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Italy 2013 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2013 parliamentary election in Italy?

Democratic Party won 297 of 630 seats with 26.3% of the vote. 75.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Italy
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Democratic Party won 297 of 630 seats with 26.3% of the vote; 75.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 2008.

  • Democratic Party 297 +80 seats 26.3% −7.8 points
  • Five Star Movement 109 25.9%
  • Forza Italia 98 −178 seats 22.0% −16.2 points
  • Civic Choice 39 8.8%
  • Lega Nord 18 −42 seats 4.1% −4.2 points
  • Italian Left 37 3.3%
  • Communist Refoundation Party 0 0 seats 2.3% −0.9 points
  • Brothers of Italy 9 2.0%
  • Union of the Centre 8 −28 seats 1.8% −4.1 points
  • Democratic Centre 6 0.5%
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 5 +3 seats 0.4% 0.0 points
  • Associative Italians Abroad 2 +1 seat 0.4% +0.2 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Italy 2008 parliamentary election, party by party.

316 of 630 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 26.3%

    Share of the vote won by Democratic Party

    Democratic Party won 297 of 630 seats. A majority needs 316.

  2. +80 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2008. Forza Italia lost 178 seats.

  3. 75.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.3 points on 2008.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Democratic Party297+8026.3−7.88,934,009
Five Star Movement10925.98,799,982
Forza Italia98−17822.0−16.27,477,885
Civic Choice398.83,004,883
Lega Nord18−424.1−4.21,392,918
Italian Left373.31,106,665
Communist Refoundation Partywith Italy of Values, Federation of the Greens and Party of Italian Communists002.3−0.9781,222
Brothers of Italy92.0669,816
Union of the Centre8−281.8−4.1609,676
Act to Stop the Decline01.1390,987
Democratic Centre60.5167,328
South Tyrolean People's Party5+30.40.0146,800
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Associative Italians Abroad2+10.4+0.2140,686
South American Union Italian Emigrants10.143,918
Valdostan Union10.118,376

± is the change against the Italy 2008 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Democratic Party 8,934,009
  • Five Star Movement 8,799,982
  • Forza Italia 7,477,885
  • Civic Choice 3,004,883
  • Lega Nord 1,392,918
  • Italian Left 1,106,665
  • Communist Refoundation Party 781,222
  • Brothers of Italy 669,816
  • Union of the Centre 609,676
  • Act to Stop the Decline 390,987
  • Democratic Centre 167,328
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 146,800
  • Associative Italians Abroad 140,686
  • South American Union Italian Emigrants 43,918
  • Valdostan Union 18,376

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

75.2% of the 46,905,154 registered voters cast a ballot (35,271,541 ballots), down 0.3 points on 2008. 34,002,524 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Democratic Party26.3% of votes47.1% of seats
  • Five Star Movement25.9% of votes17.3% of seats
  • Forza Italia22.0% of votes15.6% of seats
  • Civic Choice8.8% of votes6.2% of seats
  • Italian Left3.3% of votes5.9% of seats
  • Lega Nord4.1% of votes2.9% of seats
  • Brothers of Italy2.0% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Union of the Centre1.8% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Democratic Centre0.5% of votes1.0% of seats
  • South Tyrolean People's Party0.4% of votes0.8% of seats
  • Associative Italians Abroad0.4% of votes0.3% of seats
  • South American Union Italian Emigrants0.1% of votes0.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 16.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.1 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Democratic Party led Five Star Movement by 0.4 points of the vote.

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