Italian electoral law of 1993

The Italian electoral law of 1993 (better known as Mattarellum) was a reform of the electoral laws of Italy, passed on 4 August 1993. The nickname, conceived by Giovanni Sartori, derived from its author Sergio Mattarella.^[1] The law was also nicknamed Minotaur (from the mythical creature of Greek Mythology), for being a combination of two different parts (majority and proportional system).^[2]

The law replaced the proportional representation used in Italy since 1946, just after the end of the Second World War. It was replaced in 2005 by another law named Porcellum in reference to a comment by Roberto Calderoli.

^ Giannetti, Daniela; Grofman, Bernard (1 February 2011). A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform: Evaluating the Long Run Consequences of 1990s Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan. Springer. p. 4. ISBN 9781441972286. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
^ [1] Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine As Federico Orlando stated to L’Unità on , 7 January 1997: "il mio auspicio non muove né da incondizionata devozione alla giurisprudenza della Corte costituzionale (che può essere modificata come tutte le cose umane), né da amore improvviso per il “Minotauro”, il mostro per tre quarti uomo e per un quarto toro, cioè per la legge Mattarella, appunto per tre quarti maggioritaria e per un quarto proporzionale"

[1] Giannetti, Daniela; Grofman, Bernard (1 February 2011). A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform: Evaluating the Long Run Consequences of 1990s Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan. Springer. p. 4. ISBN 9781441972286. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[2] [1] Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine As Federico Orlando stated to L’Unità on , 7 January 1997: "il mio auspicio non muove né da incondizionata devozione alla giurisprudenza della Corte costituzionale (che può essere modificata come tutte le cose umane), né da amore improvviso per il “Minotauro”, il mostro per tre quarti uomo e per un quarto toro, cioè per la legge Mattarella, appunto per tre quarti maggioritaria e per un quarto proporzionale"

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