2022 President of the Italian Senate election
October 13, 2022 (2022-10-13)
Needed to win: Majority of the entire membership
206 members, 104 votes needed for a majority
  Majority party
 
Candidate Ignazio La Russa
Party Brothers of Italy
Seat Cologno Monzese[lower-alpha 1]
Members' vote 116
Percentage 56.31
President of the Senate before election

Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati
Forza Italia

 Elected President of the Senate

Ignazio La Russa
Brothers of Italy

The election of the President of the Senate of the Republic who would serve through the Legislature XIX of Italy took place on 13 October 2022, over three weeks after the 2022 Italian general election. It resulted in Ignazio La Russa being elected President.

Procedure

The election takes place by secret ballot, as required by the assembly's standing orders. Pursuant to the current rules of procedure, an absolute majority of the whole membership is needed to win on the first ballot. On the second and third ballot, a simple majority of ballots cast (including blank ballots in the totals) suffices. If the first three ballots fail to deliver a winner, a runoff is held between the two candidates who got the most votes on the third ballot.

History

The election took place on 13 October 2022, over three weeks after the 2022 Italian general election. It took place by secret ballot, as required by the assembly's standing orders. Liliana Segre, being the oldest Senator present, served as the acting presiding officer.[1]

Ignazio La Russa was the official candidate for the Presidency of the Senate of the centre-right coalition (composed of Brothers of Italy, Lega Salvini Premier, Forza Italia and Us Moderates), which at the time held 115 Senate seats, or 11 more than a majority.

Parties who did not belong to the centre-right coalition instructed their members to cast a blank ballot.

Despite the fact 16 Forza Italia Senators refused to vote for La Russa and did not cast a ballot, he nonetheless was elected President on the first ballot with 116 votes, due to support from some members of opposition parties.[2]

Results

Candidate Party Votes
Ignazio La Russa Brothers of Italy 116
Roberto Calderoli Lega 2
Liliana Segre Independent 2
Blank votes 66
Abstentions[lower-alpha 2] 1
Did not vote[lower-alpha 3] 21
Needed to win 104[lower-alpha 4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Formally single-member electoral district no. 05 of Lombardy (Italian: collegio elettorale uninominale Lombardia - 05)
  2. ↑ Members in this category did not cast a ballot but were counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum was present
  3. ↑ Members in this category did not cast a ballot and weren't counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum was present
  4. ↑ A majority of members

References

  1. ↑ "La superstite Segre e il fan del Duce La Russa: al Senato la staffetta degli opposti". La Stampa (in Italian). 13 October 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Italy: Berlusconi calls Meloni 'patronising' and 'bossy' as relations fray". 16 October 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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