2018 President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies election
# 2018 President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies election

The election of the President of the Chamber of Deputies who would serve through the legislature XVIII of Italy took place on 23 and 24 March 2018, weeks after the 2022 Italian general election. Roberto Fico was elected on the fourth ballot following an agreement between the Five Star Movement and the centre-right coalition.

## Procedure

The election takes place by secret ballot. A two-thirds supermajority of the whole membership is needed to win on the first ballot. On the second and third ballot, a two-thirds supermajority of votes cast (including blank ballots among the totals) suffices. Starting from the fourth ballot, the threshold is further lowered to a simple majority of members present.

## Results

### First ballot

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Renato Brunetta | Forza Italia | 2 |
| | Rossella Muroni | Free and Equal | 2 |
| | Nico Stumpo | Free and Equal | 2 |
| | Others | Others | 4 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 592 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 18 |
| Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | 10 |
| Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | 420 |

### Second ballot

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Davide Tripiedi | Five Star Movement | 4 |
| | Dario Bond | Five Star Movement | 3 |
| | Nico Stumpo | Free and Equal | 3 |
| | Renato Brunetta | Forza Italia | 2 |
| | David Ermini | Democratic Italy | 2 |
| | Rossella Muroni | Free and Equal | 2 |
| | Others | Others | 12 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 577 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 6 |
| Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | 19 |
| Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | 408 |

### Third ballot

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Nico Stumpo | Free and Equal | 7 |
| | David Ermini | Democratic Party | 3 |
| | Rosa Menga | Five Star Movement | 3 |
| | Others | Others | 18 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 569 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4 |
| Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | 26 |
| Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | 408 |

### Fourth ballot

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Roberto Fico | Five Star Movement | 422 |
| | Roberto Giachetti | Democratic Party | 102 |
| | Riccardo Fraccaro | Five Star Movement | 7 |
| | Renato Brunetta | Forza Italia | 3 |
| | Others | Others | 5 |
| Blank votes | Blank votes | Blank votes | 60 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 21 |
| Did not vote | Did not vote | Did not vote | 10 |
| Needed to win | Needed to win | Needed to win | 311 |
