Legislature XIX of Italy

Legislature XIX of Italy XIX legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
19th legislature
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Chamber of Deputies Senate of the Republic
History
Founded	13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
Preceded by	XVIII Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate	Ignazio La Russa, FdI since 13 October 2022
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Lorenzo Fontana, Lega since 14 October 2022
Structure
Seats	C: 400 S: 205 (200 + 5)

Chamber of Deputies political groups	Non-voting President (1) Lega (1) Government (238) FdI (118)^[a] Lega (64) FI (45)^[b] NM–CI–MAIE (9)^[c] Mixed (2) Lega (1) UdC (1) Opposition (161) PD–IDP (70)^[d] M5S (51) IV (11) Action (10) AVS (10)^[e] Mixed (9) +E (3)^[f] Linguistic minorities (4)^[g] N-I (2)^[h]

Senate of the Republic political groups	Non-voting President (1) FdI (1) Government (116) FdI (62)^[i] Lega–PSd'Az (29)^[j] FI (19) CdI–NM (UdC)-CI–MAIE (6)^[k] Opposition (88) PD–IDP (37)^[l] M5S (27) IV–RE (7) Aut. (SVP-PATT, CB) (6)^[m] Mixed (11) Action (4) AVS (4)^[n] Ind. (3)^[o]
Elections
Chamber of Deputies voting system	Rosatellum
Senate of the Republic voting system	Rosatellum
Last general election	25 September 2022
Next general election	No later than December 2027
Meeting place
Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome (C)
Palazzo Madama, Rome (S)
Constitution
Constitution of Italy
Footnotes
Notes: ^ FdI (117), VèP (1) ^ FI (43), NPSI (1), SiT (1) ^ NM (4), CP (1), CI (1), MAIE (1), FdI (1), FI–MA (1) ^ PD (63), Art.1–MDP (5), DemoS (1), CD (1) ^ EV (5), SI (4), PP (1) ^ PD (1), RI (1) ^ SVP (3), UV (1) ^ Italia Plurale (1), ScN (1) ^ Including DB (1) ^ Including AF (1) ^ FdI (3), UdC (1), CI (1), MAIE (1) ^ PD (35), CpE (1), Ind. (1) ^ SVP (2), PD (2), Ind. (2, Elena Cattaneo and Carlo Rubbia) ^ SI (3), EV (1) ^ 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]

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

Current composition

Chamber of Deputies

President: Lorenzo Fontana (Lega), elected on 14 October 2022^[5]
Vice Presidents: Anna Ascani (PD), Sergio Costa (M5S), Giorgio Mulè (FI), Fabio Rampelli (FdI)

Parliamentary groups in the Chamber of Deputies
Parliamentary group			Seats	Parliamentary group			Seats	Change	Notes
Initial composition^[6]				Current composition^[7]
	Brothers of Italy		118		Brothers of Italy		118
	Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy		69		Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy		70	1	^[a]
	Lega – Salvini Premier		66		Lega – Salvini Premier		65	1	^[b]
	Five Star Movement		52		Five Star Movement		51	1	^[c]
	Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP		44		Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP		45	1	^[d]
	Action – Italia Viva – Renew Europe		21		Italia Viva – Renew Europe		11	11	^[d]^[e]
					Greens and Left Alliance		10	10	^[a]^[f]
					Action – Renew Europe		10	11	^[c]^[e]
					Us Moderates – Coraggio Italia – MAIE		9	9	^[g]^[h]^[i]
	Mixed		30		Mixed		11	19	^[f]^[h]
		Linguistic minorities	3			Linguistic minorities	4	1	^[j]
		+Europe	3			+Europe	3
		Greens and Left Alliance	12					12	^[k]
		Us Moderates (Us with Italy, Coraggio Italia, UDC, Italy in the Centre) – MAIE	9			Lega	1	1	^[b]
			9			UDC	1	8	^[i]
		Non-inscrits	3			Non-inscrits	2	1

Total seats			400	Total seats			400

^ ^a ^b On 23 April 2024, deputy Eleonora Evi left the AVS group and joined the Democrats.
^ ^a ^b On 19 April 2024, deputy Antonino Minardo left the Lega group and joined the Mixed group.
^ ^a ^b On 1 February 2024, deputy Federica Onori left M5S and joined Azione.
^ ^a ^b On 14 May 2024, deputy Giuseppe Castiglione left Azione and joined Forza Italia.
^ ^a ^b On 20 November 2022, the A–IV group split into two groups.
^ ^a ^b On 9 January 2023, deputy Aboubakar Soumahoro left the AVS group.
^ On 27 October 2022, the Us Moderates component of the Mixed group became an official group.
^ ^a ^b On 2 March 2023, deputy Michela Brambilla left the Mixed group and joined the NM group.
^ ^a ^b On 18 April 2024, deputy Lorenzo Cesa left the NM group and joined the Mixed group.
^ On 26 October 2022, deputy Dieter Steger joined the Linguistic Minorities subgroup of the Mixed group.
^ On 27 October 2022, the Greens and Left Alliance component of the Mixed group became an official group.

Senate of the Republic

President: Ignazio La Russa (FdI), elected on 13 October 2022
Vice Presidents: Maria Domenica Castellone (M5S), Gian Marco Centinaio (Lega), Licia Ronzulli (FI), Anna Rossomando (PD)

Parliamentary groups in the Senate of the Republic
Parliamentary group			Seats	Parliamentary group			Seats	Change	Notes
Initial composition^[8]				Current composition^[9]
	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		27	1	^[c]
	Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP		18		Forza Italia – Berlusconi for President – EPP		19	1	^[d]^[e]
	Action – Italia Viva – Renew Europe		9		Italia Viva – Renew Europe		7	2	^[b]^[f]^[g]
	For the Autonomies (SVP–PATT, Campobase, South calls North)		7		For the Autonomies (SVP–PATT, Campobase)		6	1	^[f]^[h]
	Civics of Italy – Us Moderates (UDC – Coraggio Italia – Us with Italy – Italy in the Centre) – MAIE		6		Civics of Italy – Us Moderates (UDC) – Coraggio Italia – MAIE		6
	Mixed		7		Mixed		11	4
						Action – Renew Europe	4	4	^[i]
						Greens and Left Alliance	4	4	^[j]
		Non-inscrits	7			Non-inscrits	3	4
	Non-inscrit life senators		1		Non-inscrit life senators		0	1	^[h]

Total seats			206	Total seats			205

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b On 26 April 2023, senator Enrico Borghi left the PD group and joined the A–IV group.
^ On 8 February 2024, senator Raffaele De Rosa left M5S.
^ On 12 June 2023, senator Silvio Berlusconi died. He was replaced by Adriano Galliani in October.
^ On 21 February 2024, senator De Rosa joined Forza Italia.
^ ^a ^b On 5 October 2023, senator Dafne Musolino left ScN and the Aut group and joined the A–IV group.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b On 9 November 2022, senator for life Carlo Rubbia joined the Aut group. On 22 September 2023 Giorgio Napolitano died.
^ On 9 November 2023, the Action subgroup of the Mixed group is formed, composed of senators Calenda, Gelmini, Lombardo and Versace.
^ 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.

References

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