1999 Italian referendum

1999 Italian referendum
18 April 1999
Abolition of mixed-member proportional representation for 25% of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies
OutcomeProposal failed as voter turnout was below 50%
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 21,161,866 91.52%
No 1,960,022 8.48%
Valid votes 23,121,888 94.58%
Invalid or blank votes 1,325,633 5.42%
Total votes 24,447,521 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 49,309,060 49.58%
Part of the Politics series
Politics of Italy
Constitution
Head of state
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Constitutional institutions
Constituent entities
Elections, referendums
Foreign relations
Related topics
icon Politics portal

An abrogative referendum on the electoral law was held in Italy on 18 April 1999.[1] Voters were asked whether they approved of replacing the mixed-member proportional representation electoral system (in which 75% of seats in Parliament were elected in single-member constituencies and 25% by compensatory proportional representation) with one based solely on single-member constituencies, with the 25% of seats instead allocated to the second-placed in the constituencies with the most votes.[2] The proposal was supported by larger parties, but opposed by smaller ones.[2] Although the proposal was approved by 92% of voters, turnout was only 49.58% (i.e., just over 200,000 voters below the threshold), resulting in the referendum being invalidated as the threshold of 50% was not passed.[3]

Results

ChoiceVotes%
For21,161,86691.52
Against1,960,0228.48
Total23,121,888100.00
Valid votes23,121,88894.58
Invalid/blank votes1,325,6335.42
Total votes24,447,521100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,309,06049.58
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1049 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b Sunday referendum in Italy to decide on voting system World Socialist Website, 19 April 1999
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1061
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.