Roberto Fico Five Star Movement Lorenzo Fontana Lega The election of the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies who would serve through the legislature XIX of Italy took place on 13 and 14 October 2022, almost four weeks after the 2022 Italian general election.

Starting from the fourth ballot, the threshold is further lowered to a simple majority of members present.

As required by the assembly's standing orders, the election took place by secret ballot.

[2] In early October the centre-right coalition, which held 237 seats (a majority of 36) designated Riccardo Molinari, a member of the League, as its official candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber.

Following the election of Ignazio La Russa as President of the Senate and tensions within the centre-right, Lorenzo Fontana replaced Molinari as the official candidate of the conservative coalition shortly after the third ballot took place.