Italy Lower House Approves Electoral Reform 217-152, Sending 42% Majority Bonus Plan to Senate
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Updated · POLITICO Europe · Jul 16
Italy Lower House Approves Electoral Reform 217-152, Sending 42% Majority Bonus Plan to Senate
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO Europe · Jul 16
Summary
217 lawmakers backed Giorgia Meloni’s electoral reform against 152 opposed, with two abstentions, moving the bill from Italy’s lower house to the Senate.
The proposal would scrap Italy’s mixed voting system and replace it with a fully proportional model that allocates all seats by parties’ national vote share.
A coalition winning more than 42% of the vote would be guaranteed a governing majority under the plan, a mechanism the government says would ensure stability.
Opposition parties argue the bill is designed to entrench the right in power; the government aims for final Senate approval after parliament returns from its summer recess in early September.