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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 resident overseas. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio.

Contents 1 Functions 2 Latest results 3 Presidents of the Italian Chamber of Deputies 3.1 Kingdom of Sardinia (1848-1860) 3.2 Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) 3.3 Consulta Nazionale (1945-1946) 3.4 Costituent Assembly (1946-1948) 3.5 Italian Republic 4 Vice Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Functions

See Parliament of Italy.

[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) Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) Daisy-Democracy is Freedom (Margherita - Democrazia è Libertà) European Republican Movement (Movimento Repubblicani Europei)	11,928,362	31.20	220
				Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista)	2,229,604	5.83	41
				Rose in the Fist (Rosa nel Pugno) Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani) Italian Radicals (Radicali Italiani)	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 Northern League (Lega Nord) Movement for Autonomy (Movimento per l'Autonomia)	1,749,632	4.58	26
				Christian Democracy-New PSI (DC-Nuovo PSI) Christian Democracy for the Autonomies (Democrazia Cristiana per le Autonomie) Socialist Party New PSI (Partito Socialista - Nuovo PSI)	285,744	0.75	4
				Social Alternative (Alternativa Sociale) Social Action (Azione Sociale) National Social Front (Fronte Sociale Nazionale) New Force (Forza Nuova)	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)

• 1st Legislature
  • Vincenzo Gioberti (May 8 - December 30, 1848)

• 2nd Legislature
  • Lorenzo Pareto (February 1 - March 30, 1849)

• 3rd Legislature
  • Lorenzo Pareto (July 30 - November 20, 1849)

• 4th Legislature
  • Pier Dionigi Pinelli (December 20, 1849 - April 22, 1852¹)
  • Urbano Rattazzi (May 11, 1852 - October 27, 1853)
  • Carlo Bon Compagni (November 16 - November 21, 1853)

• 5th Legislature
  • Carlo Bon Compagni (19 dicembre 1853 - 16 giugno 1856)
  • Carlo Cadorna (7 gennaio - 16 luglio 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 - December 17, 1860)

Notes:

• ¹ died during the mandate.

[edit] Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)

• 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 - October 27, 1867)
  • Giovanni Lanza (December 16, 1867 - August 8, 1868)
  • Adriano Mari (November 25, 1868 - August 14, 1869)
  • Giovanni Lanza (November 18 - December 15, 1869)
  • Giuseppe Branchieri (March 12 - 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 - March 24, 1878)
  • Domenico Farini (March 27, 1878 - March 19, 1880)
  • Michele Coppino (April 13 - May 2, 1880)

• 14th Legislature
  • Domenico Farini (May 26, 1880 - September 25, 1882)

• 15th Legislature
  • Domenico Farini (November 22, 1882 - March 12, 1884)
  • Michele Coppino (MArch 19 - April 3, 1884)
  • Giuseppe Branchieri (April 7, 1884 - April 27, 1886)

• 16th Legislature
  • Giuseppe Branchieri (10 June 1886 - 3 August 1890)

• 17th Legislature
  • Giuseppe Branchieri (10 December 1890 - 27 September 1892)

• 18th Legislature
  • Giuseppe Zanardelli (23 November 1892 - 20 February 1894)
  • Giuseppe Branchieri (22 February 1894 - 13 January 1895)

• 19th Legislature
  • Tommaso Villa (10 June 1895 - 2 March 1897)

• 20th Legislature
  • Giuseppe Zanardelli (5 April - 14 December 1897)
  • Giuseppe Branchieri (26 January - 15 July 1898)
  • Giuseppe Zanardelli (16 November 1898 - 25 May 1899)
  • Luigi Chinaglia (30 May - 25 June 1899)
  • Giuseppe Colombo (14 November 1899 - 17 May 1900)

• 21th Legislature
  • Niccolò Gallo (16 June - 24 June 1900)
  • Tommaso Villa (28 June 1900 - 22 February 1902)
  • Giuseppe Branchieri (10 March 1902 - 18 October 1904)

• 22th Legislature
  • Giuseppe Marcora (30 November 1904 - 10 March 1906)
  • Giuseppe Branchieri (10 March 1906 - 30 January 1907)
  • Giuseppe Marcora (2 February 1907 - 8 February 1909)

• 23th Legislature
  • Giuseppe Marcora (24 March 1909 - 29 September 1913)

• 24th Legislature
  • Giuseppe Marcora (24 November 1913 - 29 September 1919)

• 25th Legislature
  • Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1 December 1919 - 25 June 1920)
  • Enrico De Nicola (26 June 1920 - 7 April 1921)

• 26th Legislature
  • Enrico De Nicola (11 June 1921 - 25 January 1924)

• 27th Legislature
  • Alfredo Rocco (24 May 1924 - 5 January 1925)
  • Antonio Casertano (13 January 1925 - 25 January 1929)

• 28th Legislature
  • Giovanni Giuriati (20 April 1929 - 19 January 1934)

• 29th Legislature
  • Costanzo Ciano (28 April 1934 - 2 March 1939)

• 30th LegislaturePresident of the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations
  • Giacomo Acerbo (23 March - 27 June 1939)
  • Dino Grandi (30 November 1939 - 2 August 1943)
  • Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (15 July 1944 - 25 June 1946)

[edit] Consulta Nazionale (1945-1946)

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

[edit] Costituent 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
2nd Legislature
Giovanni Gronchi	25 June 1953	29 April 1955	elected President of the Italian Republic
Giovanni Leone	10 May 1955	11 June 1958
3rd Legislature
Giovanni Leone	12 June 1958	15 May 1963
4th Legislature
Giovanni Leone	16 May 1963	21 June 1963	elected Prime Minister
Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci	26 June 1963	4 June 1968
5th Legislature
Alessandro Pertini	5 June 1968	24 May 1972
6th Legislature
Alessandro Pertini	25 May 1972	4 July 1976
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
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

• Pierluigi Castagnetti
• Carlo Leoni
• Giulio Tremonti
• Giorgia Meloni

[edit] See also

• Italian Parliament
• Italian Senate
• Chamber of Deputies
• Lower house
• bicameralism

[edit] External links

• Italian Chamber of Deputies