The new Italian electoral system: majority-assuring but minority-friendly

Autor:	Roberto D'Alimonte
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Electoral system Chamber of Deputies media_common.quotation_subject General election Proportional representation Law Political Science and International Relations Economics National level Democracy Entitlement (fair division) media_common
Zdroj:	Contemporary Italian Politics. 7:286-292
ISSN:	2324-8831 2324-8823
DOI:	10.1080/23248823.2015.1093280
Popis:	Italy has a new electoral system for parliamentary elections. It is the third since 1993. It was approved in May 2015, but it will come into force on 1 July 2016. It replaces the present proportional system for the Chamber of Deputies, but not that for the Senate. A constitutional reform, which is under way, aims at transforming the Senate into a second chamber without the authority to consider motions of confidence, and limited powers. The new electoral system – nicknamed the Italicum – is a majority-assuring system agreed upon by the leader of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi, and the leader of Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi. Thanks to a seat bonus, it guarantees an absolute majority (of 340 seats) to the list that obtains at least 40% of the votes or to the list winning a run-off if no list wins 40% at the first round. The losers will share 278 seats. There is a 3% threshold at the national level for entitlement to seats. The Italicum represents an appropriate balance between the objective of promot...
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