One band, one government · 68 since 1946 Length · days in office · colour · party of the President of the Council At the top: Meloni I, 1.475 days — the longest of all

✶ Repubblica Italiana · 46.120.143 electors in Italy

Sixty-eight
governments.

Since 1946 an Italian government has lasted 416 days on average. The 68th, Giorgia Meloni's, has now lasted 1.475 days — longer than any before it, past Berlusconi II's 1.413. The next general election is due by late 2027, under a new electoral law passed in October.

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XIX legislature · Chamber of Deputies today

231
for the government.

Fratelli d'Italia, Lega, Forza Italia and Noi Moderati hold 231 of the 398 seats now filled in the Chamber and 119 of 205 in the Senate. A government needs the confidence of both houses.

10Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra
48Movimento 5 Stelle
68Partito Democratico
7Italia Viva
10Azione
24Mixed group
8Noi Moderati and allies
52Forza Italia
54Lega
117Fratelli d'Italia

201 of 400 for a majority

Groups: dati.camera.it ↗ (CC BY-SA 4.0), 4 November 2026. 2 seats vacant pending by-elections.

Who holds office

Quirinale, Chigi,
the two chambers.

President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella Since 3 February 2015 Re-elected on 29 January 2022 on the eighth ballot; second term ends February 2029
President of the Council of Ministers Giorgia Meloni Since 22 October 2022 · FdI Meloni I, the 68th government of the Republic
Deputy President of the Council Antonio Tajani Since 22 October 2022 · FI Also Minister of Foreign Affairs
Deputy President of the Council Matteo Salvini Since 22 October 2022 · Lega Also Minister of Infrastructure and Transport
President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa Since 13 October 2022 · FdI Deputises for the President of the Republic (art. 86)
President of the Chamber of Deputies Lorenzo Fontana Since 14 October 2022 · Lega
President of the Constitutional Court Giovanni Amoroso Since 21 January 2025 Francesco Viganò, elected on 28 October 2026, takes over on 14 November

Photos: Sergio Mattarella — Official Photo, Attribution · Giorgia Meloni — Governo Italiano, CC BY 3.0 it · Antonio Tajani — European People's Party, CC BY 2.0 · Matteo Salvini — European Union, Attribution · Ignazio La Russa — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lorenzo Fontana — Saeima, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Giovanni Amoroso — Unknown author Unknown author, Attribution . Via Wikimedia Commons.

How each is chosen →

Last general election · 25 September 2022 · turnout 63,9%

43.8% of the vote,
59% of the seats.

The centre-right ran as one coalition; the centre-left, the Five Star Movement and the Third Pole did not. The Rosatellum's 147 single-member colleges turned a plurality into a majority: the centre-right won 121 of them.

College by college →

Chamber seats, 2022 · single-member · list · abroad

Centre-right 237
Centre-left 84
Movimento 5 Stelle 52
Azione – Italia Viva 21
Südtiroler Volkspartei – PATT 3
Sud chiama Nord 1
Vallée d'Aoste – Autonomie Progrès Fédéralisme 1
MAIE 1

Centre-right 121 + 114 + 2 · Centre-left 12 + 68 + 4 · Movimento 5 Stelle 10 + 41 + 1 · Azione – Italia Viva 0 + 21 + 0. Computed from the Interior Ministry's open data.

2026 so far

A referendum lost,
a law rewritten.

22–23 March · constitutional referendum The justice reform rejected
No 53,2%, yes 46,8%, turnout 55,7%. Separate careers for judges and prosecutors will not happen.
The referendum →
9 October · Legge 9 ottobre 2026, n. 180 A new electoral law
No single-member colleges; list PR with up to three preferences; 70 bonus seats for whoever reaches 42% in both chambers, capped at 220 deputies.
Seat lab →
Legislature ends · 13 October 2027 The vote is due by December 2027
Parliament lasts five years from its first sitting; elections follow within seventy days. Nothing has been called.
Calendar →

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231for the government.

Quirinale, Chigi,the two chambers.

43.8% of the vote,59% of the seats.

A referendum lost,a law rewritten.

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231
for the government.

Quirinale, Chigi,
the two chambers.

43.8% of the vote,
59% of the seats.

A referendum lost,
a law rewritten.