2015 Italian presidential election

The Italian presidential election of 2015 was held on 29–31 January, following the resignation of incumbent President Giorgio Napolitano on 14 January 2015. The office was held at the time of the election by Senate President Pietro Grasso in an acting capacity. Only members of Italian Parliament and regional delegates are entitled to vote. As head of state of the Italian Republic, the President has a role of representation of national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Italian Constitution, in the framework of a parliamentary system.

2015 Italian presidential election
29–31 January 2015
1,009 voters
(315 Senators, 6 Senators for life,
630 Deputies and 58 regional representatives)
673 or 505 votes needed to win
 
Nominee Sergio Mattarella Ferdinando Imposimato
Party Independent Independent
Electoral vote 665 127
Percentage 65.91% 12.58%
Result on the fourth ballot
(31 January 2015)

  Mattarella 665   Others 212

  Invalids, blanks, abstentions 132
President before election

Giorgio Napolitano
Independent

 Elected President

Sergio Mattarella
Independent

On 31 January, at the fourth round of voting, the Judge of the Constitutional Court and former Deputy Prime Minister Sergio Mattarella was elected President of the Italian Republic with 665 votes out of 1,009.

Procedure

In accordance with the Italian Constitution, the election is held in the form of a secret ballot, with the Senators, the Deputies and 58 regional representatives entitled to vote. The election is held in the Palazzo Montecitorio, home of the Chamber of Deputies, with the capacity of the assembly room expanded for the purpose. The first three ballots require a two-thirds majority of the 1,009 voters in order to elect a President, or 673 votes. Starting from the fourth ballot, an absolute majority is required for candidates to be elected, or 505 votes. The presidential mandate lasts seven years.

The election was presided over by the President of the Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini, who proceeded to the public counting of the votes, and by the Acting President of the Senate Valeria Fedeli, instead of President Pietro Grasso who was serving as Acting President of the Republic since 14 January.

Electoral college

Electors per parliamentary group (including the regional delegates) were divided as follows:

Composition of the electoral college
PartyMembers
(total)		MembersShare
MPs
(Chamber and Senate)
Regional
delegates
Democratic Party (PD) 445 415 30 44.1%
Forza Italia (FI) 143 130 13 14.1%
Five Star Movement (M5S) 129 128 1 12.8%
Popular Area (NCD/UdC) 74 70 4 7.3%
Lega Nord (LN) 38 35 3 3.8%
Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) 34 33 1 3.4%
Civic Choice (SC) 32 32 0 3.2%
Others 114 108 6 11.3%
Total 1,009 951 58 100.0%

Proposed candidates
Candidate Region of birth Office(s) held Supporting party
Luciana Castellina (85)
Left Ecology Freedom		  Lazio Member of the Chamber of Deputies
(1976–1987; 1992–1994)		 Left Ecology Freedom
Vittorio Feltri (71)
Independent		  Lombardy None Lega Nord
Brothers of Italy
Ferdinando Imposimato (78)
Independent		  Campania Member of the Senate
(1987–1992; 1994–1996)
Other offices
 Five Star Movement[1]
Sergio Mattarella (73)
Independent[1]		  Sicily Judge of the Constitutional Court
(2011–2015)
Other offices
 Democratic Party
Civic Choice
Democratic Centre
Solidary Democracy

Results

First ballot (29 January)
Candidate Votes
  Ferdinando Imposimato 120
  Vittorio Feltri 49
  Luciana Castellina 37
  Emma Bonino 25
  Stefano Rodotà 23
  Gabriele Albertini 14
  Claudio Sabelli Fioretti 11
  Romano Prodi 9
  Mauro Morelli 9
  Massimo Caleo 8
  Marcello Gualdani 6
  Pier Luigi Bersani 5
  Sergio Mattarella 5
  Lucio Barani 4
  Giuseppe Scognamiglio 4
  Agostino Marianetti 3
  Antonio Martino 3
  Ricardo Antonio Merlo 3
  Ignazio Messina 3
  Paolo Mieli 3
  Giuseppe Pagano 3
  Antonello Zitelli 3
  Dario Ballini D'Amato 2
  Anna Finocchiaro 2
  Ezio Greggio 2
  Others 48
  Blank votes 538
  Invalid votes 33

Second ballot (30 January)
Candidate Votes
  Ferdinando Imposimato 123
  Vittorio Feltri 51
  Luciana Castellina 34
  Emma Bonino 23
  Stefano Rodotà 22
  Claudio Sabelli Fioretti 14
  Marcello Gualdani 10
  Giuseppe Pagano 7
  Santo Versace 6
  Romano Prodi 5
  Paola Severino 5
  Sergio Mattarella 4
  Antonio Razzi 4
  Gian Carlo Sangalli 4
  Ezio Greggio 3
  Mauro Guerra 3
  Ignazio Messina 3
  Lucio Barani 2
  Pier Luigi Bersani 2
  Luciano Cimmino 2
  Anna Finocchiaro 2
  Franco Frattini 2
  Agostino Marianetti 2
  Giuseppe Scognamiglio 2
  Others 61
  Blank votes 531
  Invalid votes 26

Third ballot (30 January)
Candidate Votes
  Ferdinando Imposimato 126
  Vittorio Feltri 56
  Luciana Castellina 33
  Emma Bonino 23
  Stefano Rodotà 22
  Lucio Barani 21
  Giuseppe Pagano 11
  Claudio Sabelli Fioretti 8
  Marcello Gualdani 7
  Mauro Guerra 5
  Francesco Guccini 4
  Luigi Manconi 5
  Sergio Mattarella 4
  Giovanni Malagò 4
  Ignazio Messina 3
  Antonio Palmieri 3
  Angelo Perrino 3
  Romano Prodi 3
  Ernesto Abaterusso 2
  Pier Ferdinando Casini 2
  Michele Emiliano 2
  Franco Frattini 2
  Ezio Greggio 2
  Luigi Marino 2
  Vincenzo Olita 2
  Antonio Razzi 2
  Pasquale Sollo 2
  Andrea Vecchio 2
  Others 70
  Blank votes 513
  Invalid votes 27

Fourth ballot (31 January)
Candidate Votes
  Sergio Mattarella 665
  Ferdinando Imposimato 127
  Vittorio Feltri 46
  Stefano Rodotà 17
  Emma Bonino 2
  Antonio Martino 2
  Giorgio Napolitano 2
  Romano Prodi 2
  Others 14
  Blank votes 105
  Invalid votes 13

References
  1. Giada Zampano, "Lawmakers in Italy Fail to Elect President in First Round of Voting", The Wall Street Journal, 29 January 2015.
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