2022 President of the Italian Senate election

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[a] 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 votes cast (including blank votes) 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 (a majority of 11).

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

All but two of the 18 Forza Italia senators refused to support La Russa, and decided not to cast a ballot. However, La Russa nonetheless managed to be 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[b]			1
Did not vote[c]			19
Needed to win			104[d]

The following senators did not cast a vote:

• Alberto Barachini (FI)
• Anna Maria Bernini (FI)
• Stefania Craxi (FI)
• Ilaria Cucchi (PD)
• Dario Damiani (FI)
• Claudio Fazzone (FI)
• Maurizio Gasparri (FI)
• Claudio Lotito (FI)
• Gianfranco Micciché (FI)
• Giorgio Napolitano (Ind.)
• Mario Occhiuto (FI)
• Adriano Paroli (FI)
• Renzo Piano (Ind.)
• Licia Ronzulli (FI)
• Roberto Rossi (FI)
• Francesco Silvestri (FI)
• Francesco Paolo Sisto (FI)
• Pierantonio Zanettin (FI)
• Paolo Zangrillo (FI)

See also

• 2022 President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies election

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.