Italian electoral law of 1993

Greek Mythology), for being a combination of two different parts (majority and proportional system).^[2]

Second World War. It was replaced in 2005 by another law named Porcellum in reference to a comment by Roberto Calderoli

first-past-the-post (FPTP) was proposed, but the supermajority clause, which was introduced to win a direct mandate, vanished that aim, and the generality of the Senate seats was itself assigned by PR. Constituencies for the Senate effectively were a ”pro forma” in this mechanism of localized lists, so they were not changed when in 1963 a constitutional reform expanded the Parliament with a 33% more seats.^[4]

Italian constitution, referendums in Italy cannot be propositional, but they can only abolish a part of a law, so the reformers could only ask to abolish the supermajority clause for the Senate. The 1993 Italian referendum was a large success, transforming the Senate electoral law into a FPTP, but after 1963, there were less constituencies than seats in the Senate, one fourth less of the total needed, so those seats had to be filled by PR amongst the losers of the FPTP races. To ensure government stability, the law of the Chamber of Deputies had to be changed in a similar way, and a parallel voting of 3/4 of FPTP and 1/4 of PR was introduced by the Matterellum.^[7]

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