Italian Chamber of Deputies
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| Chamber of Deputies Camera dei Deputati |
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| Type | |
| Type | Lower house |
| Leadership | |
| President of the Chamber | Gianfranco Fini, FLI since 30 April 2008 |
| Structure | |
| Members | 630 |
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| Political groups | PdL (227) PD (206) LN (59) FLI (26) UdC (36) Idv (22) Mixed group (56) |
| Elections | |
| Last election | 13–14 April 2008 |
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| Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome | |
| Website | |
| http://english.camera.it/ | |
The Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italian: Camera dei Deputati) is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A member of the Chamber of Deputies has the style of onorevole (honourable). Its current president (i.e. its speaker) is Gianfranco Fini, the leader of the Future and Freedom party.
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[edit] Latest results
| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
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| S. Berlusconi coalition |
17,064,314 13,629,096 |
46.81 37.39 |
+3.83[1] –1.02 |
344 276 |
+102 +60 |
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| W. Veltroni coalition |
13,686,501 12,092,969 |
37.54 33.17 |
+4.05[2] +1.97 |
246 217 |
+3 –9 |
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| Union of the Centre | 2,050,309 | 5.62 | –1.13 | 36 | –3 | |
| The Left – The Rainbow | 1,124,428 | 3.08 | –7.11[3] | 0 | –72 | |
| The Right–Tricolour Flame | 885,226 | 2.43 | +1.82 | 0 | — | |
| Socialist Party | 355,575 | 0.98 | –1.91[4] | 0 | –18 | |
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 147,666 | 0.41 | –0.07 | 2 | –2 | |
| Autonomy Liberty Democracy | —[5] | — | — | 1 | ±0 | |
| Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero | —[6] | — | — | 1 | +1 | |
| Others | 1,146,978 | 3.13 | +0.52 | — | –11 | |
| Total | 36,452,286 | 100% | 630 | |||
[edit] Presidency Office
[edit] President
[edit] Vice Presidents
- Rosy Bindi (until 7 November 2009)
- Rocco Buttiglione
- Antonio Leone
- Maurizio Lupi
[edit] Quaestors
[edit] Secretaries
- Gianpiero Bocci
- Emilia Grazia De Biasi
- Giuseppe Fallica
- Gregorio Fontana
- Donato Lamorte
- Mimmo Lucà
- Renzo Lusetti
- Lorena Milanato
[edit] See also
- Bicameralism
- Chamber of Deputies
- Italian Parliament
- Italian Senate
- Lower house
- Camera dei Deputati (TV channel)
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ People of Freedom was founded in late 2007, so the sum of its precursor parties – including the previously Union-affiliated Pensioners' Party – is considered for "change" statistics.
- ^ The Democratic Party was founded in 2007, so the sum of its precursor parties and Italy of Values is considered for "change" statistics.
- ^ Previous statistics sum data from coalition partners, as stated in its article.
- ^ Votes from Aosta Valley are not counted in this table because, due to present electoral law, they do not count for the national bonus and, consequently, for the designation of the new Premier.
- ^ Overseas ballots are not counted for technical reasons.
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Obelisk of Montecitorio. In the background is the Italian Chamber of Deputies
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Back side of Palazzo Montecitorio designed by architect Ernesto Basile.
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Front side of Palazzo Montecitorio.
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Another photo of the main entrance of Montecitorio with the Montecitorio column.
