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| Abolition of mixed-member proportional representation for 25% of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outcome | Proposal failed as voter turnout was below 50% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yes
No
An abrogative referendum on the electoral law was held in Italy on 18 April 1999. Voters were asked whether they approved of replacing the mixed-member proportional representation electoral system (in which 75% of seats in Parliament were elected in single-member constituencies and 25% by compensatory proportional representation) with one based solely on single-member constituencies, with the 25% of seats instead allocated to the second-placed in the constituencies with the most votes. The proposal was supported by larger parties, but opposed by smaller ones. Although the proposal was approved by 92% of voters, turnout was only 49.58%, resulting in the referendum being invalidated as the threshold of 50% was not passed.
Results
| Choice | Votes | % | |
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| For | 21,161,866 | 91.52 | |
| Against | 1,960,022 | 8.48 | |
| Total | 23,121,888 | 100.00 | |
| Valid votes | 23,121,888 | 94.58 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,325,633 | 5.42 | |
| Total votes | 24,447,521 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 49,309,060 | 49.58 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1049 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Sunday referendum in Italy to decide on voting system World Socialist Website, 19 April 1999
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1061
