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ELECTORAL SYSTEM |
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| Chamber: | ||||||
| Camera dei Deputati | ||||||
| Electoral Law: | ||||||
| 30 March 1957 | ||||||
| Last amendment: 21.12.2005 | ||||||
| Constituencies: | ||||||
| - 26 multi-member constituencies for 617 seats - 1 single-member constituency in Valle d'Aosta - 1 constituency for Italians abroad representing 4 geographical groups (12 seats): a) Europe (including the entire Russian Federation and Turkey); b) South America; c) North and Central America; and d) Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica. |
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| Voting System: | ||||||
| Proportional representation* - proportional representation system for 629 of 630 seats, using blocked party lists for 617 of the 630 members elected from Italy and for the 12 members elected by Italian citizens overseas *First-past-the-post system for the single-member constituency in Valle d'Aosta The minimum thresholds for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies are: - for a political coalition: 10 % of total valid votes; - for a political party (list) within a coalition: 2% of total valid votes; - for a political party (list) which is not affiliated with any political coalition: 4% of total votes cast nationwide; - for language minority lists: 20% of the votes cast in their constituency. However, any list obtaining the highest number of votes among all lists and which fails to win 2% of the votes cast is also entitled to a seat. If the political coalition or party with the highest number of votes fails to win 340 seats, it is given "bonus" seats to meet the 340-seat requirement. The 277 remaining seats are distributed among the other coalitions or unaffiliated lists using the whole number quotient and highest remainders method. Seats which become vacant between general elections are filled by the "next-in-line" candidate of the same party list. By-elections are held in the case of majority seats. Voting is not compulsory. |
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| Voter requirements: | ||||||
| - age: minimum 18 - Italian citizenship - disqualifications: criminal conviction, immoral character as defined by the law Pursuant to Law No. 459/2001 and its implementing regulations (Presidential Decree No. 104 of 2003), Italians abroad meeting the above-mentioned requirements are entitled to elect 12 members representing the Constituency for Italians Abroad (Circonscrizione Estero). They can vote by post or in the constituency in Italy in which they are registered. Electors residing overseas and wishing to return to Italy to cast their vote must notify the relevant Consular Office in writing by 31 December of the year before the normal expiry of the legislature or, if Parliament is dissolved early, within 10 days of the calling of the election. |
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| Eligibility: | ||||||
| - qualified electors - age: minimum 25 - Italian citizenship Candidates running in the Constituency for Italians Abroad must be both resident and qualified electors of that geographical group. |
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| Incompatibilities: | ||||||
| - public posts (including the Constitutional Court judges and members of the National Council for Economic Affairs and Labour) - executive of a State enterprise or State-assisted company |
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| Candidacy requirements: | ||||||
| Parties represented in parliament or those running in coalitions with two or more parliamentary parties may register candidate lists without collecting supporting signatures from voters. Other parties need to collect between 1,500 and 4,000 signatures from voters residing in the constituency (300 signatures for the single-member constituency in Valle d'Aosta). | ||||||
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