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Italy 2018 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2018 parliamentary election in Italy?

Five Star Movement won 227 of 630 seats with 33.3% of the vote. 72.9% 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 : Five Star Movement won 227 of 630 seats with 33.3% of the vote; 72.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.3 points on 2013.

  • Five Star Movement 227 +118 seats 33.3% +7.5 points
  • Democratic Party 112 −185 seats 18.8% −7.5 points
  • Lega Nord 124 +106 seats 17.4% +13.3 points
  • Forza Italia 106 +8 seats 14.0% −8.0 points
  • Brothers of Italy 31 +22 seats 4.3% +2.4 points
  • Italian Left 14 −23 seats 3.4% +0.1 points
  • More Europe 2 2.8%
  • Union of the Centre 4 −4 seats 1.3% −0.5 points
  • Italy of Values 2 0.5%
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 4 −1 seat 0.4% 0.0 points
  • Associative Italians Abroad 1 −1 seat 0.3% −0.1 points
  • South American Union Italian Emigrants 1 0 seats 0.2% +0.1 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 2013 parliamentary election, party by party.

316 of 630 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 33.3%

    Share of the vote won by Five Star Movement

    Five Star Movement won 227 of 630 seats. A majority needs 316.

  2. +118 seats

    Seats gained by Five Star Movement

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2013. Democratic Party lost 185 seats.

  3. 72.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.3 points on 2013.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Five Star Movement227+11833.3+7.510,945,411
Democratic Party112−18518.8−7.56,459,049
Lega Nord124+10617.4+13.35,710,275
Forza Italia106+814.0−8.04,596,956
Brothers of Italy31+224.3+2.41,429,550
Italian Left14−233.4+0.11,179,322
More Europe22.8905,818
Union of the Centre4−41.3−0.5439,548
Communist Refoundation Partywith Party of Italian Communists001.1−1.2372,179
Unnamed party with one seat10.6190,601
Italy of Values20.5178,107
South Tyrolean People's Party4−10.40.0134,651
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Associative Italians Abroad1−10.3−0.1107,236
South American Union Italian Emigrants100.2+0.168,291
Democratic Centre1−5

± is the change against the Italy 2013 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Five Star Movement 10,945,411
  • Democratic Party 6,459,049
  • Lega Nord 5,710,275
  • Forza Italia 4,596,956
  • Brothers of Italy 1,429,550
  • Italian Left 1,179,322
  • More Europe 905,818
  • Union of the Centre 439,548
  • Communist Refoundation Party 372,179
  • Unnamed party with one seat 190,601
  • Italy of Values 178,107
  • South Tyrolean People's Party 134,651
  • Associative Italians Abroad 107,236
  • South American Union Italian Emigrants 68,291
  • Democratic Centre

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?

72.9% of the 46,505,350 registered voters cast a ballot (33,923,321 ballots), down 2.3 points on 2013. 32,841,025 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?

  • Five Star Movement33.3% of votes36.0% of seats
  • Lega Nord17.4% of votes19.7% of seats
  • Democratic Party18.8% of votes17.8% of seats
  • Forza Italia14.0% of votes16.8% of seats
  • Brothers of Italy4.3% of votes4.9% of seats
  • Italian Left3.4% of votes2.2% of seats
  • Union of the Centre1.3% of votes0.6% of seats
  • South Tyrolean People's Party0.4% of votes0.6% of seats
  • More Europe2.8% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Italy of Values0.5% of votes0.3% of seats
  • Associative Italians Abroad0.3% of votes0.2% of seats
  • South American Union Italian Emigrants0.2% of votes0.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.0 by votes and 4.3 by seats; Five Star Movement led Democratic Party by 14.6 points of the vote.

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