Italy's 2022 election produced its first female prime minister and its most right-wing government since 1945, reshaping EU geopolitics.
Key Facts
- Election date
- 25 September 2022
- Brothers of Italy vote share
- 26%
- Centre-right seat majority method
- Won 83% of single-member districts
- Centre-right coalition vote share
- 44%
- Voter turnout
- Record low
- New Parliament size (Chamber)
- 400 seats (reduced from 630)
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The collapse of Mario Draghi's coalition government created a parliamentary deadlock, prompting President Sergio Mattarella to dissolve Parliament on 21 July 2022 and call snap elections. The political crisis followed sustained tensions among the governing coalition partners.
On 25 September 2022, Italian voters elected a new Parliament under the Rosatellum mixed electoral system. The centre-right coalition, led by Giorgia Meloni's national-conservative Brothers of Italy, won an absolute majority of parliamentary seats despite receiving 44% of the vote, by dominating single-member constituencies.
Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as Prime Minister on 22 October 2022, becoming Italy's first woman to hold the office. Her cabinet represented Italy's most right-wing government since 1945. The Senate and Chamber elected Ignazio La Russa and Lorenzo Fontana as their respective presidents, drawing international attention to the rightward shift in Italian and broader EU politics.
Political Outcome
Centre-right coalition won an absolute majority of seats; Giorgia Meloni became Prime Minister, Italy's first woman to hold the office.
Draghi technocratic government (broad coalition)
Meloni Cabinet led by Brothers of Italy and the centre-right coalition