Abruzzo (Chamber of Deputies constituency)

Abruzzo is one of the 29 constituencies (Italian: circoscrizioni) represented in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian parliament.^[2] The constituency currently elects 14 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Italian region of Abruzzo. The electoral system uses a parallel voting system, which act as a mixed system, with 37% of seats allocated using a first-past-the-post electoral system and 61% using a proportional method, with one round of voting.^[3]

Abruzzo
Constituency for the Chamber of Deputies
Region	Abruzzo
Electorate	1,026,974 (2022)[1]
Major settlements	Chieti, L'Aquila, Pescara, Teramo
Current constituency
Created	1993
Seats	9
Member(s)	FdI (4)   M5S (1)   PD (1)   FI (1)   Lega (1)   Az (1)

The constituency was first established by the Mattarella law on 4 August 1993 and later confirmed by the Calderoli law on 21 December 2005 and by the Rosato law on 3 November 2017.

Elected members

Legislature XIX (2022–current)

Single-member districts

District			Electoral list		Deputy	Parliamentary group				Ref.
N.	Name	Map				At election		Current
01	Chieti			Centre-right coalition	Alberto Bagnai		League			[4]
02	Pescara			Centre-right coalition	Guerino Testa		Brothers of Italy			[5]
03	L'Aquila			Centre-right coalition	Giorgia Meloni		Brothers of Italy			[6]
Source: Ministry of the Interior[7]

Multi-member districts

District			Party		Deputy	Parliamentary group				Ref.
N.	Name	Map				At election		Current
01	Abruzzo			Brothers of Italy	Fabio Roscani		Brothers of Italy			[8]
				Brothers of Italy	Rachele Silvestri		Brothers of Italy			[9]
				Five Star Movement	Daniela Torto [it]		Five Star Movement			[10]
				Democratic Party	Luciano D'Alfonso		Democratic Party			[11]
				Forza Italia	Nazario Pagano		Forza Italia			[12]
				Action	Giulio Cesare Sottanelli [it]		Action			[13]
Source: Ministry of the Interior[7]

Legislature XVIII (2018–2022)

Single-member districts

District			Electoral list		Deputy	Parliamentary group				Ref.
N.	Name	Map				At election		Current
01	L'Aquila			Centre-right coalition	Antonio Martino		Forza Italia			[14]
02	Teramo			Five Star Movement	Antonio Zennaro		Five Star Movement		League[a]	[15]
03	Pescara			Five Star Movement	Andrea Colletti		Five Star Movement		Mixed Group — Alternativa[b]	[16]
04	Chieti			Five Star Movement	Daniele Del Grosso		Five Star Movement			[17]
05	Vasto			Five Star Movement	Carmela Grippa		Five Star Movement			[18]
Source: Ministry of the Interior[7]

1. Deputy Antonio Zennaro left the Five Star Movement on 23 April 2020. He joined the Mixed – Popolo Protagonista – Alternativa Popolare component on 6 May 2020. He later joined the Lega group in 18 January 2021.
2. Deputy Andrea Colletti left the Five Star Movement on 19 February 2021. He joined the Mixed – Alternativa component in 23 February 2021.

Multi-member districts

District			Party		Deputy	Parliamentary group				Ref.
N.	Name	Map				At election		Current
01	Abruzzo – 01			Five Star Movement	Gianluca Vacca		Five Star Movement			[19]
				Five Star Movement	Daniela Torto		Five Star Movement			[20]
				Democratic Party	Camillo D'Alessandro		Democratic Party		Italia Viva[a]	[21]
				Forza Italia	Gianfranco Rotondi		Forza Italia			[22]
				League	Giuseppe Ercole Bellachioma		League			[23]
02	Abruzzo – 02			Five Star Movement	Valentina Corneli		Five Star Movement			[24]
				Five Star Movement	Fabio Berardini		Five Star Movement		Coraggio Italia[b]	[25]
				Democratic Party	Stefania Pezzopane		Democratic Party			[26]
				League	Luigi D'Eramo		League			[27]
Source: Ministry of the Interior[7]

1. Deputy Camillo D'Alessandro left the Democratic Party on 19 September 2019, and joined the Italia Viva group.
2. Deputy Fabio Berardini left the Five Star Movement on 10 December 2020. He joined the Mixed – Democratic Centre component on 13 January 2021. He later joined Coraggio Italia on 27 May 2021.

Legislature XVII (2013–2018)

Multi-member districts

Constituency	Coalition		Party		Deputy	Parliamentary group				Ref.
						At election		At dissolution
Abruzzo		Italia. Bene Comune		Democratic Party	Giovanni Legnini (until 26 September 2014 (2014-09-26))[a]		Democratic Party			[28]
					Giovanni Lolli (26 September – 7 October 2014 (2014-09-26 – 2014-10-07))[b]		Democratic Party			[29]
					Gianluca Fusilli (from 7 October 2014 (2014-10-07))		Democratic Party			[30]
				Democratic Party	Antonio Castricone		Democratic Party			[31]
				Democratic Party	Tommaso Ginoble		Democratic Party			[32]
				Democratic Party	Maria Amato		Democratic Party			[33]
				Democratic Party	Yoram Gutgeld		Democratic Party			[34]
				Democratic Party	Vittoria D'Incecco		Democratic Party			[35]
				Left Ecology Freedom	Gianni Melilla		Left Ecology Freedom		Article One – LeU	[36]
		Centre-right coalition		The People of Freedom	Filippo Piccone (until 22 December 2017 (2017-12-22))[c]		The People of Freedom		AP – CpE – NCD – NcI	[37]
					Massimo Verrecchia (from 22 December 2017 (2017-12-22))		AP – CpE – NCD – NcI		AP – CpE – NCD – NcI	[38]
				The People of Freedom	Paolo Tancredi		The People of Freedom		AP – CpE – NCD – NcI	[39]
				The People of Freedom	Fabrizio Di Stefano		The People of Freedom		FI – PdL	[40]
		Five Star Movement		Five Star Movement	Gianluca Vacca		Five Star Movement			[41]
				Five Star Movement	Andrea Colletti		Five Star Movement			[42]
				Five Star Movement	Daniele Del Grosso		Five Star Movement			[43]
		With Monti for Italy		Civic Choice	Giulio Cesare Sottanelli		Civic Choice		NcI – SC – MAIE	[44]
Source: Ministry of the Interior[45]

1. Deputy Giovanni Legnini resigned from his seat on 26 September 2014, after being appointed as member of the Superior Judicial Council. His replacement was deputy Giovanni Lolli.
2. Deputy Giovanni Lolli resigned from his seat on 7 October 2014, after being appointed as Vice President and Assessor in the Abruzzo Regional government. His replacement was deputy Gianluca Fusilli.
3. Deputy Filippo Piccone resigned from his seat on 22 December 2017. His replacement was deputy Massimo Verrecchia.