Italian electoral law of 2005

Italian Electoral Law of 2005
Italian Parliament
Long title Changes to the rules for the election of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic
Citation	Law No. 270 of 2005
Enacted by	Chamber of Deputies
Enacted by	Senate of the Republic
Signed by	President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Signed	21 December 2005
Legislative history
First chamber: Chamber of Deputies
Introduced by	Roberto Calderoli (LN)
Passed	13 October 2005
Second chamber: Senate of the Republic
Passed	14 December 2005
Amends
Presidential Decree n. 361 of 1957 Legislative Decree n. 533 of 1993 Law n. 53 of 1990 Law n. 459 of 2001 Law n. 52 of 2015
Status: Repealed

The law no. 270 of 21 December 2005 was a proportional electoral law with a majority prize and blocked lists that regulated the election of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in Italy in 2006, 2008 and 2013.

It was nicknamed Porcellum by Giovanni Sartori after its author, Roberto Calderoli, defined it a "porcata" (rascality) in a TV show.^[1]