Italian electoral law of 2017

Italian Electoral Law of 2017
Italian Parliament
  • Changes to the electoral system of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate of the Republic. Delegation to the Government for the determination of single-member and multi-nominal electoral districts.
CitationLaw No. 165 of 2017
Enacted byChamber of Deputies
Enacted bySenate of the Republic
Signed bySergio Mattarella
Signed3 November 2017
Legislative history
First chamber: Chamber of Deputies
Introduced byEttore Rosato (PD)
Passed12 October 2017
Voting summary
  • 375 voted for
  • 215 voted against
Second chamber: Senate of the Republic
Passed26 October 2017
Voting summary
  • 214 voted for
  • 61 voted against
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: Current legislation

The Italian electoral law of 2017, colloquially known by the nickname Rosatellum bis or simply Rosatellum after Ettore Rosato, the Democratic Party (PD) leader in the Chamber of Deputies who first proposed the new law, is a parallel voting system, which acts as a mixed electoral system, with 37% of seats allocated using a first-past-the-post electoral system and 63% using a proportional method, with one round of voting. The Chamber and Senate of the Republic did not differ in the way they allocated the proportional seats, both using the largest remainder method of allocating seats.[1][2]

The new electoral law was supported by the PD and its government ally Popular Alternative but also by the opposition parties Forza Italia, Lega Nord, and Liberal Popular Alliance.[3] Despite many protests from the Five Star Movement, the Democratic and Progressive Movement, Italian Left, and Brothers of Italy, the electoral law was approved on 12 October 2017 by the Chamber of Deputies with 375 votes in favor and 215 against,[4] and on 26 October 2017 by the Senate with 214 votes against 61.[5]

The law regulates the election of the Chamber and Senate, replacing Porcellum of 2005 and Italicum of 2015, both modified by the Constitutional Court of Italy after judging the partly unconstitutional.[6]

  1. ^ Falci, Giuseppe Alberto (10 July 2017). "Ma come funziona il Rosatellum?". Corriere della Sera.
  2. ^ Patta, Emilia (21 September 2017). "Rosatellum 2.0, tutti i rischi del nuovo Patto del Nazareno". Il Sole 24 ORE.
  3. ^ "Il patto a quattro Pd-Ap-Lega-Fi regge. Primo ok al Rosatellum, martedì in Aula alla Camera". HuffPost Italia. 7 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Rosatellum approvato alla Camera. Evitata la trappola dello scrutinio segreto. Via libera al salva-Verdini". la Repubblica. 12 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Il Rosatellum bis è legge dello Stato: via libera definitivo al Senato con 214 sì". la Repubblica. 26 October 2017.
  6. ^ "XVII Legislatura - XVII Legislatura - Documenti - Temi dell'Attività parlamentare". www.camera.it.

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