"Government is obligated to attend the session. Conversely, the Government has the right to be heard every time it requires. The term of office of the House (as well as the Senate) is five years, but can be extended in two cases: The electoral system is a parallel voting system, with 37% of seats allocated using first-past-the-post voting (FPTP) and 63% using proportional representation, allocated with the largest remainder method, with one round of voting. The 630 deputies are elected in: For Italian residents, each house members are elected by single ballots, including the constituency candidate and his/her supporting party"
"in the absence of the President of the Republic, the President of the Senate and the Vice-Presidents of the Senate have a higher position than their respective counterparts of the Chamber of Deputies in the Italian order of precedence. On the other hand, no distinction is made between deputies and senators. The Chamber of Deputies has 630 elected members, while the Senate has 315 elected members. The number of deputies and senators was fixed by a constitutional amendment in 1963: in its original text, the Constitution provided for a variable number of Members of Parliament depending on the population. The"
"President of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) The President of the Chamber of Deputies () is the speaker of the lower house of the Italian Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies. It is the third-highest ranking office of the Italian Republic, after the President of the Republic and the President of the Senate. Since 24 March 2018, the role has been held by Roberto Fico. The main function of the president is to ensure that the Chamber of Deputies functions correctly, to guarantee the application of the Chamber's rules of procedure, and oversee the proper functioning of its administrative apparatus. The"
"entitled to vote in an election to the Chamber of Deputies may participate in a referendum. Elections in Italy Italy elects, at the national level, a Parliament consisting of two houses: the Chamber of Deputies (""Camera dei Deputati"") with 630 members; and the Senate of the Republic (""Senato della Repubblica"") with 315 elected members, plus a few senators for life. The President of the Republic is elected for a seven-year term by the two houses of Parliament in joint session. Italy has historically had many political parties, both national and regional, with different party systems. The most recent Italian general"
"as to guarantee representation for all localities and minorities. According to the Constitution, the election must be held by a secret ballot, with the 315 Senators, the 630 Deputies and the 58 regional representatives all voting. A two-thirds vote is required to elect on any of the first three rounds of balloting and after that a simple majority suffices. The election is presided over by the President of the Chamber of Deputies, who calls for the public counting of the votes. The vote is held in Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Chamber of Deputies, which is expanded and re-configured for"
"March 2018: Italian Parliament The Italian Parliament () is the national parliament of the Italian Republic. The Parliament is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861) and the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946). It is a bicameral legislature with 945 elected members and a small number of unelected members (""parlamentari""). It is composed of the Chamber of Deputies, with 630 members (""deputati"") elected on a national basis, and the Senate of the Republic, with 315 members (""senatori"") elected on a regional basis, plus a small number"
"a threshold of 40% of the votes), as well as the ability of the ""capolista"" running in multiple constituencies to choose in respect of which constituency they are elected, to be unconstitutional. The Italian Parliament is one of the few legislatures in the world to reserve seats for those citizens residing abroad. There are twelve such seats in the Chamber of Deputies and six in the Senate. The current membership of the Senate of the Republic, following the latest political elections of 4 March 2018: The current membership of the Chamber of Deputies, following the latest political elections of 4"
"Italian Parliament The Italian Parliament () is the national parliament of the Italian Republic. The Parliament is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861) and the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946). It is a bicameral legislature with 945 elected members and a small number of unelected members (""parlamentari""). It is composed of the Chamber of Deputies, with 630 members (""deputati"") elected on a national basis, and the Senate of the Republic, with 315 members (""senatori"") elected on a regional basis, plus a small number (currently 6)"
"Parliament, integrated with a number of representatives appointed by the twenty Italian regions, in a common session in order to commence voting for the election of the new President of the Italian Republic. According to the Italian Constitution, the election must be held in the form of secret ballot, with the Senators, the Deputies and 58 regional representatives allowed to cast their votes. When the 1999 election was held, the Senate counted 322 members and the Chamber of Deputies counted 630 members; the electors were in total 1010. The election is held in the ""Palazzo Montecitorio"", home of the Chamber"
"had been last reformed by Law no. 270, 21 December 2005. For the election of the lower house, all seats in the Chamber of Deputies (excluding one deputy for the region of Aosta Valley and twelve deputies for Italians residing abroad) are allocated based on the national vote in a form of party-list proportional representation with a series of thresholds to encourage parties to form coalitions. Voters cast one vote for a closed list, meaning they cannot express a preference for individual candidates. Parties can choose to run in coalitions. Seats are first allocated based on coalition votes, then divided"
"speaker are assumed by the vice president of Chamber of Deputies of the previous legislature who was elected first. If two were elected simultaneously, the oldest deputy serves as president of Chamber of Deputies. The President of Chamber of Deputies has also the role of President during the Parliament joint sessions, when the upper and lower houses have to vote together. This a list of Presidents of the Italian Chamber of Deputies: Chamber of Deputies (Italy) The Chamber of Deputies () is a house of the bicameral Parliament of Italy (the other being the Senate of the Republic). The two"
"Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Italy) The Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (Camera dei deputati del Regno d'Italia) was the main legislative body of the Kingdom of Italy descended from the lower house of the Kingdom of Sardinia, but supplemented with deputies from territories captured during the Second Italian War of Independence and the Expedition of the Thousand. Along with the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy, it formed the Italian Parliament from 1861 until 1939. Its electors were initially selected by wealth and then by literacy, before the introduction of universal suffrage for all men over"
"unicameral legislature of 300 members, elected for a four-year term. A ""Member of the Knesset"" () is one of the 120 Members of the Knesset. The title is almost always shortened to the initialism ""MK"". In the Republican Parliament the current term is """" (that is ""deputy"" as appointed to act on people's behalf) and so the Lower House takes the name of """". Similarly to other countries, the Upper House is called """" and its members are the ""Senatori"". In the Republic of Italy there are 315 members of Senate and 630 members of the Camera dei Deputati. Both"
"was approved by PD, FI, LN, AP and ALA in October 2017, becoming the new electoral law for both the houses of the Parliament. The national elections use a parallel voting system, with 36.% of seats allocated using a first-past-the-post electoral system and 63.% using a proportional method (the latter including the seats allocated to Italians abroad), with one round of voting. The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies did not differ in the way they allocated the proportional seats, both using the largest remainder method of allocating seats. The Senate of the Republic included 315 elected members, of whom:"
"votes. When the 1992 election was held, the Senate counted 315 members and the Chamber of Deputies counted 628 members; the electors were in total 1002. The election is held in the ""Palazzo Montecitorio"", home of the Chamber of Deputies, with the capacity of the building being expanded for the purpose. The first three ballots require a two-thirds majority of the voters in order to elect a President. Starting from the fourth ballot, an absolute majority is required for candidates to be elected. The election is conducted by the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, who has the authority to"
"voted to dissolve itself and replace itself with the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations. Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Italy) The Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (Camera dei deputati del Regno d'Italia) was the main legislative body of the Kingdom of Italy descended from the lower house of the Kingdom of Sardinia, but supplemented with deputies from territories captured during the Second Italian War of Independence and the Expedition of the Thousand. Along with the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy, it formed the Italian Parliament from 1861 until 1939. Its electors were initially selected by wealth"
"was finally approved on 4 May 2015 and signed by President Mattarella two days later. The Italicum system regulates the attribution of 617 of the 630 seats of the Chamber of Deputies, excluding 12 seats attributed to representatives of Italians living abroad, and one seat for the Aosta Valley region. An uncommon feature of this system is that it is ""majority assuring"", thanks to a jackpot that is assigned to the winning party, possibly after a second electoral round. The territory of Italy is divided into 100 constituencies electing between 3 and 9 deputies depending on their size. For each"
"of Deputies with 375 votes in favour and 215 against and by the Senate with 214 votes against 61. The reform was opposed by the M5S, the MDP, SI, FdI and minor parties. The so-called ""Rosatellum bis"", after Ettore Rosato (PD leader in the Chamber), is a mixed system, with 37% of seats allocated using a first-past-the-post voting and 63% using the proportional largest remainder method, with one round of voting. The 630 deputies will be elected as follows: The 315 elective senators will be elected as follows: A small, variable number of senators for life will also be members"
"Elections in Italy Italy elects, at the national level, a Parliament consisting of two houses: the Chamber of Deputies (""Camera dei Deputati"") with 630 members; and the Senate of the Republic (""Senato della Repubblica"") with 315 elected members, plus a few senators for life. The President of the Republic is elected for a seven-year term by the two houses of Parliament in joint session. Italy has historically had many political parties, both national and regional, with different party systems. The most recent Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018. The general election was held on 4 March 2018."
"senators with a mixed-member proportional system: six senators are elected in six single-member constituencies, while the seventh is allocated to the most underrepresented list based on the regional votes. Six seats in the Senate are assigned to Italians living abroad and are allocated using the same system used for the Chamber of Deputies. At the end of 2013, Italy's Constitutional Court declared that this electoral law failed to meet a number of constitutional requirements. The electoral system for the Chamber of Deputies was later reformed by Law no. 52, 6 May 2015 (commonly called ""Italicum""). The autonomous region of Aosta"
"Senate of the Republic (Italy) The Senate of the Republic () or Senate () is a house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Chamber of Deputies). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical functions, but do so separately. Pursuant to Articles 57, 58, and 59 of the Italian Constitution, the Senate has a variable number of members, of which 309 are elected from Italian constituencies, 6 from Italian citizens living abroad, and a small number (currently 6) are senators for life (""senatori a vita""), either appointed or ""ex officio"". It was"
"established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as ""Senato del Regno"" (Senate of the Kingdom), itself a continuation of the ""Senato Subalpino"" (Subalpine Senate) of Sardinia established on 8 May 1848. Members of the Senate are styled ""Senator"" or ""The Honourable Senator"" (Italian: ""Onorevole Senatore"") and they meet at Palazzo Madama, Rome. The Senate consists of 315 elected members, and six senators for life. The elected senators must be over 40 years of age and are elected by Italian citizens aged 25 or older. The Senate (except for six senators"
"one another (or form different coalitions) in this particular region. Twelve members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by Italians abroad. Two members are elected for North America and Central America (including most of the Caribbean), three members for South America (including Trinidad and Tobago), six members for Europe, and one member for the rest of the world (Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica). Voters in these regions select candidate lists and may also cast a preference vote for individual candidates. The seats are allocated by proportional representation. The electoral law allows for parties to form different coalitions on the"
"with the words SENATO DELLA REPUBBLICA) and the European Union. Senate of the Republic (Italy) The Senate of the Republic () or Senate () is a house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Chamber of Deputies). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical functions, but do so separately. Pursuant to Articles 57, 58, and 59 of the Italian Constitution, the Senate has a variable number of members, of which 309 are elected from Italian constituencies, 6 from Italian citizens living abroad, and a small number (currently 6) are senators for life"
"a plurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, however, no political group or party won an outright majority, resulting in a hung parliament. Giorgia Meloni Giorgia Meloni (born 15 January 1977) is an Italian politician and journalist, leader of Brothers of Italy, a national conservative party in Italy. Meloni served also as Minister of Youth in Silvio Berlusconi's fourth government and president of Young Italy, the youth section of The People of Freedom. She is the co-founder of the party Brothers of Italy, along with Guido Crosetto and Ignazio La Russa, and on 8 March 2014, she was elected"
"a Chamber of Deputies. The president of Italy is elected to a seven-year term by both houses of Parliament and a small number of regional representatives. The president must be at least 50 years old. He or she appoints the prime minister, who forms a government. The president has the power to dissolve Parliament and call new elections. The president is the commander of the Italian armed forces, and can declare war. The current President of the Italian Republic is Sergio Mattarella. Italy has no vice president. If the president of Italy becomes ill, the president of the Italian Senate"
"integrated with a number of representatives appointed by the twenty Italian regions, in a common session in order to commence voting for the election of the new President of the Italian Republic. According to the Italian Constitution, the election must be held in the form of secret ballot, with the Senators, the Deputies and 59 regional representatives allowed to cast their votes. When the 1985 election was held, the Senate counted 322 members and the Chamber of Deputies counted 630 members; the electors were in total 1011. The election is held in the ""Palazzo Montecitorio"", home of the Chamber of"
"of the linked lists for the proportional part, each one with a list of the relative candidates. The voter can cast their vote in three different ways: Article 61 of the Italian Constitution maintains that elections for the Chamber of Deputies must take place within 70 days of the dissolution of the house, and that representatives must convene within 20 days of those elections. The President of the Chamber of Deputies (""Presidente della Camera dei Deputati"") performs the role of speaker of the house and is elected during the first session after the election. During this time the prerogatives of"
"single one for the first-past-the-post 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. The voter will be able to cast their vote in three different ways: The following table includes the coalitions and parties running in the majority of multi-member constituencies. Twelve members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by Italians abroad. Two members are elected for North America and Central America (including most of the Caribbean), four members"
"is indicated by the career of Gianfranco Fini, who was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies in 2008 as part of the PdL-Lega Nord coalition, then passed into opposition after the establishment of the Future and Freedom government, and then supported the subsequent Monti Cabinet. The current President of the Chamber of Deputies, laura Boldrini, was elected from the centre-left PD-SEL coalition which had a majority in the chamber at the time, but Boldrini has continued in office although her party (SEL) has been in opposition since 2014. President of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy) The President of the"
"of 309 MPs and 109 Senators, New Centre-Right, Civic Choice, and a number of minor parties, including Union of the Centre, the Populars for Italy (PpI), Solidary Democracy (Demo.S, since July 2014), the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), and non-party independents. The Renzi Cabinet is the youngest government of Italy up to date, with an average age of 47. In addition, it is also the first in which the number of female ministers is equal to the number of male ministers. On 31 January 2015 Sergio Mattarella, judge of the Constitutional Court, former DC minister and former member of the PD,"
"Next Italian general election The next Italian general election is due to be held on or before 28 May 2023. Under the current Constitution, voters would elect 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 315 members of the Senate of the Republic for the 19th Parliament of Italy. The electoral system is a parallel voting system, with 37% of seats allocated using first-past-the-post voting (FPTP) and 63% using proportional representation, allocated with the largest remainder method, with one round of voting. The 630 deputies are elected in: The 315 elected senators are elected in: A small, variable number of"
"Chamber of Deputies (Romania) The Chamber of Deputies () is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 329 seats to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote in single-member electoral districts using mixed member proportional representation (at the next elections using closed list party-list proportional representation) to serve four-year terms. Additionally, the organisation of each national minority is entitled to a seat in the Chamber (under the limitation that a national minority is to be represented by one organisation only). The () is the body elected by the deputies that rules the Chamber. Its President is the"