2018 Italian general election Facts for Kids

The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018. The election was held to elect politicians to the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.

The last election was in 2013. In that election, the social democratic Democratic Party won the most seats.

The populist Five Star Movement won the most votes. Three months after the election, the Five Star Movement formed a coalition with the right-wing Lega Nord. Independent Giuseppe Conte became Prime Minister of Italy on 1 June 2018.

Parties

Democratic Party (PD): led by Matteo Renzi. The PD is socially liberal and supports social democracy.
Five Star Movement (M5S): led by Luigi Di Maio. The M5S is populist, anti-establishment, environmentalist and eurosceptic.
Forza Italia (FI): led by Silvio Berlusconi. This party is liberal conservative and Christian democratic.
Democrats and Progressives (MDP): led by Roberto Speranza. The MDP is progressive and left-wing.
Popular Alternative (AP): led by Beatrice Lorenzin. The AP is centrist, liberal conservative and Christian democratic.
Lega Nord (LN): led by Matteo Salvini. The LN is regionalist, populist, eurosceptic and anti-immigration.

PD M5S PdL/FI SC NCD/AP LN SEL/SI FdI UdC MDP CP LeU I CP NcI

Matteo Renzi announcing his resignation after the 2016 constitutional referendum result
Renzi speaking at Lingotto convention
Berlusconi in Trento during the electoral campaign
Salvini speaking at the final rally of his electoral campaign in Milan
Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Chamber of Deputies
Electoral package sent to an Italian voter in South America
Voting at a polling station in Rome