Legislature XVII of Italy

Legislature XVII of Italy

XVII legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
Legislature XVII of Italy ; XVII legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
17th legislature
Type
Type	bicameral
Houses	Chamber of Deputies; Senate of the Republic
History
Founded	15 March 2013
Disbanded	22 March 2018 (5 years, 7 days)
Preceded by	XVI Legislature
Succeeded by	XVIII Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate	Pietro Grasso, PD ; since 16 March 2013
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Laura Boldrini, SEL ; since 16 March 2013
Structure
Seats	C: 630; S: 321 (315 + 6)
Chamber of Deputies political groups	PD (282); M5S (88); FI–PdL (56); Art.1 – MDP – LeU (42); AP–CpE–NCD–NcI (23); LN – NcS (22); SI–SEL–Pos–LeU (17); NcI–SC–MAIE (15); FdI–AN (12); Mixed (61);
Senate political groups	PD (97); FI–PdL (44); M5S (35); AP–CpE–NCD (24); Aut–PSI–MAIE (18); Art.1–MDP–LeU (16); GAL–UDC (14); ALA–PRI (13); LN (11); NcI (11); FdL (IdeA–PLI) (7); Mixed (27);
Elections
Chamber of Deputies voting system	Porcellum
Senate voting system	Porcellum
Last general election	24–25 February 2013
Meeting place
	Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome (C)
	Palazzo Madama, Rome (S)
Website
	www.camera.it/leg17/1; www.senato.it/Leg17/home
Constitution
	Constitution of Italy

The Legislature XVII of Italy (Italian: XVII Legislatura della Repubblica Italiana) started on 15 March 2013 and ended on 22 March 2018. Its composition was the one resulting from the general election of 24–25 February 2013, called after the dissolution of the houses of Parliament announced by President Giorgio Napolitano on 22 December 2012.

The Parliament was dismissed after its term was completed, when President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the houses on 28 December 2017.

At the time of its foundation, this legislature had the lowest average age (48 years) and highest percentage of female MPs (31%) in Italian history.