   4 [note 1]
Action – Italia Viva – Renew Europe 21 Action – Renew Europe 10   11 [note 2]
Greens and Left Alliance 10   2 [b][l]
Italia Viva – Renew Europe 7   14 [note 3]
Us Moderates (Us with Italy, Coraggio Italia, UdC, Italy in the Centre) – MAIE – Popular Centre 10   10 [note 4]
Mixed 30 Mixed 14   16 [l][q]
Linguistic minorities 4 Linguistic minorities 4   [t]
+Europe 3 +Europe 3  
Greens and Left Alliance 12   12 [u]
Us Moderates (Us with Italy, Coraggio Italia, UdC, Italy in the Centre) – MAIE 9 Lega 1   1 [c]
UdC 1   8 [r]
Non-inscrits 2 Non-inscrits 4   2 [note 5]
Total seats 400 Total seats 400  
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  1. ^ a b On 12 August 2024, deputy Andrea de Bertoldi left the FdI group and joined the Non-Inscrits subgroup of the Mixed group.
  2. ^ a b On 23 April 2024, deputy Eleonora Evi left the AVS group and joined the Democrats.
  3. ^ a b On 19 April 2024, deputy Antonino Minardo left the Lega group and joined the Mixed group.
  4. ^ a b On 4 September 2024, deputy Giorgio Lovecchio left M5S and joined FI.
  5. ^ a b On 1 February 2024, deputy Federica Onori left M5S and joined Azione.
  6. ^ a b 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. ^ a b On 30 September 2024, deputy Isabella De Monte left IV and joined FI.
  9. ^ a b 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. ^ a b On 24 September 2024, deputy Mara Carfagna left the IV group and joined the Non-Inscrits subgroup of the Mixed group.
  12. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b On 2 March 2023, deputy Michela Brambilla left the Mixed group and joined the NM group.
  18. ^ a b On 18 April 2024, deputy Lorenzo Cesa left the NM group and joined the Mixed group.
  19. ^ a b 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

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Main article: List of members of the Senate of Italy, 2022–present
Parliamentary groups in the Senate of the Republic
Initial composition[8] Current composition[9]
Parliamentary group Seats Parliamentary group Seats Change Notes
Brothers of Italy 63 Brothers of Italy 63  
Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy 38 Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy 37   1 [a][b]
Lega Salvini Premier – Sardinian Action Party 29 Lega Salvini Premier – Sardinian Action Party 29  
Five Star Movement 28 Five Star Movement 26   2 [c][d]
Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP 18 Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP 20   2 [e][f][g]
Action – Italia Viva – Renew Europe 9 Italia Viva – Renew Europe 7   2 [b][h][i]
For the Autonomies (SVP–PATT, Campobase, South calls North) 7 For the Autonomies (SVP–PATT, Campobase) 6   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 Centre 6   [k]
Mixed 7 Mixed 11   4
Action – Renew Europe 2   2 [l][m]
Greens and Left Alliance 4   4 [n]
Non-inscrits 7 Non-inscrits 4   3 [m][k]
Non-inscrit life senators 1 Non-inscrit life senators 0   1 [j]
Total seats 206 Total seats 205  
  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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b On 9 November 2022, senator for life Carlo Rubbia joined the Aut group. On 22 September 2023 Giorgio Napolitano died.
  11. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Camera, lavori in corso in vista dell'avvio della XIX Legislatura". Giornale Partite Iva (in Italian). 5 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ Bonanata, Antonio (9 October 2022). "Verso il nuovo governo: giovedì si apre la XIX legislatura per eleggere i presidenti delle Camere" (in Italian). RAI. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. ^ "La riduzione del numero dei parlamentari". Riforme Istituzionali (in Italian). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. ^ Vasta, Simone (5 October 2022). "Dopo il voto, ecco i preparativi per il Parlamento dimezzato". Sky TG24 (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ^ Lorenzo Fontana proclamato presidente della Camera con 222 voti (in Italian), 14 October 2022, retrieved 14 October 2022
  6. ^ "XIX Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Modifiche Intervenute". Chamber of Deputies (in Italian).
  7. ^ "XIX Legislatura - Deputati e Organi - Composizione Gruppi Parlamentari". Chamber of Deputies (in Italian). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Composizione dei gruppi parlamentari". Senate of the Republic (in Italian).
  9. ^ "Variazioni dei gruppi parlamentari". Senate of the Republic (in Italian). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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