Italy Italy's Parliamentary Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Options
Parties in Parliament
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-4 compared to 2001
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Final Official Results of Italy's Parliamentary Election
The bars show each party's vote share. Results of Italy's Parliamentary Election Held on 13 May 2001
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The incumbent governing parties achieved 23.2% of the seats.
The exit poll is based on surveys of voters immediately after they cast their ballot and is published the moment polling stations close. A projection extrapolates the votes already counted to the country as a whole and becomes more accurate as counting proceeds. The final official result is only confirmed once every vote has been counted and certified by the electoral authority.
Votes are converted into seats under the rules of the electoral system. Electoral thresholds leave small parties without a mandate, while constituencies, rounding methods or additional seats shift the distribution further. That is why a party with less than half of the votes can end up with more than half of the seats.
How the electoral system in Italy worksA government needs a majority of the seats in parliament behind it – either a single party or several together in a coalition. The election only distributes the seats; which alliance emerges from them is negotiated afterwards.
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Total seats
630
Majority
316
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Coalition Calculator: Possible Majorities Following Italy's Parliamentary Election
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Election Day
13/05/2001
Government formation
29 days
Berlusconi II
11/06/2001 – 28/05/2005
Berlusconi III
28/05/2005 – 17/05/2006
Berlusconi III
28 May 2005 – 17 May 2006 · 11 months 19 daysEvery party in detail: votes, gains and losses
| Orientation | Party | Votes | Seats | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre-Right | Forza Italia | 29.4 % – | 194 – | |
| Centre-Left | Democratici di Sinistra | 16.6 % – | 136 – | |
| Liberal | La Margherita | 14.5 % – | 83 – | |
| Right | Alleanza Nazionale | 12.0 % – | 99 – | |
| Far-Left | Partito della Rifondazione Comunista | 5.0 % – | 11 – | |
| Centre-Left | Italia dei Valori | 4.0 % – | 0 – | |
| Right | Lega | 3.9 % – | 30 – | |
| Centre-Right | Biancofiore | 3.2 % – | 40 – | |
| Centre-Right | Democrazia Europea | 2.4 % – | 0 – | |
| Liberal | Partito Radicale | 2.2 % – | 0 – | |
| Far-Left | Comunisti Italiani | 1.7 % – | 10 – | |
| Centre-Right | Nuovo PSI | 1.0 % – | 3 – | |
| Regional | SVP | 0.5 % – | 3 – | |
| Centre-Right | Union Valdôtaine | 0.1 % – | 1 – | |
| Unknown | Other Parties | 3.5 % – | 20 – |
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