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Back side of Palazzo Montecitorio designed by architect Ernesto Basile.
Back side of Palazzo Montecitorio designed by architect Ernesto Basile.
Main entrace of Palazzo Montecitorio.
Main entrace of Palazzo Montecitorio.
Front side of Palazzo Montecitorio.
Front side of Palazzo Montecitorio.

The Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italian: Camera dei Deputati) is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a majority of which are controlled presently by supporters of the Prodi leftwing coalition (as of 2006). Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. The incumbent president is Fausto Bertinotti, a leader of Communist Refoundation Party.

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[edit] Latest results

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Summary of the 9–10 April 2006 Chamber of Deputies of Italy election results (percentages and votes exclude overseas ballots.)
Coalitions Votes % Seats Parties inside coalitions Votes % Seats
The Union
(L'Unione)		 19,036,986 49.80 348[1] Olive Tree (L'Ulivo) 11,928,362 31.20 220
Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) 2,229,604 5.83 41
Rose in the Fist (Rosa nel Pugno) 991,049 2.59 18
Party of Italian Communists (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani) 884,912 2.31 16
Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori) 877,159 2.29 16
abroad: 1
Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) 783,944 2.05 15
Popular-UDEUR (Popolari-UDEUR) 534,553 1.40 10
Pensioners' Party (Partito dei Pensionati) 335,118 0.88 0
South Tyrolean People's Party (Südtiroler Volkspartei) 182,703 0.48 4
The Socialists (I Socialisti) 115,105 0.30 0
Consumers' List (Lista Consumatori) 73,720 0.19 0
League for Autonomy-Lombard Alliance (Lega Alleanza Lombarda) 44,580 0.12 0
Autonomy Liberty Democracy (Autonomie Liberté Démocratie) 34,167 0.09 1
Veneto Front League (Liga Fronte Veneto) 22,010 0.06 0
The Union (L'Unione) abroad: 6
House of Freedoms
(Casa delle Libertà)		 18,995,697 49.69 281 Forza Italia 9,045,384 23.66 137
abroad: 3
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) 4,706,654 12.31 71
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e dei Democratici di Centro) 2,582,233 6.75 39
Northern League-Movement for Autonomy 1,749,632 4.58 26
Christian Democracy-New PSI (DC-Nuovo PSI) 285,744 0.75 4
Social Alternative (Alternativa Sociale) 256,997 0.67 0
Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) 231,743 0.61 0
No Euro Movement (No Euro) 58,757 0.15 0
United Pensioners (Pensionati Uniti) 28,317 0.07 0
Environmental List-Ecological Democrats (Ambienta-Lista-Ecologisti Democratici) 17,574 0.05 0
Forza Italia-National Alliance (Forza Italia-Alleanza Nazionale) 13,372 0.03 0
Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano) 12,334 0.03 0
S.O.S. Italy (S.O.S. Italia) 6,956 0.02 0
For Italy in the World with Tremaglia (Partito per Italia nel mondo con Tremaglia) abroad: 1
Other Parties 1 Italian Association in South America (Associazioni Italiane in Sud America) abroad: 1
Progetto Nordest 92,079 0.24 0
All other parties 105,302 0.28 0
Total     630     630

Source: Interior Ministry of Italy, Votes, Seats

  1. ^ Includes bonus seats allocated to largest coalition, according to the new electoral system.


[edit] Presidents of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

[edit] Kingdom of Sardinia (1848-1860)

President From To Notes
1st Legislature
Vincenzo Gioberti May 8, 1848 December 30, 1848
2nd Legislature
Lorenzo Pareto February 1, 1849 March 30, 1849
3rd Legislature
Lorenzo Pareto July 30, 1849 November 20, 1849
4th Legislature
Pier Dionigi Pinelli December 20, 1849 April 22, 1852

Died during mandate
Urbano Rattazzi May 11, 1852 October 27, 1853
Carlo Bon Compagni November 16, 1853 November 21, 1853
5th Legislature
Carlo Bon Compagni December 19, 1853 June 16, 1856
Carlo Cadorna January 7, 1859 July 16, 1857
6th Legislature
Carlo Bon Compagni December 14, 1857 July 14, 1858
Urbano Rattazzi January 20, 1859 January 21, 1860
7th Legislature
Giovanni Lanza April 2, 1860 December 17, 1860

[edit] Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)

President From To Notes
8th Legislature
Urbano Rattazzi February 18, 1861 March 3, 1862
Sebastiano Tecchio March 22, 1862 May 21, 1863
Giovanni Battista Cassinis May 21, 1863 September 7, 1865
9th Legislature
Adriano Mari November 18, 1865 February 13, 1867
10th Legislature
Adriano Mari March 22, 1867 October 27, 1867
Giovanni Lanza December 16, 1867 August 8, 1869
Adriano Mari November 25, 1868 August 14, 1869
Giovanni Lanza November 18, 1869 December 15, 1869
Giuseppe Brancheri March 12, 1970 November 2, 1870
11th Legislature
Giuseppe Branchieri December 5, 1870 September 20, 1874
12th Legislature
Giuseppe Branchieri November 23, 1874 October 3, 1876
13th Legislature
Francesco Crispi November 26, 1876 December 26, 1877
Benedetto Cairoli March 7, 1878 March 24, 1878
Domenico Farini March 27, 1878 March 19, 1880
Michele Coppino April 13, 1880 May 2, 1880
14th Legislature
Doenico Farini May 26, 1880 September 25, 1882
15th Legislature
Domenico Farini November 22, 1882 March 12, 1884
Michele Coppino March 19, 1884 April 27, 1884
Giuseppe Branchieri April 7, 1884 April 27, 1886
16th Legislature
Giuseppe Branchieri June 10, 1886 August 3, 1890
17th Legislature
Giuseppe Branchieri December 10, 1890 [September 27]] 1892
18th Legislature
Giuseppe Zanardelli November 23, 1892 February 20, 1894
Giuseppe Branchieri February 22, 1894 January 13, 1895
19th Legislature
Tommaso Villa June 10, 1895 March 2, 1897
20th Legislature
Giuseppe Zanardelli April 5, 1897 December 14, 1897
Giuseppe Branchieri January 26, 1898 July 15, 1898
Giuseppe Zanardelli November 16, 1898 May 25, 1899
Luigi Chinaglia May 30, 1899 June 25, 1899
Giuseppe Colombo November 14, 1899 May 17, 1900
21st Legislature
Niccolò Gallo June 16, 1900 June 24, 1900
Tommaso Villa June 28, 1900 February 22, 1902
Giuseppe Branchieri March 10, 1902 October 18, 1904
22nd Legislature
Giuseppe Marcora November 30, 1904 March 10, 1906
Giuseppe Branchieri March 10, 1906 January 30, 1907
Giuseppe Marcora February 2, 1907 February 8, 1909
23rd Legislature
Giuseppe Marcora March 24, 1909 September 29, 1913
24th Legislature
Giuseppe Marcora November 24, 1913 September 29, 1919
25th Legislature
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando December 1, 1919 June 25, 1920
Enrico De Nicola June 26, 1920 April 7, 1921 Elected first President of the Italian Republic
26th Legislature
Enrico De Nicola June 11, 1921 January 25, 1924 Elected first President of the Italian Republic
27th Legislature
Alfredo Rocco May 24, 1924 January 5, 1925
Antonio Casertano January 13, 1925 January 25, 1929
28th Legislature
Giovanni Giuriati April 20, 1929 January 19, 1934
29th Legislature
Costanzo Ciano April 28, 1934 March 2, 1939
30th LegislaturePresident of the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations
Giacomo Acerbo March 23, 1939 June 27, 1939
Dino Grandi November 30, 1939 August 2, 1943
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando July 15, 1944 June 25, 1946

[edit] Consulta Nazionale (1945-1946)

President From To Note
Carlo Sforza 25 September 1945 1 June 1946

[edit] Constituent Assembly (1946-1948)

President From To Note
Giuseppe Saragat 25 June 1946 6 February 1947
Umberto Terracini 8 February 1947 31 January 1948

[edit] Italian Republic

President From To Note
1st Legislature
Giovanni Gronchi 8 May 1948 24 June 1953 elected President of the Italian Republic
2nd Legislature
Giovanni Gronchi 25 June 1953 29 April 1955 elected President of the Italian Republic
Giovanni Leone 10 May 1955 11 June 1958 elected President of the Italian Republic
3rd Legislature
Giovanni Leone 12 June 1958 15 May 1963 elected President of the Italian Republic
4th Legislature
Giovanni Leone 16 May 1963 21 June 1963 elected President of the Italian Republic
Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci 26 June 1963 4 June 1968
5th Legislature
Alessandro Pertini 5 June 1968 24 May 1972 elected President of the Italian Republic
6th Legislature
Alessandro Pertini 25 May 1972 4 July 1976 elected President of the Italian Republic
7th Legislature
Pietro Ingrao 5 July 1976 19 June 1979
8th Legislature
Leonilde Iotti 20 June 1979 11 July 1983
9th Legislature
Leonilde Iotti 12 July 1983 1 July 1987
10th Legislature
Leonilde Iotti 2 July 1987 22 April 1992
11th Legislature
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro 24 April 1992 25 May 1992 elected President of the Italian Republic
Giorgio Napolitano 3 June 1992 14 April 1994 elected President of the Italian Republic in 2006
12th Legislature
Irene Pivetti 16 April 1994 8 May 1996
13th Legislature
Luciano Violante 10 May 1996 29 May 2001
14th Legislature
Pier Ferdinando Casini 31 May 2001 27 April 2006
15th Legislature
Fausto Bertinotti 29 April 2006 Incumbent

[edit] Vice Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

15th Legislature

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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