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{{Politics of Italy}}

National-level '''elections in Italy''' are called periodically to form a [[Parliament of Italy|parliament]] consisting of [[bicameralism|two houses]]: the [[Chamber of Deputies of Italy|Chamber of Deputies]] (''Camera dei Deputati'') with 400 members; and the [[Italian Senate|Senate of the Republic]] (''Senato della Repubblica'') with 200 elected members, plus a few appointed [[senators for life]]. Italy is a [[parliamentary republic]]: the [[List of Presidents of the Italian Republic|President of the Republic]] is elected for a seven-year term by the two houses of Parliament in joint session, together with special electors appointed by the Regional Councils.

Italy had a [[Mixed-member majoritarian representation|mixed-member majoritarian]] system in place between 1993 and 2005.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Viganò |first=Edoardo Alberto |date=2023 |title=Electoral Incentives and Geographical Representation: Evidence from an Italian Electoral Reform |journal=Legislative Studies Quarterly |language=en |doi=10.1111/lsq.12418 |issn=0362-9805|doi-access=free }}</ref> The 2006 elections were the first elections conducted under a closed-list proportional system rather than a mixed system.<ref name=":0" />

The most recent Italian general election was held on [[2022 Italian general election|25 September 2022]].

==2022 general election==
The last general election was held on 25 September 2022.

The [[centre-right coalition (Italy)|centre-right coalition]], in which [[Giorgia Meloni]]'s [[Brothers of Italy]] emerged as the main political force, won an [[absolute majority]] of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate of the Republic. The [[centre-left coalition (Italy)|centre-left coalition]], the anti-establishment [[Five Star Movement]] and the centrist [[Action - Italia Viva]] came in second, third and fourth respectively. 
===Chamber of Deputies===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
| colspan="17" style="text-align:center" |{{Switcher
| [[File:2022 Chamber of Deputies by parties.svg|300px]]
| Result by party
}}
|-
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Coalition
!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Party
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|Proportional
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|First-past-the-post
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|Aosta Valley
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|Overseas
!style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Total<br />seats

|-
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Votes
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|%
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!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Seats
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Centre-right coalition (Italy)}}" rowspan="4"|
|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"|{{nowrap|Centre-right coalition (Italy)|Centre-right}}
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}"|
|align=left|Brothers of Italy || 7,302,517 || 26.00 || 69 || rowspan="4" | 12,300,244 || rowspan="4" | 43.79|| 49 || rowspan="4" | 16,016 || rowspan="4" | 28.80|| 0|| rowspan="3" | 281,949 || rowspan="3" | 26.00||1|| '''119'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lega per Salvini Premier}}"|
|align=left|Lega (political party) || 2,464,005 || 8.77|| 23 || 42|| 0 ||1|| '''66'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}"|
|align=left|Forza Italia (2013)|| 2,278,217 || 8.11|| 22 || 23|| 0|| 0|| '''45'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Us Moderates}}"|
|align=left|Us Moderates || 255,505 || 0.91|| 0|| 7|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| '''7'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Centre-left coalition (Italy)}}" rowspan="4"|
|rowspan=4 style="text-align:left;"|{{nowrap|Centre-left coalition (Italy)|Centre-left}}
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy || 5,356,180 || 19.07|| 57 || rowspan="4" | 7,337,975 || rowspan="4" | 26.13|| 8|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 305,759 || 28.20|| 4 || '''69'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Greens and Left Alliance}}"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Greens and Left Alliance || 1,018,669 || 3.63|| 11 || 1|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 52,994 || 4.89|| 0|| '''12'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|More Europe}}"|
|style="text-align:left;"|More Europe || 793,961 || 2.83|| 0 || 2|| 0 || 0|| 0|| 29,971 || 2.76|| 0|| '''2'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Civic Commitment}}"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Civic Commitment || 169,165 || 0.60|| 0 || 1|| 0 || 0|| 0|| 11,590 || 1.07|| 0|| '''1'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}};" |
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Five Star Movement || 4,333,972 || 15.43|| 41 || 4,333,972 || 15.43|| 10 || 0 || 0 || 0|| 93,338 || 8.61|| 1 || '''52'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Action – Italia Viva}};" |
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Action – Italia Viva || 2,186,669 || 7.79|| 21 || 2,186,669 || 7.79|| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0|| 60,499 || 5.58|| 0|| '''21'''
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}};" |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT || 117,010 || 0.42|| 1 || 117,010 || 0.42|| 2|| 0 || 0 || 0|| 0 || 0 || 0|| '''3''' 
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|South calls North}};" |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |South calls North || 212,685 || 0.76|| 0 || 212,685 || 0.76|| 1|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0 || 0 || 0 ||  '''1''' 
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Aosta Valley (political coalition)}};" |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Aosta Valley (political coalition)|| 0 || 0 || 0  || 0|| 0|| 0|| 20,763 || 38.63 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0|| '''1''' 
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Associative Movement of Italians Abroad}};" |
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Associative Movement of Italians Abroad || 0 || 0 || 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 141,356 || 13.04|| 1 || '''1'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Others}};" |
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Others || 1,599,227 || 5.68 || 0 || 1,599,227|| 5.68|| 0|| 16,967 || 32.57 || 0 ||  106,847 || 9.85 || 0 || '''0'''
|-
! colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Total || 28,087,782 || 100.00 || 245 || 28,087,782 || 100.00 || 146 || 53,746 || 100.00 || 1 || 1,084,303|| 100.00 || 8|| 400
|}
===Senate of the Republic===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right
| colspan="21" style="text-align:center" |{{Switcher
| [[File: Risultati elezioni politiche italiane 2022 - Senato della Repubblica.svg|300px]]
| Result by party
}}
|-
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Coalition
!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Party
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|Proportional
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|First-past-the-post
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|Aosta Valley
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|Trentino-Alto Adige
!colspan="3" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|Overseas
!style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Total<br />seats
|-
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Votes
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|%
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Seats
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!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|%
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!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Votes
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|%
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Seats
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Votes
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|%
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Seats
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Votes
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|%
!style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Seats
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Centre-right coalition (Italy)}}" rowspan="4"|
|style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"|{{nowrap|Centre-right coalition (Italy)}}
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}"|
|align=left|Brothers of Italy|| 7,167,136 || 26.01|| 34 || rowspan="4" | 12,129,547|| rowspan="4" | 44.02|| 31 || rowspan="4" | 18,509|| rowspan="4" | 34.05 || 0 || rowspan="4" | 137,015 || rowspan="4" | 27.24 || 0 || rowspan="3" | 294,712 || rowspan="3" | 27.05|| 0 || '''65'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lega per Salvini Premier}}"|
|align=left|Lega (political party)|| 2,439,200 || 8.85|| 13|| 14|| 1 || 1 || 0 || '''29'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}"|
|align=left|Forza Italia (2013)|| 2,279,802 || 8.27|| 9 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''18'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Us Moderates}}"|
|align=left|Us Moderates|| 243,409 || 0.88|| 0 || 2|| 0 || 1 || 0|| 0|| 0|| '''3'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Centre-left coalition (Italy)}}" rowspan="4"|
|rowspan=4 style="text-align:left;"|{{nowrap|Centre-left coalition (Italy)}}
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy|| 5,226,732 || 18.96|| 31 || rowspan="4" | 7,161,688 || rowspan="4" | 25.99|| 4 || 0 || 0 ||  0 || rowspan="4" | 149,682 || rowspan="4" | 29,29 || 1 || 370,262 || 33.98|| 3 || '''39'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Greens and Left Alliance}}"|
|style="text-align:left;"|Greens and Left Alliance|| 972,316 || 3.53|| 3 || 1|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0||0|| '''4'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:#96bf0d;"|
|align=left|Campobase|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 1 || 0 || 0|| 0|| '''1'''
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Others}}"|
|align=left|Others|| 972,214|| 3.53|| 0|| 0 || 0 || 0|| 0|| 0 || 14,610|| 1.34|| 0|| '''0'''

|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}};" |
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Five Star Movement|| 4,285,894|| 15.55|| 23 || 4,285,894 || 15.55|| 5 || 0|| 0|| 0|| 28,355 || 5.64 || 0 || 101,794 || 9.34|| 0 || '''28''' 
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Action – Italia Viva}};" |
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Action – Italia Viva|| 2,131,310 || 7.73|| 9 || 2,131,310 || 7.73|| 0 ||0|| 0|| 0 || 6,782 || 1.35 || 0 || 76,070 || 6.98|| 0 || '''9''' 
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}};" |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0 || 116,003 ||23.06 || 2 || 0|| 0|| 0 || '''2''' 
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|South calls North}};" |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |South calls North|| 271,549 || 0.99|| 0 || 271,549 || 0.99|| 1 ||0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| '''1'''
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Associative Movement Italians Abroad}};" |
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" |Associative Movement of Italians Abroad|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0||0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 0|| 138,758|| 12.73|| 1|| '''1'''
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Others}};" |
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Others || 2,119,823|| 5,72 || 0|| 2,119,823|| 5,72 || 0 ||35,850|| 65.95|| 0|| 65.117|| 13.42|| 0||93,107|| 8.54|| 0 || '''0'''
|-
! colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Total || 27,569,675|| 100.00 || 122 || 27,569,675|| 100.00 || 67|| 54,359 || 100.00 || 1 || 	502,954 || 100.00 || 6 || 1,090,147 ||100.00 || 4 ||200
|}

==Italian Republic general election results voter turnout==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:right"
|-
!Year
!Voter turnout
!Voters
!Registered voters
!Population
!Invalid votes
|-
![[1946 Italian general election|1946]]
|89.08%
|24,947,187
|28,005,449
|44,994,000
|7.70%
|-
![[1948 Italian general election|1948]]
|92.23%
|26,854,203
|29,117,554
|45,706,000
|2.20%
|-
![[1953 Italian general election|1953]]
|93.87%
|28,410,851
|30,267,080
|47,756,000
|4.30%
|-
![[1958 Italian general election|1958]]
|93.72%
|30,399,708
|32,436,022
|49,041,000
|2.80%
|-
![[1963 Italian general election|1963]]
|92.88%
|31,766,058
|34,201,660
|50,498,000
|3.20%
|-
![[1968 Italian general election|1968]]
|92.79%
|33,003,249
|35,566,681
|52,910,000
|3.60%
|-
![[1972 Italian general election|1972]]
|93.18%
|34,524,106
|37,049,654
|54,410,000
|3.20%
|-
![[1976 Italian general election|1976]]
|93.37%
|37,741,404
|40,423,131
|55,701,000
|2.70%
|-
![[1979 Italian general election|1979]]
|90.35%
|38,112,228
|42,181,664
|56,292,000
|3.90%
|-
![[1983 Italian general election|1983]]
|89.02%
|39,114,321
|43,936,534
|56,836,000
|5.70%
|-
![[1987 Italian general election|1987]]
|88.86%
|40,599,490
|45,689,829
|57,345,000
|4.90%
|-
![[1992 Italian general election|1992]]
|87.44%
|41,479,764
|47,435,964
|56,859,000
|5.40%
|-
![[1994 Italian general election|1994]]
|86.14%
|41,461,260
|48,135,041
|57,049,000
|5.90%
|-
![[1996 Italian general election|1996]]
|82.91%
|40,496,438
|48,846,238
|57,239,000
|7.80%
|-
![[2001 Italian general election|2001]]
|81.44%
|40,195,500
|49,358,947
|57,684,294
|7.20%
|-
![[2006 Italian general election|2006]]
|83.62%
|39,298,497
|46,997,601
|58,103,033
|2.90%
|-
![[2008 Italian general election|2008]]
|80.54%
|37,954,253
|47,126,326
|58,147,733
|5.10%
|-
![[2013 Italian general election|2013]]
|75.19%
|35,271,541
|46,905,154
|61,482,297
|3.59%
|-
![[2018 Italian general election|2018]]
|72.93%
|33,923,321
|46,505,499
|60,589,445
|4.33%
|}

==Graph of the results of the Italian Republic general elections==

This graph shows the results of elections held in Italy from 1946 to 2018, with the percentages of consensus gathered by the various parties and movements displayed by color. Passing your mouse over the different colored sections will display the name
of the grouping and the percentage in the corresponding election. Clicking on a region will direct you to the article on the party or election selected.
<imagemap>
File:Elections in Italy.png|501px|Graph of Italian general elections
rect 0 0 500 40 [[Birth of the Italian Republic#Referendum]]
rect 0 40 100 80  [[1946 Italian general election]]
rect 0 80 100 120 [[1948 Italian general election]]
rect 0 120 100 160 [[1953 Italian general election]]
rect 0 160 100 200 [[1958 Italian general election]]
rect 0 200 100 240 [[1963 Italian general election]]
rect 0 240 100 280 [[1968 Italian general election]]
rect 0 280 100 320 [[1972 Italian general election]]
rect 0 320 100 360 [[1976 Italian general election]]
rect 0 360 100 400 [[1979 Italian general election]]
rect 0 400 100 440 [[1983 Italian general election]]
rect 0 440 100 480 [[1987 Italian general election]]
rect 0 480 100 520 [[1992 Italian general election]]
rect 0 520 100 560 [[1994 Italian general election]]
rect 0 560 100 600 [[1996 Italian general election]]
rect 0 600 100 640 [[2001 Italian general election]]
rect 0 640 100 680 [[2006 Italian general election]]
rect 0 680 100 720 [[2008 Italian general election]]
rect 0 720 100 760 [[2013 Italian general election]]
rect 100 40 175 80 [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist Party 18,93]]
rect 175 40 258 80 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity 20,68]]
rect 258 40 264 80 [[Action Party (Italy)|Action Party 1,45]]
rect 264 40 282 80 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 4,36]]
rect 282 40 300 80 [[1946 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 300 40 440 80 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 35,21]]
rect 440 40 468 80 [[National Democratic Union (Italy)|National Democratic Union 6,78]]
rect 468 40 479 80 [[National Bloc of Freedom|National Bloc of Freedom 2,77]]
rect 479 40 500 80 [[Common Man's Front|Common Man's Front 5,27]]
rect 100 80 224 120 [[Popular Democratic Front (Italy)|Popular Democratic Front 30,98]]
rect 224 80 252 120 [[Socialist Unity (Italy)|Italian Democratic Socialist Party 7,07]]
rect 252 80 262 120 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 2,48]]
rect 262 80 272 120 [[1948 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 272 80 466 120 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 48,51]]
rect 446 80 481 120 [[National Bloc (Italy, 1948)|National Bloc 3,82]]
rect 481 80 492 120 [[Monarchist National Party|Monarchist National Party 2,78]]
rect 492 80 500 120 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 2,01]]
rect 100 120 190 160 [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist Party 22,6]]
rect 190 120 240 160 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party 12,7]]
rect 240 120 252 160 [[1953 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 252 120 270 160 [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|Italian Democratic Socialist Party 4,52]]
rect 270 120 276 160 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 1,62]]
rect 276 120 436 160 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 40,1]]
rect 436 120 448 160 [[Italian Liberal Party|Italian Liberal Party 3,01]]
rect 448 120 477 160 [[Monarchist National Party|Monarchist National Party 6,85]]
rect 477 120 500 160 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 5,84]]
rect 100 160 190 200 [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist Party 22,68]]
rect 190 160 248 200 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party 14,23]]
rect 248 160 254 200 [[1958 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 254 160 272 200 [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|Italian Democratic Socialist Party 4,55]]
rect 272 160 278 180 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party-Radical Party 1,37]]
rect 272 180 278 200 [[Radical Party (Italy)|Italian Republican Party-Radical Party 1,37]]
rect 278 160 447 200 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 42,36]]
rect 447 160 461 200 [[Italian Liberal Party|Italian Liberal Party 3,54]]
rect 461 160 472 200 [[People's Monarchist Party (Italy)|People's Monarchist Party 2,63]]
rect 472 160 481 200 [[Monarchist National Party|Monarchist National Party 2,23]]
rect 481 160 500 200 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 4,76]]
rect 100 200 202 240 [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist Party 25,26]]
rect 202 200 256 240 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party 13,84]]
rect 256 200 266 240 [[1963 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 266 200 286 240 [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|Italian Democratic Socialist Party 6,10]]
rect 286 200 292 240 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 1,37]]
rect 292 200 445 240 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 38,29]]
rect 445 200 474 240 [[Italian Liberal Party|Italian Liberal Party 6,97]]
rect 474 200 480 240 [[Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity|Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity 1,75]]
rect 480 200 500 240 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 5,11]]
rect 100 240 204 280 [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist Party 26,91]]
rect 204 240 225 280 [[Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity|Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity 4,45]]
rect 225 240 231 280 [[1968 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 231 240 290 280 [[Unified PSI–PSDI|Unified Socialist Party 14,48]]
rect 290 240 298 280 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 1,97]]
rect 298 240 454 280 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 39,12]]
rect 454 240 477 280 [[Italian Liberal Party|Italian Liberal Party 5,82]]
rect 477 240 482 280 [[Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity|Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity 1,30]]
rect 480 240 500 280 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 4,45]]
rect 100 280 102 320 [[Communist Party of Italy (Marxist-Leninist)|Communist Party of Italy Marxist-Leninist 0,26]]
rect 102 280 104 320 [[Il manifesto|Manifesto 0,67]]
rect 104 280 106 320 [[Political Movement of Workers|Political Movement of Workers 0,36]]
rect 106 280 214 320 [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist Party 27,15]]
rect 214 280 222 320 [[Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity|Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity 1,94]]
rect 222 280 259 320 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party 9,61]]
rect 259 280 262 320 [[1972 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 262 280 283 320 [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|Italian Democratic Socialist Party 5,14]]
rect 283 280 294 320 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 2,86]]
rect 294 280 450 320 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 38,66]]
rect 450 280 466 320 [[Italian Liberal Party|Italian Liberal Party 3,88]]
rect 466 280 500 320 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 8,67]]
rect 100 320 106 360 [[Proletarian Democracy|Proletarian Democracy 1,51]]
rect 106 320 243 360 [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist Party 34,37]]
rect 243 320 282 360 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party 9,65]]
rect 282 320 286 360 [[1976 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 286 320 300 360 [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|Italian Democratic Socialist Party 3,37]]
rect 300 320 304 360 [[Radical Party (Italy)|Radical Party 1,07]]
rect 304 320 316 360 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 3,09]]
rect 316 320 470 360 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 38,71]]
rect 470 321 476 360 [[Italian Liberal Party|Italian Liberal Party 1,30]]
rect 476 320 500 360 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 6,11]]
rect 100 360 106 400 [[Proletarian Unity Party (Italy)|Proletarian Unity Party 1,37]]
rect 106 360 108 400 [[New Left United|New Left United 0,80]]
rect 108 360 230 400 [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist Party 30,38]]
rect 230 360 270 400 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party 9,81]]
rect 270 360 275 400 [[1979 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 275 360 290 400 [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|Italian Democratic Socialist Party 3,84]]
rect 290 360 304 400 [[Radical Party (Italy)|Radical Party 3,45]]
rect 304 360 316 400 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 3,03]]
rect 316 360 469 400 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 38,30]]
rect 469 360 476 400 [[Italian Liberal Party|Italian Liberal Party 1,94]]
rect 476 360 479 400 [[National Democracy (Italy)|National Democracy 0,63]]
rect 479 360 500 400 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 5,26]]
rect 100 400 106 440 [[Proletarian Democracy|Proletarian Democracy 1,47]]
rect 106 400 226 440 [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist Party 29,89]]
rect 226 400 270 440 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party 11,44]]
rect 270 400 284 440 [[1983 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 284 400 300 440 [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|Italian Democratic Socialist Party 4,09]]
rect 300 400 310 440 [[Radical Party (Italy)|Radical Party 2,19]]
rect 310 400 330 440 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 5,08]]
rect 330 400 462 440 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 32,93]]
rect 462 400 474 440 [[Italian Liberal Party|Italian Liberal Party 2,89]]
rect 474 400 500 440 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 6,81]]
rect 100 440 107 480 [[Proletarian Democracy|Proletarian Democracy 1,66]]
rect 107 440 213 480 [[Italian Communist Party|Italian Communist Party 26,57]]
rect 213 440 270 480 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party 14,27]]
rect 270 440 280 480 [[Federation of Green Lists|Federation of Green Lists 2,51]]
rect 280 440 294 480 [[1987 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 294 440 306 480 [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|Italian Democratic Socialist Party 2,96]]
rect 306 440 316 480 [[Radical Party (Italy)|Radical Party 2,56]]
rect 316 440 330 480 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 3,70]]
rect 330 440 468 480 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 34,31]]
rect 468 440 477 480 [[Italian Liberal Party|Italian Liberal Party 2,10]]
rect 477 440 500 480 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 5,91]]
rect 100 480 122 520 [[Communist Refoundation Party|Communist Refoundation Party 5,62]]
rect 122 480 186 520 [[Democratic Party of the Left|Democratic Party of the Left 16,11]]
rect 186 480 241 520 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party 13,62]]
rect 241 480 252 520 [[Federation of the Greens|Greens 2,79]]
rect 252 480 273 520 [[1992 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 273 480 280 520 [[The Network (political party)|The Network 1,86]]
rect 280 480 291 520 [[Italian Democratic Socialist Party|Italian Democratic Socialist Party 2,71]]
rect 291 480 296 520 [[Pannella List|Pannella List 1,24]]
rect 296 480 314 520 [[Italian Republican Party|Italian Republican Party 4,39]]
rect 314 480 433 520 [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy 29,66]]
rect 433 480 466 520 [[Lega Nord|Northern League 8,65]]
rect 466 480 478 520 [[Italian Liberal Party|Italian Liberal Party 2,86]]
rect 478 480 500 520 [[Italian Social Movement|Italian Social Movement 5,37]]
rect 100 520 124 560 [[Communist Refoundation Party|Communist Refoundation Party 6,05]]
rect 124 520 206 560 [[Democratic Party of the Left|Democratic Party of the Left 20,36]]
rect 206 520 214 560 [[Italian Socialist Party|Italian Socialist Party 2,19]]
rect 214 520 225 560 [[Federation of the Greens|Greens 2,70]]
rect 225 520 230 560 [[Democratic Alliance (Italy)|Democratic Alliance 1,18]]
rect 230 520 238 560 [[The Network (political party)|The Network 1,86]]
rect 238 520 251 560 [[1994 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 251 520 270 560 [[Segni Pact|Segni Pact 4,68]]
rect 270 520 314 560 [[Italian People's Party (1994)|Italian People's Party 11,07]]
rect 314 520 328 560 [[Pannella List|Pannella List 3,51]]
rect 328 520 362 560 [[Lega Nord|Northern League 8,36]]
rect 362 520 446 560 [[Forza Italia (1994)|Forza Italia 21,01]]
rect 446 520 500 560 [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance 13,47]]
rect 100 560 134 600 [[Communist Refoundation Party|Communist Refoundation Party 8,6]]
rect 134 560 218 600 [[Democratic Party of the Left|Democratic Party of the Left 21,1]]
rect 218 560 229 600 [[Federation of the Greens|Greens 2,5]]
rect 229 560 246 600 [[Italian Renewal|Italian Renewal 4,3]]
rect 246 560 273 600 [[Populars for Prodi|Populars for Prodi 6,8]]
rect 273 560 280 600 [[1996 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 280 560 321 600 [[Lega Nord|Northern League 10,1]]
rect 321 560 328 600 [[Pannella List|Pannella-Sgarbi List 1,9]]
rect 328 560 351 580 [[Christian Democratic Centre|CCD - CDU 5,8]]
rect 328 580 351 600 [[United Christian Democrats|CCD - CDU 5,8]]
rect 351 560 434 600 [[Forza Italia (1994)|Forza Italia 20,6]]
rect 434 560 497 600 [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance 15,7]]
rect 497 560 500 600 [[Tricolour Flame|Tricolour Flame 0,9]]
rect 100 600 120 640 [[Communist Refoundation Party|Communist Refoundation Party 5,03]]
rect 120 600 126 640 [[Party of Italian Communists|Party of Italian Communists 1,67]]
rect 126 600 193 640 [[Democrats of the Left|Democrats of the Left 16,57]]
rect 193 600 250 640 [[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy|The Daisy 14,52]]
rect 250 600 260 640 [[The Sunflower|The Sunflower 2,17]]
rect 260 600 275 640 [[Italy of Values|Italy of Values 3,89]]
rect 275 600 284 640 [[Bonino List|Bonino List 2,24]]
rect 284 600 294 640 [[European Democracy|European Democracy 2,39]]
rect 294 600 300 640 [[2001 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 300 600 304 640 [[New Italian Socialist Party|New PSI 0,95]]
rect 304 600 320 640 [[Lega Nord|Northern League 3,94]]
rect 320 600 333 640 [[White Flower|White Flower 3,22]]
rect 333 600 450 640 [[Forza Italia (1994)|Forza Italia 29,43]]
rect 450 600 498 640 [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance 12,02]]
rect 498 600 500 640 [[Tricolour Flame|Tricolour Flame 0,39]]
rect 100 640 123 680 [[Communist Refoundation Party|Communist Refoundation Party 5,84]]
rect 123 640 133 680 [[Party of Italian Communists|Party of Italian Communists 2,31]]
rect 133 640 258 680 [[The Olive Tree (Italy)|L'Ulivo 31,27]]
rect 258 640 266 680 [[Federation of the Greens|Greens 2,05]]
rect 266 640 276 680 [[Rose in the Fist|Rose in the Fist 2,59]]
rect 276 640 285 680 [[Italy of Values|Italy of Values 2,29]]
rect 285 640 290 680 [[Union of Democrats for Europe|UDEUR 1,39]]
rect 290 640 299 680 [[The Union (political coalition)|Others of Union]]
rect 299 640 302 680 [[2006 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 302 640 306 680 [[House of Freedoms|Others of House of Freedoms]]
rect 306 640 324 680 [[Lega Nord|Northern League 4,58]]
rect 324 640 351 680 [[Union of Christian and Centre Democrats|Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 6,76]]
rect 351 640 446 680 [[Forza Italia (1994)|Forza Italia 23,71]]
rect 446 640 496 680 [[National Alliance (Italy)|National Alliance 12,33]]
rect 496 640 498 680 [[Social Alternative|Social Alternative 0,66]]
rect 498 640 500 680 [[Tricolour Flame|Tricolour Flame 0,60]]
rect 100 680 102 720 [[Workers' Communist Party (Italy)|Workers' Communist Party 0,57]]
rect 102 680 104 720 [[Critical Left|Critical Left 0,45]]
rect 104 680 116 720 [[The Left – The Rainbow|The Left – The Rainbow 3,08]]
rect 116 680 249 720 [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party 33,17]]
rect 249 680 266 720 [[Italy of Values|Italy of Values 4,37]]
rect 266 680 270 720 [[Italian Socialist Party (2007)|Socialist Party 0,97]]
rect 270 680 281 720 [[2008 Italian general election|Others]]
rect 281 680 303 720 [[Union of the Centre (2002)|Union of the Centre 5,62]]
rect 303 680 308 720 [[Movement for Autonomy|Movement for Autonomy 1,12]]
rect 308 680 341 720 [[Lega Nord|Northern League 8,29]]
rect 341 680 490 720 [[The People of Freedom|The People of Freedom 37,38]]
rect 490 680 500 720 [[The Right–Tricolour Flame|The Right–Tricolour Flame 2,428]]
rect 100 720 113 760 [[Left Ecology Freedom|Left Ecology Freedom 3,16]]
rect 113 720 215 760 [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party 25,52]]
rect 215 720 224 760 [[Civil Revolution|Civil Revolution 2,19]]
rect 224 720 240 760 [[2013 Italian general election|Others 4,00]]  
rect 240 720 274 760 [[Civic Choice|Civic Choice 8,58]]
rect 274 720 281 760 [[Union of the Centre (2002)|Union of the Centre 1,74]]
rect 281 720 382 760 [[Five Star Movement|Five Star Movement 25,14]]
rect 382 720 398 760 [[Lega Nord|Northern League 3,98]]
rect 398 720 483 760 [[The People of Freedom|The People of Freedom 21,37]]

</imagemap>This other graph shows, instead, the elections from 1946 to 2022 relative to the total eligible voters; providing an illustration of the phenomenon of electoral abstentionism.
[[File:Italian general elections (1946-2022).svg|none|thumb|800x800px|'''Italian general elections (1946-2022) '''  [https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/ Source] ]]

==List of presidential elections==
===Provisional Head of State===
{{see also|1946 Italian institutional referendum}}
* [[1946 Italian presidential election]]
* [[1947 Italian presidential election]]

===President of the Republic===
* [[1948 Italian presidential election]]
* [[1955 Italian presidential election]]
* [[1962 Italian presidential election]]
* [[1964 Italian presidential election]]
* [[1971 Italian presidential election]]
* [[1978 Italian presidential election]]
* [[1985 Italian presidential election]]
* [[1992 Italian presidential election]]
* [[1999 Italian presidential election]]
* [[2006 Italian presidential election]]
* [[2013 Italian presidential election]]
* [[2015 Italian presidential election]]
* [[2022 Italian presidential election]]

==List of general elections==
{{main|Italian general elections}}

===Kingdom of Italy===
*27 January–3 February [[1861 Italian general election]]
*22–29 October [[1865 Italian general election]]
*10–17 March [[1867 Italian general election]]
*20–27 November [[1870 Italian general election]]
*8–15 November [[1874 Italian general election]]
*5–12 November [[1876 Italian general election]]
*16–23 May [[1880 Italian general election]]
*29 October–5 November [[1882 Italian general election]]
*23–30 May [[1886 Italian general election]]
*23–30 November [[1890 Italian general election]]
*6–13 November [[1892 Italian general election]]
*26 May–2 June [[1895 Italian general election]]
*21–28 March [[1897 Italian general election]]
*3–10 June [[1900 Italian general election]]
*6–13 November [[1904 Italian general election]]
*7–14 March [[1909 Italian general election]]
*26 October–2 November [[1913 Italian general election]]
*16 November [[1919 Italian general election]]
*15 May [[1921 Italian general election]]
*6 April [[1924 Italian general election]]
*24 March [[1929 Italian general election]]
*25 March [[1934 Italian general election]]

===Italian Republic===
*2–3 June [[1946 Italian general election]]
*18 April [[1948 Italian general election]]
*7 June [[1953 Italian general election]]
*25 May [[1958 Italian general election]]
*28 April [[1963 Italian general election]]
*19 May [[1968 Italian general election]]
*7 May [[1972 Italian general election]]
*20 June [[1976 Italian general election]]
*3 June [[1979 Italian general election]]
*26 June [[1983 Italian general election]]
*14–15 June [[1987 Italian general election]]
*5–6 April [[1992 Italian general election]]
*27–28 March [[1994 Italian general election]]
*21 April [[1996 Italian general election]]
*13 May [[2001 Italian general election]]
*9–10 April [[2006 Italian general election]]
*13–14 April [[2008 Italian general election]]
*24–25 February [[2013 Italian general election]]
*4 March [[2018 Italian general election]]
*25 September [[2022 Italian general election]]

==List of European Parliament elections==
*10 June [[1979 European Parliament election in Italy]]
*17 June [[1984 European Parliament election in Italy]]
*18 June [[1989 European Parliament election in Italy]]
*12 June [[1994 European Parliament election in Italy]]
*13 June [[1999 European Parliament election in Italy]]
*13 June [[2004 European Parliament election in Italy]]
*6–7 June [[2009 European Parliament election in Italy]]
*25 May [[2014 European Parliament election in Italy]]
*26 May [[2019 European Parliament election in Italy]]

== List of regional elections ==
{{For|the most recent elections|2023 Italian regional elections}}
*20 April [[1947 Sicilian regional election]]	
*24 April–8 May [[1949 Italian regional elections]]	
*3 June [[1951 Sicilian regional election]]	
*14 June [[1953 Sardinian regional election]]	
*6 November [[1954 Valdostan regional election]]	
*5 June [[1955 Sicilian regional election]]	
*16 June [[1957 Sardinian regional election]]	
*17 May–7 June [[1959 Italian regional elections]]	
*18 June [[1961 Sardinian regional election]]	
*9 June–27 October [[1963 Italian regional elections]]	
*10 May–15 November [[1964 Italian regional elections]]	
*13 June [[1965 Sardinian regional election]]	
*11 June [[1967 Sicilian regional election]]	
*21 April and 26 May and 17 November [[1968 Italian regional elections]]	
*15 June [[1969 Sardinian regional election]]
*7–8 June [[1970 Italian regional elections]]
*13 June [[1971 Sicilian regional election]]	
*10 June–17 June and 18 November[[1973 Italian regional elections]]	
*16 June [[1974 Sardinian regional election]]
*15–16 June [[1975 Italian regional elections]]
*20 June [[1976 Sicilian regional election]]	
*25 June and 19 November [[1978 Italian regional elections]]	
*17 June [[1979 Sardinian regional election]]
*8–9 June [[1980 Italian regional elections]]
*21 June [[1981 Sicilian regional election]]	
*26 June and 20 November [[1983 Italian regional elections]]	
*24 June [[1984 Sardinian regional election]]
*12–13 May [[1985 Italian regional elections]]
*22 June [[1986 Sicilian regional election]]	
*26–27 June and 20 November [[1988 Italian regional elections]]
*11 June [[1989 Sardinian regional election]]
*6–7 May [[1990 Italian regional elections]]
*16 June [[1991 Sicilian regional election]]	
*6 June and 21 November [[1993 Italian regional elections]]	
*12–26 June [[1994 Sardinian regional election]]
*23 April [[1995 Italian regional elections]]
*16 June [[1996 Sicilian regional election]]	
*31 May and 14 June and 22 November [[1998 Italian regional elections]]	
*13–27 June [[1999 Sardinian regional election]]
*16 April [[2000 Italian regional elections]]
*24 June and 11 November [[2001 Italian regional elections]]
*8 June and 28 October [[2003 Italian regional elections]]	
*12–13 June [[2004 Sardinian regional election]]
*3–4 April [[2005 Italian regional elections]]
*28 May and 5–6 November [[2006 Italian regional elections]]
*13–14 April and 25 May and 26 October and 9 November and 14–15 December [[2008 Italian regional elections]]
*15–16 February [[2009 Sardinian regional election]]
*28–29 March [[2010 Italian regional elections]]
*16–17 October [[2011 Molise regional election]]
*28 October [[2012 Sicilian regional election]]
*24–25 February and 17–18 November and 21–22 April and 26 May and 27 October [[2013 Italian regional elections]]
*16 February and 25 May and 23 November [[2014 Italian regional elections]]
*31 May [[2015 Italian regional elections]]
*5 November [[2017 Sicilian regional election]]
*4 March and 22 April and 29 April and 20 May and 21 October [[2018 Italian regional elections]]
*10 February and 24 February and 24 March and 26 May and 27 October [[2019 Italian regional elections]]
*26 January and 20–21 September [[2020 Italian regional elections]]
*3–4 October [[2021 Italian regional elections]]
*25 September [[2022 Sicilian regional election]]
*12–13 February and 2–3 April and 25–26 June and 22 October [[2023 Italian regional elections]]

==Referendums==
{{Main|Referendums in Italy}}

===Overview===
The constitution of [[Italy]] provides for two kinds of binding referendums.

A legislative referendum can be called in order to abrogate a law totally or partially, if requested by 500,000 electors or five regional councils. This kind of referendum is valid only if at least a majority of electors goes to the polling station. It is forbidden to call a referendum regarding financial laws or laws relating to pardons or the ratification of international treaties.

A constitutional referendum can be called in order to approve a constitutional law or amendment only when it has been approved by the Houses ([[Italian Chamber of Deputies|Chamber of Deputies]] and [[Italian Senate|Senate of the Republic]]) with a majority of less than two thirds in both or either House, and only at the request of one fifth of the members of either House, or 500,000 electors or five [[Regional Council (Italy)|Regional Councils]]. A constitutional referendum is valid no matter how many electors go to the polling station. Any citizen entitled to vote in an election may participate in a referendum.

===List of referendums===
*2 June [[1946 Italian institutional referendum]]
*12 May [[1974 Italian divorce referendum]]
*11 June [[1978 Italian referendums]]
*17–18 May [[1981 Italian referendums]]
*9 June [[1985 Italian wage referendum]]
*8 November [[1987 Italian referendums]]
*18 June [[1989 Italian advisory referendum]]
*3 June [[1990 Italian referendums]]
*9 June [[1991 Italian electoral law referendum]]
*18 April [[1993 Italian referendum]]
*11 June [[1995 Italian referendum]]
*15 June [[1997 Italian referendum]]
*18 April [[1999 Italian referendum]]
*21 May [[2000 Italian referendum]]
*7 October [[2001 Italian constitutional referendum]]
*15 May [[2003 Italian referendum]]
*12 June [[2005 Italian fertility laws referendum]]
*26 June [[2006 Italian constitutional referendum]]
*21–22 June [[2009 Italian electoral law referendum]]
*12–13 June [[2011 Italian referendums]] 
*17 April [[2016 Italian oil drilling referendum]]
*4 December [[2016 Italian constitutional referendum]]
*20–21 September [[2020 Italian constitutional referendum]]
*12 June [[2022 Italian referendum]]
*8-9 June [[2025 Italian referendum]]

==See also==
* [[Electoral calendar]]
* [[Italian electoral law of 2017]] for the [[Parliament of Italy]]
* [[Primary elections in Italy]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/i/italy/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]
*[http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/italy.html Parties and elections]
*[http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/temi/elezioni/ Ministry of Internal Affairs of Italy - Page on Elections]
* [http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/italy/ NSD: European Election Database - Italy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610192215/http://www.nsd.uib.no/european_election_database/country/italy |date=2018-06-10 }} publishes regional level election data
*[https://www.politicaldatayearbook.com/Chart.aspx/108/Italy Italy Election Data], ''European Journal of Political Research-Political Data Yearbook: Interactive''

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