Senate of the Republic (Italy)

The Senate of the Republic (Italian: Senato della Repubblica) or Senate (Senato) is a house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Chamber of Deputies). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical functions, but do so separately. It was created in its current form on 8 May 1948, but existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno (Senate of the Kingdom), itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino (Subalpine Senate) of Sardinia created on 8 May 1848.

Senate of the Republic Senato della Repubblica
18th legislature
Type
Type	Upper house of the Parliament of Italy
Leadership
President of the Senate	Ignazio La Russa, FdI
Structure
Seats	200 elected senators + 6 senators for life
Political groups	FdI (65)   PD (40)   Lega (30)   M5S (28)   FI (18)   A–IV (9)   AVS (4)   NM (2)   SVP (2)   ScN (1)   MAIE (1)
Elections
Last election	25 September 2022
Next election	No later than 2027
Meeting place
Palazzo Madama, Rome
Website
www.senato.it/home
Footnotes

Members of the Senate are styled Senator or The Honourable Senator (Onorevole Senatore) and they meet at Palazzo Madama, Rome.