Legislature IX of Italy

Legislature IX of Italy

IX legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
Legislature IX of Italy ; IX legislatura della Repubblica Italiana
9th legislature
Type
Type	bicameral
Houses	Chamber of Deputies; Senate of the Republic
History
Founded	12 July 1983
Disbanded	1 July 1987 (3 years, 354 days)
Preceded by	VIII Legislature
Succeeded by	X Legislature
Leadership
President of the Senate	Francesco Cossiga (DC) (from 12 July 1983 until 24 June 1985); Amintore Fanfani (DC) (until 17 April 1987); Giovanni Malagodi (PLI)
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Nilde Iotti, PCI ; since 12 July 1983
Structure
Seats	630 (C); 315 (S)
Chamber of Deputies political groups	DC (226); PCI (177); PSI (74); MSI (42); PRI (29); PSDI (22); SI (20); PLI (16); Rad (9); DP (7); Mixed (8);
Senate political groups	DC (121); PCI (92); PSI (40); MSI (18); SI (17); PRI (12); PSDI (9); PLI (6); Mixed (9);
Elections
Chamber of Deputies voting system	Proportional
Senate voting system	Proportional
Last general election	26 June 1983
Meeting place
	Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome (C)
	Palazzo Madama, Rome (S)
Website
	storia.camera.it/legislature/leg-repubblica-IX; www.senato.it/leg9/home
Constitution
	Constitution of Italy

The Legislature IX of Italy (Italian: IX Legislatura della Repubblica Italiana) was the 9th legislature of the Italian Republic, and lasted from 12 July 1983 until 1 July 1987.^[1]^[2] Its composition was the one resulting from the general election of 26 and 27 June 1983. The election was called by President Sandro Pertini one year before the previous legislature's natural end on 5 May 1983, after a crisis in the incumbent government majority (Pentapartito).^[3]^[4]