Results of the 2022 Italian general election explained

The 2022 Italian general election was held on 25 September, resulting in a majority of seats of both houses of the Italian Parliament for the centre-right coalition.^{[1] [2]} The Meloni Cabinet was announced on 21 October and was officially sworn in on the next day. The first Cabinet headed by a female Prime Minister of Italy,^[3] it was variously described as a shift to the political right,^[4] as well as the first far-right-led Italian government since World War II.^{[5] [6]} The Meloni Cabinet successufully won the confidence votes on 25–26 October with a comfortable majority in both houses of Parliament.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Voter turnout

Voter turnout was the lowest in the history of republican Italy at 63.9%,^[10] about 9 percentage points below the 2018 election.^[11]

Region	Time
	12:00	19:00	23:00
Abruzzo	17.16%	51.38%	63.99%
Aosta Valley	19.92%	48.76%	60.59%
Apulia	16.80%	42.57%	56.56%
Basilicata	13.86%	41.27%	58.77%
Calabria	12.84%	36.91%	50.80%
Campania	12.44%	38.70%	53.27%
Emilia-Romagna	23.46%	59.74%	71.97%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	21.68%	56.20%	66.21%
Lazio	20.83%	53.42%	64.34%
Liguria	21.89%	53.44%	64.19%
Lombardy	22.42%	58.34%	70.09%
Marche	20.15%	55.69%	68.39%
Molise	13.00%	44.04%	56.54%
Piedmont	20.47%	53.60%	66.35%
Sardinia	15.58%	40.96%	53.17%
Sicily	14.77%	41.89%	57.34%
Tuscany	22.31%	58.06%	69.75%
Trentino-Alto Adige	18.93%	52.54%	66.04%
Umbria	20.09%	56.07%	68.83%
Veneto	22.13%	57.57%	70.17%
Total	19.21%	51.14%	63.91%
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Chamber of Deputies

Vote and seats share

Results by constituency

FPTP results by constituency

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		CDX	CSX	M5S	SVP–PATT	ScN
Abruzzo	3	3
Aosta Valley	1		1
Apulia	10	9		1
Basilicata	1	1
Calabria	5	4		1
Campania 1	7			7
Campania 2	7	7
Emilia-Romagna	11	7	4
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	3	3
Lazio 1	9	7	2
Lazio 2	5	5
Liguria	4	3	1
Lombardy 1	9	7	2
Lombardy 2	5	5
Lombardy 3	5	5
Lombardy 4	4	4
Marche	4	4
Molise	1	1
Piedmont 1	5	4	1
Piedmont 2	5	5
Sardinia	4	4
Sicily 1	6	5		1
Sicily 2	6	5				1
Trentino-Alto Adige	4	2			2
Tuscany	9	7	2
Umbria	2	2
Veneto 1	5	5
Veneto 2	7	7
Total	147	121	13	10	2	1
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Proportional results by constituency

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		CDX	CSX	M5S	A–IV	SVP–PATT	MAIE
Abruzzo	6	3	2	1
Apulia	17	7	4	5	1
Basilicata	3	1	1	1
Calabria	8	4	2	2
Campania 1	13	3	3	6	1
Campania 2	11	4	3	3	1
Emilia-Romagna	18	8	6	2	2
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	5	3	1		1
Lazio 1	15	7	4	2	2
Lazio 2	7	4	2	1
Liguria	6	3	2	1
Lombardy 1	16	7	5	2	2
Lombardy 2	9	5	1	2	1
Lombardy 3	9	5	2	1	1
Lombardy 4	7	4	2		1
Marche	6	3	2	1
Molise	1		1
Piedmont 1	10	4	4	1	1
Piedmont 2	9	5	2		1
Sardinia	7	3	2	2
Sicily 1	9	4	1	3	1
Sicily 2	11	5	2	3	1
Trentino-Alto Adige	3	1	1			1
Tuscany	15	6	5	2	2
Umbria	4	2	2
Veneto 1	8	5	2		1
Veneto 2	12	7	3	1	1
Overseas	8	2	4	1			1
Total	253	116	72	42	21	1	1
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Senate of the Republic

Results by constituency

FPTP results by constituency

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		CDX	CSX	M5S	SVP–PATT	ScN
Abruzzo	1	1
Aosta Valley	1	1
Apulia	5	5
Basilicata	1	1
Calabria	2	2
Campania	7	3		4
Emilia-Romagna	5	3	2
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1	1
Lazio	6	6
Liguria	2	2
Lombardy	11	10	1
Marche	2	2
Molise	1	1
Piedmont	5	4	1
Sardinia	2	2
Sicily	6	4		1		1
Trentino-Alto Adige	6	2	2		2
Tuscany	4	3	1
Umbria	1	1
Veneto	5	5
Total	74	59	7	5	2	1
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Proportional results by constituency

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		CDX	CSX	M5S	A–IV	MAIE
Abruzzo	3	1	1	1
Apulia	8	4	2	2
Basilicata	2	1		1
Calabria	4	2	1	1
Campania	11	4	2	4	1
Emilia-Romagna	9	4	3	1	1
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	3	2	1
Lazio	12	6	3	2	1
Liguria	3	1	1	1
Lombardy	20	10	6	2	2
Marche	3	1	1	1
Molise	1	1
Piedmont	9	4	3	1	1
Sardinia	3	1	1	1
Sicily	10	4	2	3	1
Tuscany	8	3	3	1	1
Umbria	2	1	1
Veneto	11	6	3	1	1
Overseas	4		3			1
Total	126	56	37	23	9	1
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Analysis of proportionality

Using the Gallagher index, the disproportionality of both houses was 12.31 and 10.83. For comparison, the disproportionality in the 2018 election was 5.50 and 6.12.

Coalition!Vote share!Seat share!Difference!Difference²

	Centre-right coalition	43.78	59.25		239.32
	Centre-left coalition	26.13	21.25		23.81
	Five Star Movement	15.43	13.00		5.90
	Action – Italia Viva	7.79	5.25		6.45
	SVP–PATT	0.42	0.75		0.11
	South calls North	0.76	0.25		0.26
	MAIE	0.48	0.25		0.05
	Others	5.21	0.00		27.14
				TOTAL	303.04
				TOTAL /2	151.52
					12.31

Coalition!Vote share!Seat share!Difference!Difference²

	Centre-right coalition	44.02	57.50		181.71
	Centre-left coalition	25.99	22.00		15.92
	Five Star Movement	15.55	14.00		2.40
	Action – Italia Viva	7.73	4.50		10.43
	SVP–PATT	0.41	1.00		0.34
	South calls North	0.99	0.50		0.24
	MAIE	0.48	0.50		0.00
	Others	4.83	0.00		23.33
				TOTAL	234.37
				TOTAL /2	117.85
					10.83

Leaders' races

Coalition		Party		Name	Constituency	Votes	%	Position	Result
	Centre-right		FdI	Giorgia Meloni	L'Aquila	104,823	51.49	1st	Elected
			Lega	Matteo Salvini	Apulia			1st	Elected
			FI	Silvio Berlusconi	Monza	231,440	50.26	1st	Elected
			NM	Maurizio Lupi	Lecco	131,305	54.80	1st	Elected
	Centre-left		PD	Enrico Letta	Veneto			1st	Elected
			AVS	Angelo Bonelli	Imola	90,004	38.34	1st	Elected
			+E	Emma Bonino	Rome (XIV)	182,239	33.21	2nd	Not elected
			IC	Luigi Di Maio	Fuorigrotta	41,743	24.42	2nd	Not elected
	Five Star Movement			Giuseppe Conte	Lombardy			2nd	Elected
	Action – Italia Viva	Carlo Calenda	Rome (XIV)	77,211	14.07	3rd	Not elected
Lazio			1st	Elected
	South calls North			Cateno De Luca	Catania	60,067	14.44	3rd	Not elected

Electorate demographics

Sociology of the electorate
Demographic	Centre-right	Centre-left	M5S	A–IV	Others	Turnout
Total vote	43.8%	26.1%	15.4%	7.8%	6.9%	63.8%
Sex
Men	44.6%	24.3%	15.2%	8.6%	7.3%	63.1%
Women	42.9%	28.0%	15.6%	6.9%	6.6%	58.5%
Age
18–34 years old	30.0%	32.9%	20.9%	8.5%	7.7%	57.3%
35–49 years old	49.6%	21.0%	17.4%	5.7%	6.3%	57.6%
50–64 years old	45.6%	22.5%	16.6%	6.9%	8.4%	65.2%
65 or older	46.9%	29.3%	8.8%	9.9%	5.1%	61.8%
Occupation
Student	19.1%	44.5%	24.8%	8.0%	3.6%	64.5%
Unemployed	43.5%	22.3%	23.5%	3.3%	7.4%	52.2%
Housewife	51.1%	19.9%	19.0%	5.4%	4.6%	63.0%
Blue-collar	56.5%	15.7%	16.4%	3.9%	7.5%	56.6%
White-collar	38.4%	30.7%	13.8%	10.8%	6.3%	67.2%
Self-employed	43.3%	16.0%	15.8%	7.5%	17.4%	70.0%
Manager	42.6%	28.2%	11.6%	12.3%	5.3%	74.1%
Retired	44.4%	30.5%	9.9%	9.0%	6.2%	59.9%
Education
Elementary school	49.8%	22.0%	16.7%	5.2%	6.3%	54.8%
High school	42.4%	25.5%	16.1%	7.4%	8.6%	64.2%
University	32.8%	36.7%	11.3%	14.3%	4.9%	71.1%
Economic condition
Lower	49.2%	14.4%	25.0%	3.4%	8.0%	50.6%
Middle-lower	50.1%	19.7%	18.2%	5.2%	6.8%	52.7%
Middle	41.7%	28.9%	14.0%	7.9%	7.5%	64.0%
Upper-middle	37.1%	32.6%	11.4%	11.5%	7.4%	71.7%
Upper	41.1%	34.8%	10.2%	11.7%	2.2%	72.5%
Source: Ipsos Italia^[12]

See also

• Results of the 1996 Italian general election

Notes and References

1. News: 25 September 2022. Giorgia Meloni: Italy's far-right wins election and vows to govern for all. BBC. 29 September 2022.
2. News: Horowitz. Jason. Giorgia Meloni Wins Voting in Italy, in Breakthrough for Europe's Hard Right. live. 29 September 2022. The New York Times. 25 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220927040606/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/world/europe/italy-meloni-prime-minister.html. 27 September 2022.
3. News: Harlan. Chico. Pitrelli. Stefano. 21 October 2022. Meloni sworn in as Italy's first female prime minister. The Washington Post . 22 October 2022. 0190-8286.
4. News: Amante. Angelo. Weir. Keith. 21 October 2022. Meloni takes charge as PM as Italy swings to the right. Reuters. 21 October 2022.
5. News: Associated Press. 21 October 2022. Presidential palace says Giorgia Meloni forms government, giving Italy first far-right-led coalition since World War II. 21 October 2022. ABC News.
6. News: 21 October 2022 . Far-right Meloni set to become Italy's first woman PM. 21 October 2022. France 24. Agence France-Presse.
7. Web site: Cipolla. Alessandro. Imparato. Rosaria. 25 October 2022. Meloni alla Camera, diretta video voto di fiducia al governo: cosa ha detto nella replica la presidente del Consiglio. Money. it. https://web.archive.org/web/20221026003822/https://www.money.it/meloni-camera-diretta-video-voto-fiducia-governo. 26 October 2022. 26 October 2022.
8. News: 26 October 2022. Il Senato vota la fiducia al governo Meloni: 115 sì, 79 no e 5 astenuti. live. 26 October 2022. Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. it. https://web.archive.org/web/20221026200317/https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2022/10/26/il-senato-vota-la-fiducia-al-governo-meloni-115-si-79-no-e-5-astenuti_1f316e11-70d5-491d-801f-7e5cea2d1b71.html. 26 October 2022.
9. Web site: Governo Meloni, le ultime notizie. Fiducia in Senato per l'esecutivo: 115 sì e 79 no. live. 26 October 2022. Sky TG24. it. https://web.archive.org/web/20221026200523/https://tg24.sky.it/politica/2022/10/26/governo-meloni-fiducia-ultime-notizie. 26 October 2022.
10. News: Proiezioni: FdI primo partito. Calano M5s, Lega e Forza Italia. Pd al 19%, Terzo polo al 7%. RAI. it. 26 September 2022. 29 September 2022.
11. News: Kirby. Paul. 26 September 2022. Giorgia Meloni: Italy's far right wins election and vows to govern for all. BBC. 29 September 2022.
12. Web site: 28 September 2022. I sondaggi politici di Pagnoncelli: elezioni politiche 2022, chi sono gli elettori italiani di ciascuna forza politica?. Ipsos. it. 29 September 2022.