2018 Italian general election

The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018.^[1] The election was held to elect politicians to the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.

The last election was in 2013. In that election, the social democratic Democratic Party won the most seats.^[2]

The populist Five Star Movement won the most votes.^[3] Three months after the election, the Five Star Movement formed a coalition with the right-wing Lega Nord. Independent Giuseppe Conte became Prime Minister of Italy on 1 June 2018.^[4]

Parties

Major

• Democratic Party (PD): led by Matteo Renzi. The PD is socially liberal and supports social democracy.
• Five Star Movement (M5S): led by Luigi Di Maio. The M5S is populist, anti-establishment, environmentalist and eurosceptic.
• Forza Italia (FI): led by Silvio Berlusconi. This party is liberal conservative and Christian democratic.
• Democrats and Progressives (MDP): led by Roberto Speranza. The MDP is progressive and left-wing.
• Popular Alternative (AP): led by Beatrice Lorenzin. The AP is centrist, liberal conservative and Christian democratic.
• Lega Nord (LN): led by Matteo Salvini. The LN is regionalist, populist, eurosceptic and anti-immigration.

Polling

  PD

  M5S

  PdL/FI

  SC

  NCD/AP

  LN

  SEL/SI

  FdI

  UdC

  MDP

  CP

  LeU

  I

  CP

  NcI

References

1. "Italian general election — when are the results out?". MarketWatch. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
2. "Italian election results: an interactive guide". TheGuardian. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
3. Ian Bremmer (18 May 2018). "Five Things to Know About Italy's Populist Coalition Government". Time. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
4. "L'annuncio del Quirinale: "Conte accetta l'incarico, domani si giura alle 16". Archived from the original on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.