Italian general elections

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Italian general elections are nationwide parliamentary contests in Italy in which voters choose representatives to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, determining the country’s governing majority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary election ⓘ
affects composition of the Italian Parliament ⓘ
legislative agenda of Italy ⓘ
ballotsCountedBy local polling stations ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
campaignPeriodRegulatedBy Italian law on electoral campaigns ⓘ
canBeCalledEarlyBy President of the Republic ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Italian Republic ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
determines governing majority ⓘ
prime ministerial majority ⓘ
electoralSystem mixed electoral system ⓘ
electorateIncludes Italian citizens residing abroad ⓘ
elects Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Senate of the Republic ⓘ
firstHeldAs elections of the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
frequency normally every 5 years ⓘ
hasHistoricalPhases First Republic elections ⓘ
Second Republic elections ⓘ
hasSpecialProvisionFor Italian overseas constituencies ⓘ
hasThresholdsFor parliamentary representation ⓘ
influencedBy Italian party system ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
level national ⓘ
mainOutcome appointment of the President of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
formation of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
mainPoliticalActors Italian political parties ⓘ
electoral coalitions ⓘ
mediaCoverageRegulatedBy par condicio rules ⓘ
overseenBy Central Election Office at the Court of Cassation ⓘ
post-WorldWarIIName elections of the Italian Republic ⓘ
regulatedBy Italian electoral law ⓘ
relatedProcess confidence vote in Parliament ⓘ
government formation in Italy ⓘ
resultsCertifiedBy Court of Cassation ⓘ
linked to: court of cassation
resultsIn allocation of seats in the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
allocation of seats in the Senate of the Republic ⓘ
scope parliamentary ⓘ
supervisingAuthority Ministry of the Interior of Italy ⓘ
triggeredBy dissolution of Parliament ⓘ
turnoutMeasuredAs percentage of registered voters ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentSystem parliamentary republic ⓘ
uses multi-member constituencies ⓘ
single-member constituencies ⓘ
voterEligibility Italian citizens ⓘ
votingAge 18 years for Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
18 years for Senate of the Republic ⓘ
votingSystemComponent first-past-the-post ⓘ
proportional representation ⓘ

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Italian Socialist Party → participatedIn → Italian general elections ⓘ
subject linked to: PSI
Acerbo Law → appliedInElection → Italian general election, 1924 ⓘ
linked to: Italian general elections
Italian general elections → post-WorldWarIIName → elections of the Italian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Italian general elections
Italian Social Movement → participatedIn → Italian general elections ⓘ
Centre-right coalition (Italy) → participatesIn → Italian general elections ⓘ
Italian electoral law → appliesTo → Italian general elections ⓘ
Italian People’s Party (1994) → participatedIn → Italian general elections ⓘ
Sardinian Action Party → participatesIn → Italian general elections ⓘ