The National Council (Consulta Nazionale) was an unelected provisional legislative assembly set up in the Kingdom of Italy after the end of World War II.

It first sat on 25 September 1945 and was dissolved after the national elections on 2 June 1946, which formed the first Constituent Assembly of Italy.

The government was obliged to hear the opinion of the Council on certain matters such as state budget, taxes and electoral laws.

[1] The Council, divided into 10 commissions, ratified, among other laws, the legislative decree that assigned to a popular referendum the choice between monarchy and republic.

The Council approved also an electoral system based on proportional representation, with multi-member constituencies.