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| Chamber of Deputies Camera dei Deputati |
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| Type | |
| Type | Lower house |
| Leadership | |
| President of the Chamber | Gianfranco Fini, PdL since 30 April 2008 |
| Structure | |
| Members | 630 |
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| Political groups | PdL 275 PD 217 Lega Nord 60 UDC 35 Idv 29 Misto 14 |
| Election | |
| Last election | 13-14 April 2008 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome | |
| Web site | |
| http://english.camera.it/ | |
The Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italian: Camera dei Deputati) is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a majority of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A member of the Chamber of Deputies has the style of onorevole (honorable). The current president is Gianfranco Fini, a leader of the People of Freedom party.
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Latest results
| Parties and alliances | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
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| S. Berlusconi coalition |
17,063,874 13,628,865 |
46.81 37.39 |
+4.51[1] –1.21 |
344 276 |
+102 +60 |
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| W. Veltroni coalition |
13,686,673 12,092,998 |
37.54 33.17 |
+4.05[2] +1.97 |
246 217 |
+9 –3 |
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| Union of the Centre | 2,050,319 | 5.62 | –1.13 | 36 | –3 | |
| The Left – The Rainbow (now out of Parliament) | 1,124,418 | 3.08 | –7.1[3] | 0 | –72 | |
| The Right–Tricolour Flame (now out of Parliament) | 885,229 | 2.43 | — | 0 | — | |
| Socialist Party (now out of Parliament) | 355,581 | 0.98 | –1.91[4] | 0 | –18 | |
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 147,666 | 0.41 | –0.07 | 2 | –2 | |
| Autonomy Liberty Democracy | 29,311 | 0.08 | –0.01 | 1 | ±0 | |
| Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Others | 1,138,545 | 3.11 | — | — | –16 | |
| Total | 36,527,231 | 100% | 630 | |||
Presidency Office
President
Vice Presidents
- Rosy Bindi
- Rocco Buttiglione
- Antonio Leone
- Maurizio Lupi
Quaestors
- Gabriele Albonetti
- Francesco Colucci
- Antonio Mazzocchi
Secretaries
- Gianpiero Bocci
- Emilia Grazia De Biasi
- Giuseppe Fallica
- Gregorio Fontana
- Donato Lamorte
- Mimmo Lucà
- Renzo Lusetti
- Lorena Milanato
See also
- Bicameralism
- Chamber of Deputies
- Italian Parliament
- Italian Senate
- Lower house
- Camera dei Deputati (TV channel)
External links
References
- ^ People of Freedom was founded in late 2007, so the sum of its precursor parties – including the previously Union-affiliated Pensioners' Party – is considered for "change" statistics.
- ^ The Democratic Party was founded in 2007, so the sum of its precursor parties and Italy of Values is considered for "change" statistics.
- ^ Previous statistics sum data from coalition partners, as stated in its article.
 Obelisk of Montecitorio. In the background is the Italian Chamber of Deputies |
 Back side of Palazzo Montecitorio designed by architect Ernesto Basile. |
 Front side of Palazzo Montecitorio. |
 Another photo of the main entrance of Montecitorio with the Montecitorio column. |
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