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1,009 voters (321 senators, 630 deputies and 58 regional delegates) 673 (1st–3rd ballots) or 505 (4th ballot onwards) votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||
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 Result on the fourth ballot (31 January 2015) Mattarella 665 Others 212 Invalids, blanks, abstentions 132 | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 Italian presidential election was held on 29–31 January, following the resignation of President Giorgio Napolitano on 14 January 2015. The office was held at the time of the election by Senate President Pietro Grasso in an acting capacity. Only members of Italian Parliament and regional delegates are entitled to vote. As head of state of the Italian Republic, the President has a role of representation of national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Italian Constitution, in the framework of a parliamentary system.
On 31 January, at the fourth round of voting, the Judge of the Constitutional Court and former Deputy Prime Minister Sergio Mattarella was elected President of the Italian Republic with 665 votes out of 1,009.