Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy

E70790

The Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy was the elected lower house of the national parliament that represented citizens and played a central role in the legislative process of the unified Italian state from the 19th to the mid-20th century.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
appliesStatutoryLaw Albertine Statute
appliesToTerritory Italian colonies when part of the Kingdom of Italy
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ of the Kingdom of Italy
country Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
dissolved 1946
electorate Italian citizens
function budget approval
government oversight
legislation
governingDocument rules of procedure of the Chamber of Deputies
hasMemberLabel deputy
hasNumberOfChambers one (as a house of parliament)
hasOppositeChamber Senate of the Kingdom of Italy
hasPart deputies
hasVotingRightsFor male citizens for most of its existence
historicalEra Fascist Italy
Liberal Italy
post-unification Italy
houseOf Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy
inception 1861
jurisdiction national territory of the Kingdom of Italy
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
laterLocatedIn Florence
legislativeBranchOf Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Rome
meetsAt seat of the Italian Parliament in Rome
meetsIn Palazzo Montecitorio
nativeLabel Camera dei deputati del Regno d'Italia
originallyLocatedIn Turin
originallyMetIn Palazzo Carignano
partOf political system of the Kingdom of Italy
precededBy Subalpine Chamber of Deputies
replacedBy Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
Constituent Assembly of Italy
role lower house
selectionMethod election
sharesLegislativePowerWith Senate of the Kingdom of Italy
significantEvent abolition after institutional referendum of 1946
first elections of unified Italy
transition to Fascist-controlled legislature
subordinateTo Albertine Statute as fundamental law
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature lower chamber
usedFor representation of citizens in the legislative process
votingSystemUsed various electoral systems over time


Please wait…