| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Il Parlamento / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Senato della Repubblica / Senate |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Camera dei Deputati / Chamber of Deputies
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| BACKGROUND |
| Dates of election / renewal (from/to) (from/to) | 24 February 2013
25 February 2013 |
| Purpose of elections |
The "Italy Common Good" coalition, headed by Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani, won a majority in the Chamber of Deputies but not in the Senate. Lengthy negotiations ensued over the formation of a government.
Mr. Bersani's coalition took 345 of the 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 112 of the 315 directly elected seats in the Senate. The People's Party for Freedom coalition (PdL)-Northern League (LN), led by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, took 125 and 116 seats respectively. The Five Stars Movement (M5s) - a new party led by Mr. Beppe Grillo - followed with 109 and 54 seats. Mr. Grillo, who himself did not run for a seat in parliament, proposed to slash MPs' salaries and to introduce a minimum income for unemployed Italians. The "With Monti for Italy" coalition led by outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti came in the fourth, taking only 47 and 19 seats. He had become Prime Minister in November 2011 amid a financial crisis and implemented austerity plans in an attempt to revive Italy's economy.
On 20 April, a joint parliamentary session re-elected President Giorgio Napolitano after five rounds of inconclusive voting in which other candidates were unable to obtain the requisite majority. On 24 April, he named Mr. Enrico Letta (Democratic Party) as Prime Minister, tasking him with forming a new government. |
Date of previous elections: 13 14 April 2008
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature: 22 December 2012
Timing of election: Early elections
Expected date of next elections: February 2018
Number of seats at stake: 315 (full renewal)
Number of candidates: Not available
Percentage of women candidates: Not available
Number of parties contesting the election: 59 (37 parties and 3 coalition comprising 22 parties)
Number of parties winning seats: 8 (including three coalitions)
Alternation of power: Not applicable. The composition of the government had changed before the 2013 elections.
Number of parties in government: 3
Names of parties in government: Democratic Party, People's Party for Freedom, and Civic Choice
Date of the first session of the new parliament: 15 March 2013
Name of the new Speaker: Mr. Pietro Grasso (Democratic Party) |
| STATISTICS |
| Voter turnout |
| Round no 1 (from/to) | 24 February 2013
25 February 2013 |
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes |
42'270'824
31'751'350 (75.11%)
1'133'805
30'617'545 |
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Notes
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| Distribution of seats |
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Round no 1
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| Political Group |
Total
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| "Italy Common Good" coalition |
122
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| People's Party for Freedom coalition (PdL)-Northern League (LN) |
116
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| Five Stars Movement (M5s) |
54
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| "With Monti for Italy" coalition |
17
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| For Aosta Valley |
1
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| Great South |
1
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| The Megaphone - List of R. Crocetta |
1
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| Associative Movement of Italians Abroad (MAIE) |
1
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| Distribution of seats according to sex |
Men
Women
Percent of women |
233
86
26.96%
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| Distribution of seats according to age |
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| Distribution of seats according to profession |
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| Comments |
Sources:
IPU Group (07.03.2013, 30.04.2013, 01.01.2017)
http://www.senato.it/1064
http://www.senato.it/leg/17/BGT/Schede_v3/Statistiche/Composizione/SenatoriPerEta.html
http://elezioni.interno.it
Note:
- The "Italy Common Good" coalition comprised the Democratic Party, the Left Ecology Freedom, the Democratic Centre and the South Tyrolean Peoples Party.
- The People's Party for Freedom coalition (PdL)-Northern League (LN) comprised the People's Party for Freedom, the Northern League, the Brothers of Italy, the Right, Great South- Movement for Autonomies, the Italian Moderates in Revolution, the Pensioners' Party, the Popular Agreement and the Independents for a Fair Italy.
- The "With Monti for Italy" coalition comprised the Civic Choice, the Union of the Centre and the Future and Freedom.
Note on the distribution of seats according to sex:
- The figures above refer to the composition of the Senate at the first session in February 2013. It comprised 315 directly-elected members (of whom 86 were women) and four male life senators: three appointed by the President of the Republic and one former President (ex-officio).
- The number of women increased to 92 after a formation of government in April.
- Two of the life senators, both appointed by the President, passed away in May and June 2013 respectively. As at 26 June 2013, there were 92 women out of a total of 317 members.
- On 14 January 2015, former President Giorgio Napolitano was sworn in as a senator for life.
- As at 9 February 2015, there was a total of 321 senators 315 directly elected senators, two ex-officio senators (former Presidents) and four senators appointed by the President of whom 91 were women. |
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