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Camera dei Deputati

Type Lower house
President of the Chamber Gianfranco Fini, PdL
since April 30, 2008
Members 630
Political groups Pdl 275
PD 217
Lega Nord 60
UDC 35
Idv 29
Misto 14
Last elections April 13–14, 2008
Meeting place Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome
Web site http://www.camera.it

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 Silvio Berlusconi right-wing coalition People of Freedom.Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. The current president is Gianfranco Fini, a leader of the People of Freedom party.

Contents

[edit] Latest results

Composition of the elected Chamber of Deputies.
Composition of the elected Chamber of Deputies.
[discuss] – [edit]
Summary of the April 13–14, 2008 Chamber of Deputies election
Parties and alliances Votes % Change Seats Change
   S. Berlusconi coalition

17,063,874

13,628,865
3,024,522
410,487

46.81

37.39
8.3
1.13

+4.51[1]

–1.21
+2.84
+1.13

344

276
60
8

+102

+60
+34
+8
   W. Veltroni Coalition

13,686,673

12,092,998
1,593,675

37.54

33.17
4.37

+4.05[2]

+1.97
+2.08

246

217
29

+9

–3
+12
   Union of the Centre 2,050,319 5.62 –1.13 36 –3
   The Left – The Rainbow 1,124,418 3.08 –7.1[3] 0 –72
   The Right–Tricolour Flame 885,229 2.43 — 0 —
   Socialist Party 355,581 0.98 –1.91[4] 0 –18
   South Tyrolean People's Party 147,666 0.41 –0.07 2 –2
   Autonomy Liberty Democracy 29,311 0.08 –0.01 1 ±0
   Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero — — — 1 —
   Others 1,138,545 3.11 — — –16
Total 36,527,231 100% 630

[edit] Presidency Office

[edit] President

Main article: List of Presidents of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

[edit] Vice Presidents

[edit] Quaestors

  • Gabriele Albonetti
  • Francesco Colucci
  • Antonio Mazzocchi

[edit] Secretaries

  • Gianpiero Bocci
  • Emilia Grazia De Biasi
  • Giuseppe Fallica
  • Gregorio Fontana
  • Donato Lamorte
  • Mimmo Lucà
  • Renzo Lusetti
  • Lorena Milanato

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Obelisk of Montecitorio. In the background is the Italian Chamber of Deputies

Back side of Palazzo Montecitorio designed by architect Ernesto Basile.

Front side of Palazzo Montecitorio.

Another photo of the main entrace of Montecitorio with the Montecitorio column.
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