| Legislature XVII of Italy | |
| Native Name: | XVII legislatura della Repubblica Italiana |
| Native Name Lang: | it |
| Legislature: | 17th legislature |
| Coa Caption: | Emblems of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies |
| House Type: | bicameral |
| Houses: | Chamber of Deputies Senate of the Republic |
| Disbanded: | |
| Preceded By: | XVI Legislature |
| Succeeded By: | XVIII Legislature |
| Leader1 Type: | President of the Senate |
| Leader1: | Pietro Grasso |
| Party1: | PD |
| Election1: | 16 March 2013 |
| Leader2 Type: | President of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Leader2: | Laura Boldrini |
| Party2: | SEL |
| Election2: | 16 March 2013 |
| Seats: | C: 630 S: 321 (315 + 6) |
| House1: | Chamber of Deputies |
| House2: | Senate |
| Voting System1: | Porcellum |
| Voting System2: | Porcellum |
| Last Election3: | 24–25 February 2013 |
| Meeting Place: | Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome (C) |
| Meeting Place2: | Palazzo Madama, Rome (S) |
| Website: | |
| Constitution: | Constitution of Italy |
The Legislature XVII of Italy (it|XVII Legislatura della Repubblica Italiana) started on 15 March 2013 and ended on 22 March 2018.[1] [2] Its composition was the one resulting from the general election of 24–25 February 2013, called after the dissolution of the houses of Parliament announced by President Giorgio Napolitano on 22 December 2012.[3]
The Parliament was dismissed after its term was completed, when President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the houses on 28 December 2017.[4]
At the time of its foundation, this legislature had the lowest average age (48 years) and highest percentage of female MPs (31%) in Italian history.[5]
| Prime Minister | Party | Term of office | Government | Composition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||||
| Enrico Letta | Democratic Party | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | bgcolor=#E4E4E4 | Letta | bgcolor=#E4E4E4 | PD • PdL • SC • UDC • RI | ||
| Matteo Renzi | Democratic Party | 22 February 2014 | 12 December 2016 | Renzi | PD • NCD • SC • UDC | ||||
| Paolo Gentiloni | Democratic Party | 12 December 2016 | 1 June 2018 | Gentiloni | PD • AP • CpE | ||||
The number of elected deputies is 630.
| Initial composition[6] | Final composition[7] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary group | Seats | Parliamentary group | Seats | Change | |||||
| Democratic Party | 293 | Democratic Party | 282 | 11 | |||||
| Five Star Movement | 109 | Five Star Movement | 88 | 21 | |||||
| The People of Freedom – Berlusconi for President | 97 | Forza Italia – The People of Freedom – Berlusconi for President | 56 | 41 | |||||
| Civics and Innovators | 47 | 47 | |||||||
| Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom | 37 | Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom – Possible – Free and Equal | 17 | 20 | |||||
| Northern League and Autonomies | 20 | Northern League and Autonomies – League of Peoples – Us with Salvini | 22 | 2 | |||||
| Brothers of Italy | 9 | Brothers of Italy – National Alliance | 12 | 3 | |||||
| Article 1 – Democratic and Progressive Movement – Free and Equal | 42 | 42 | |||||||
| Popular Alternative – Centrists for Europe – NCD – Us with Italy | 23 | 23 | |||||||
| Us with Italy – Civic Choice for Italy – MAIE | 15 | 15 | |||||||
| Solidary Democracy – Democratic Centre | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| Mixed | 14 | Mixed | 61 | 47 | |||||
| Linguistic Minorities | 5 | Linguistic Minorities | 6 | 1 | |||||
| MAIE–Associative Movement Italians Abroad | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Democratic Centre | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Civics and Innovators – Energies for Italy | 14 | 14 | |||||||
| Direction Italy | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| UDC – IDEA | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Free Alternative – All Together for Italy | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| Italian Socialist Party (PSI) – Liberals for Italy (PLI) – Independents | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Non inscrits | 1 | Non inscrits | 17 | 16 | |||||
| Total seats | 630 | Total seats | 630 | ||||||
The number of elected senators was 315. At the start of this legislature there were four life senators (Giulio Andreotti, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Emilio Colombo and Mario Monti), making the total number of senators equal to 319. At the end of the legislature, after the nomination of six new life senators (Claudio Abbado, Elena Cattaneo, Renzo Piano, Carlo Rubbia, Liliana Segre and Giorgio Napolitano as former living President of the Republic), and the deaths of Andreotti, Colombo, Abbado and Ciampi, the total number of senators became 321.