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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 Berlusconi coalition government (as of 2005). Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens resident overseas. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio.

Latest results

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Breakdown of the 13 May 2001 Italian Chamber of Deputies election results
Coalitions and parties Single-seat constit. Proportional Total
Votes % Seats Parties in coalition Seats Seats
Party Votes % Seats
  House of Freedoms (Casa delle Libertà) 16,936,026 45.4 282 Forza Italia 10,923,431 29.4 62 86 368
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) 4,463,205 12.0 24
Northern League (Lega Nord) 1,464,301 3.9 -
The Whiteflower (Il Biancofiore)
  • Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico)
  • United Christian Democrats (Cristiani Democratici Uniti)
1,194,040 3.2 -
Socialist Party New PSI (Partito Socialista - Nuovo PSI) 353,269 1.0 -
  Olive Tree (Ulivo) 16,118,124 43.2 184 Left-Wing Democrats (Democratici di Sinistra) 6,151,154 16.6 31 58 241
Daisy-Democracy is Freedom (Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita)
  • The Democrats (I Democratici)
  • Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano)
  • Italian Renewal (Rinnovamento Italiano)
  • Democrats Union for Europe (Unione Democratici per l'Europa)
5,391,827 14.5 27
The Sunflower (Il Girasole) 805,340 2.2 -
Party of Italian Communists (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani) 620,859 1.7 -
  Communist Refoundation Party (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista) - - - 1,868,659 5.0 11 11 11
  South Tyrolese People's Party (Südtiroler Volkspartei) 364,291 1.0 8 200,059 0.5 - - 8
  Valdotanian Union (Union Valdôtaine) 25,577 0.1 1 - - - - - 1
  Italy of Values-List Di Pietro (Italia dei Valori-Lista Di Pietro) 1,487,287 4.0 - 1,433,729 3.9 - - -
  European Democracy (Democrazia Europea) 1,310,119 3.5 - 888,249 2.4 - - -
  List Bonino-Radical Party (Lista Bonino-Partito Radicale) 457,117 1.2 - 832,213 2.2 - - -
  Liga Fronte Veneto 173,618 0.5 - 74,353 0.2 - - -
  Social Movement Tricolour Flame (Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore) 121,527 0.3 - 143,963 0.4 - - -
  Other 258,379 0.8 - - 378,482 1.1 - - -

See also

  • Chamber of Deputies
  • Lower house
  • bicameralism
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