Italian institutional referendum of 1946

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The Italian institutional referendum of 1946 was a nationwide vote in which Italians chose to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic, shaping the country’s postwar constitutional order.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional referendum ⓘ
national referendum ⓘ
referendum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1946 Italian referendum on the monarchy ⓘ
Italian institutional referendum ⓘ
referendum on the institutional form of the state in Italy ⓘ
ballotOptions monarchy ⓘ
republic ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
date 2 June 1946 ⓘ
electorate Italian citizens ⓘ
men and women over voting age in Italy ⓘ
endDate 3 June 1946 ⓘ
followedBy drafting of the Constitution of the Italian Republic ⓘ
headOfStateAtTime King Umberto II of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Umberto II of Italy
historicalPeriod postwar reconstruction in Italy ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
legalBasis decrees of the Italian provisional government ⓘ
location Italy ⓘ
monarchInQuestion Umberto II of Italy ⓘ
organizedBy Council of Ministers of Italy ⓘ
Italian provisional government ⓘ
outcome victory of the republic option ⓘ
politicalContext fall of Fascism in Italy ⓘ
post-World War II Italy ⓘ
precedes election of the Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
previousMonarch Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ⓘ
purpose to choose between monarchy and republic as the form of state ⓘ
relatedTo House of Savoy ⓘ
Italian Constituent Assembly election, 1946 ⓘ
Italian Constitution of 1948 ⓘ
Italian Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
result House of Savoy lost the throne ⓘ
Italy became a republic ⓘ
abolition of the monarchy ⓘ
establishment of a republic ⓘ
scope state form and institutional structure ⓘ
significance ended the rule of the House of Savoy ⓘ
marked the transition from Kingdom of Italy to Italian Republic ⓘ
shaped Italy’s postwar constitutional order ⓘ
startDate 2 June 1946 ⓘ
subject form of state ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
republic ⓘ
voteType popular vote ⓘ
votingSystem simple majority of valid votes ⓘ
year 1946 ⓘ

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Provisional Head of State → legalBasis → Italian institutional referendum of 1946 ⓘ
Umberto II of Italy → endOfReignEvent → 1946 Italian institutional referendum ⓘ
linked to: Italian institutional referendum of 1946
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy → notableEvent → Italian constitutional referendum of 1946 ⓘ
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coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy → endEvent → Italian institutional referendum of 1946 ⓘ
Marie José of Belgium → historicalEvent → Italian institutional referendum of 1946 ⓘ
Italian Constituent Assembly → legalBasis → Institutional Referendum of 2 June 1946 ⓘ
linked to: Italian institutional referendum of 1946
Italian institutional referendum of 1946 → alsoKnownAs → referendum on the institutional form of the state in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italian institutional referendum of 1946
Italian monarchy flag → abolishedAfter → Italian institutional referendum of 1946 ⓘ
Marie José of Belgium → notableEvent → Italian institutional referendum of 1946 ⓘ
Marie José of Belgium → notableEvent → Italian institutional referendum of 1946 ⓘ
subject linked to: Marie José
Assemblea Costituente → significantEvent → referendum istituzionale del 2 giugno 1946 ⓘ
linked to: Italian institutional referendum of 1946
Italian provisional government → organized → 1946 Italian institutional referendum ⓘ
linked to: Italian institutional referendum of 1946
Transitory and Final Provisions of the Italian Constitution → relatedTo → Italian institutional referendum of 1946 ⓘ
Action Party (Italy) → participatedIn → Italian transition to a republic ⓘ
linked to: Italian institutional referendum of 1946