Italian election 2013

Italian general election, 2013

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All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 315 (out of 319) seats in the Senate of the Republic
Turnout	75.20%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Pier Luigi Bersani Silvio Berlusconi Beppe Grillo Party Democratic Party People of Freedom Five Star Movement Alliance Italy. Common Good Centre-right coalition Leader since 25 October 2009 18 January 1994 4 October 2009 Leader's seat Lombardy 1 (C) Molise (S) none Seats won 345 C / 123 S 125 C / 117 S 109 C / 54 S Seat change 134 C / 7 S 219 C / 57 S new party Coalition vote 10,049,393 (C) 9,685,437 (S) 9,923,600 (C) 9,405,652 (S) 8,691,406 (C) 7,286,550 (S) Percentage 29.55% (C) 31.63% (S) 29.18% (C) 30.72% (S) 25.56% (C) 23.80% (S)
Election results maps for the Chamber of Deputies (on the left) and for the Senate (on the right). On the left, the color identifies the coalition which received the most votes in each province. On the right, the color identifies the coalition which won the most seats in respect to each Region. Red denotes Centre-left coalitions, Blue the Centre-right coalition, Yellow the Five Star Movement, and Light Blue the Aosta Valley regional coalition.
Prime Minister before election Mario Monti Independent Elected Prime Minister Enrico Letta Democratic Party

Mario Monti
Independent

Enrico Letta
Democratic Party

A general election took place on 24–25 February 2013 to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 17th Parliament of the Italian Republic.

The centre-left alliance Italy Common Good led by the Democratic Party obtained a clear majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies, thanks to a majority bonus that has effectively trebled the number of seats assigned to the winning force, while in the popular vote it narrowly defeated the centre-right alliance of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Close behind, the new anti-establishment Five Star Movement of comedian Beppe Grillo became the third force, clearly ahead of the centrist coalition of outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti. In the Senate, no political group or party won an outright majority, resulting in a hung parliament. Eventually a grand coalition between Italy Common Good, the Berlusconi coalition, and the centre was formed.

Following the European sovereign debt crisis, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned from his position in November 2011. He was replaced as Prime Minister by technocratic Senator for Life Mario Monti.