2018 Italian General Election
4 March 2018 · The Second Republic · 630 seats, 160 for a majority
The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017. Voters were electing the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 18th legislature of the Italian Republic since 1948.
Prime Minister before
Paolo Gentiloni
Democratic Party
Prime Minister after
Giuseppe Conte
Independent (close to M5S)
Largest force
Five Star Movement (M5S)
133 of 630 seats
Turnout
72.9%
The result
Five Star Movement (M5S)
Luigi Di Maio · 32.7% of votes
133
seats
Democratic Party (PD)
Matteo Renzi · 18.8% of votes
86
seats
League (Lega)
Matteo Salvini[nb 1] · 17.4% of votes
73
seats
Forza Italia (FI)
14.0% of votes
59
seats
Brothers of Italy (FdI)
4.3% of votes
19
seats
Free and Equal (LeU)
Pietro Grasso · 3.4% of votes
14
seats
South Tyrolean People's Party – PATT (SVP–PATT)
0.4% of votes
2
seats
244 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.