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General elections will occur inItaly no later than 22 December 2027.[nb 1] It may be called earlier as asnap election.
In the2022 Italian general election, thecentre-right coalition led byGiorgia Meloni'sBrothers of Italy (FdI) won anabsolute majority of seats in theItalian Parliament.[2] On 20 October, a few days following the elections of the presidents of the two houses of Parliament (Ignazio La Russa of FdI on 13 October for theSenate of the Republic andLorenzo Fontana of theLega on 14 October for theChamber of Deputies),[3][4] consultations on the formation of a new cabinet officially began.[5]
The Cabinet was announced on 21 October and was officially sworn in on the next day. It was one of the fastest government formations in thehistory of the Italian Republic.[6] The firstItalian cabinet headed by a femaleprime minister,[7] it was variously described as a shift to thepolitical right,[8] and as the firstfar-right-led Italian government sinceWorld War II.[9][10]
TheItalian electoral law of 2017 still in force assigns seats in both houses of the Italian Parliament usingmixed-member majoritarian representation. The 400 deputies are to be elected as follows:[11]
The 200 elective senators are to be elected as follows:[11]
For Italian residents, each house member is to be elected in single ballots, including theconstituency candidate and their supporting party lists. In each single-member constituency, the deputy or senator is elected on a plurality basis, while the seats in multi-member constituencies are allocated nationally. In order to be calculated in single-member constituency results, parties need to obtain at least 1% of the national vote and be part of a coalition obtaining at least 10% of the national vote. In order to receive seats in multi-member constituencies, parties need to obtain at least 3% of the national vote. Elects from multi-member constituencies would come fromclosed lists.[12]
The voting paper, which is a single one for the FPTP and the proportional systems, shows the names of the candidates to single-member constituencies and in close conjunction with them the symbols of the linked lists for the proportional part, each one with a list of the relative candidates.[13] The voter is able to cast their vote in three different ways, among them:[14]
| Polling aggregator | Ref. | Date updated | FdI | PD | M5S | Lega | FI | A | IV | AVS | +E | PTD | DSP | NM | ScN | Others | Lead |
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| Cassandra | [15] | 27 January 2026 | 29.7 | 22.2 | 12.6 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 1.5 | – | – | 1.0 | – | 5.1 | 7.5 |
| WahlenWeltWeit | [16] | 15 January 2026 | 30.0 | 22.1 | 12.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 1.5 | _ | _ | 1.2 | _ | 3.8 | 7.9 |
| Sondaggi BiDiMedia | [17] | 28 August 2025 | 28.8 | 22.5 | 12.9 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 1.3 | – | – | 0.9 | – | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| Youtrend | [18] | 31 July 2025 | 29.2 | 21.7 | 13.5 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 2.1 | – | – | 1.0 | – | 3.8 | 7.5 |
| PolitPro | [19] | 23 August 2025 | 29.1 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 2.0 | – | – | – | – | 4.8 | 7.1 |
| Politico Europe | [20] | 31 July 2025 | 29.0 | 22.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | – | – | – | – | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Europe Elects | [21] | 31 July 2025 | 29.0 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | – | – | 1.0 | – | 4.0 | 7.0 |
| 2022 election | [22] | 25 Sep 2022 | 26.0 | 19.1 | 15.4 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 7.8[c] | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.4[d] | 1.2[e] | 0.9 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 6.9 | |
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