Next Italian general election
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General elections will occur in Italy no later than 22 December 2027.
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Background
In the 2022 Italian general election, the centre-right coalition led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) won an absolute majority of seats in the Italian Parliament.[1] On 20 October, a few days following the elections of the presidents of the two houses of Parliament (Ignazio La Russa of FdI on 13 October for the Senate of the Republic and Lorenzo Fontana of the Lega on 14 October for the Chamber of Deputies),[2][3] consultations on the formation of a new cabinet officially began.[4]
The Cabinet was announced on 21 October and was officially sworn in on the next day. It was one of the fastest government formations in the history of the Italian Republic.[5] The first Italian cabinet headed by a female prime minister,[6] it was variously described as a shift to the political right,[7] and as the first far-right-led Italian government since World War II.[8][9]
Electoral system
The Italian electoral law of 2017 still in force assigns seats in both houses of the Italian Parliament using mixed-member majoritarian representation. The 400 deputies are to be elected as follows:[10]
- 147 in single-member constituencies by plurality (FPTP).
- 245 in multi-member constituencies by national proportional representation.
- 8 in multi-member abroad constituencies by constituency proportional representation.
The 200 elective senators are to be elected as follows:[10]
- 74 in single-member constituencies by plurality (FPTP).
- 122 in multi-member constituencies by regional proportional representation.
- 4 in single-member abroad constituencies by plurality (FPTP).
For Italian residents, each house member is to be elected in single ballots, including the constituency candidate and their supporting party lists. In each single-member constituency, the deputy or senator is elected on a plurality basis, while the seats in multi-member constituencies are allocated nationally. In order to be calculated in single-member constituency results, parties need to obtain at least 1% of the national vote and be part of a coalition obtaining at least 10% of the national vote. In order to receive seats in multi-member constituencies, parties need to obtain at least 3% of the national vote. Elects from multi-member constituencies would come from closed lists.[11]
The voting paper, which is a single one for the FPTP and the proportional systems, shows the names of the candidates to single-member constituencies and in close conjunction with them the symbols of the linked lists for the proportional part, each one with a list of the relative candidates.[12] The voter is able to cast their vote in three different ways, among them:[13]
- Drawing a sign on the symbol of a list. In this case, the vote extends to the candidate in the single-member constituency that is supported by that list.
- Drawing a sign on the name of the candidate of the single-member constituency and another one on the symbol of one list that supports them; the result is the same as that described above. Under penalty of annulment, the panachage is not allowed, so the voter cannot vote simultaneously for a candidate in the FPTP constituency and for a list which is not linked to them.
- Drawing a sign only on the name of the candidate for the FPTP constituency, without indicating any list. In this case, the vote is valid for the candidate in the single-member constituency and also automatically extended to the list that supports them; however, if that candidate is connected to several lists, the vote is divided proportionally between them, based on the votes that each one has obtained in that constituency.
Opinion polls
Graphical summary
Party vote aggregations
| Polling aggregator | Ref. | Date updated | FdI | PD | M5S | Lega | FI | A | IV | AVS | +E | PTD | DSP | NM | FN | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassandra | [14] | 9 April 2026 | 28.2 | 22.0 | 12.5 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 6.4 | 1.9 | – | – | 1.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 6.2 |
| WahlenWeltWeit | [15] | 6 April 2026 | 28.3 | 22.2 | 12.3 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 6.5 | – | – | – | – | 3.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| Youtrend | [16] | 2 April 2026 | 27.9 | 22.0 | 12.9 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 1.5 | – | – | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.9 |
| PolitPro | [17] | 19 March 2026 | 29.3 | 21.9 | 12.2 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 1.5 | – | – | 1.0 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 7.4 |
| Politico Europe | [18] | 19 March 2026 | 28.0 | 22.0 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | – | – | – | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Europe Elects | [19] | 19 March 2026 | 29.0 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | – | – | 1.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 |
| Sondaggi BiDiMedia | [20] | 28 August 2025 | 28.8 | 22.5 | 12.9 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 1.3 | – | – | 0.9 | – | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| 2022 election | [21] | 25 Sep 2022 | 26.0 | 19.1 | 15.4 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 7.8[a] | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.4[b] | 1.2[c] | 0.9 | 4.9 | 6.9 | ||
See also
Notes
- Since 8 March 2014, Meloni has been leading Brothers of Italy (FdI). On 27 July 2022, the centre-right coalition agreed that its candidate for prime minister would be the leader of the party with the most votes, which proved to be FdI in the snap election on 25 September 2022.
- The M5S is generally seen as aligned with the centre-left coalition but is formally independent, and does not run joint presidential candidates in some regions.