Einar H. Dyvik
Research expert covering Nordics and global data for society, economy, and politics
Parliamentary election 2018 in Italy - Statistics & Facts
The most recent parliamentary election in Italy took place on March 4, 2018. On that election Sunday Italians went to the polls to choose 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) and 315 Senators (Camera del Senato). This time the parliamentary election took place alongside the regional election in Lombardy and Lazio. In Italy, parliamentary elections are held every five years; however, this one in 2018 was anticipated due to the dissolution of the Parliament by the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella on December 28, 2017. This happened shortly before the end of the 17th legislature scheduled for March 14, 2018. Italian citizens over the age of 18 were eligible to vote and roughly 73 percent of them attended, voting for both Chambers, with the highest abstention rate registered in the youngest age group.
