FAQ
Short answers, each tied to a source on the sources page.
Last updated: October 17, 2026. Unofficial information. Confirm with your official election office (Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali).
- When is the next general election?
- On 17 October 2026 no decree setting the day had been read. Article 60 says the Chamber and the Senate are elected for five years. The last calling decree that was read, Decree of the President of the Republic no. 97 of 21 July 2022, sets polling for 25 September 2022 and the first sitting for 13 October 2022.
- How many deputies and senators are elected?
- Article 56 sets 400 deputies, eight of them in the overseas constituency. Article 57 sets 200 elective senators, four of them in the overseas constituency. The Chamber’s page for the 19th legislature repeats that there are 400 deputies.
- Does this site declare a winner?
- No. The 2022 figures copied from the Eligendo archive stay unofficial here and are not added up into a majority. There is no count for the next election.
- What is the population?
- The ISTAT census-population page gives 58,943,464 people at 31 December 2024. The regions in the DEMO file at 1 January 2025 add up to the same figure. The figure used for elections is a different decree, which was not read for this release.
- Is this an official website?
- No. It is unofficial information from Joshua Israel Ventures LLC. Confirm it with the official election office.
Sources
- Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana, Titolo I (articoli 55, 56, 57, 59, 60 e 61), testo sul sito del Governo — read 2026-10-17
- Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 21 luglio 2022, n. 97, convocazione dei comizi per le elezioni della Camera dei deputati e del Senato della Repubblica (22G00107) — read 2026-10-17
- Camera dei deputati, Conoscere la Camera, «Chi elegge i deputati» (XIX legislatura) — read 2026-10-17
- ISTAT, popolazione censuaria al 31 dicembre 2024 — read 2026-10-17
- Ministero dell'Interno, Eligendo Archivio, Camera 25/09/2022, Area ITALIA (escl. Valle d'Aosta) — read 2026-10-17