Italian general election, 1992

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The Italian general election of 1992 was a pivotal national vote that marked the beginning of the end for Italy’s postwar party system amid corruption scandals and rising political fragmentation.

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Italian general election, 1992 canonical 3

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instanceOf Italian general election ⓘ
general election ⓘ
affectedBy Tangentopoli corruption scandals ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Italian Republic ⓘ
category 1992 elections in Europe ⓘ
1992 in Italian politics ⓘ
Elections in Italy ⓘ
chamberElected Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Senate of the Republic ⓘ
chronologyWithinCountry last general election of the First Republic ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary election ⓘ
endDate 1992-04-06 ⓘ
followedByEvent escalation of Mani Pulite investigations ⓘ
formation of the 11th Italian Legislature ⓘ
forOffice Chamber of Deputies of Italy ⓘ
Senate of the Republic (Italy) ⓘ
governmentFormedAfter Amato I Cabinet ⓘ
hasLanguage Italian ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAfterElection Giuliano Amato ⓘ
legislatureTerm 11th Legislature of the Italian Republic ⓘ
location Italy ⓘ
mainIssue political corruption scandals ⓘ
majorParty Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
Democratic Party of the Left ⓘ
Italian Communist Refoundation Party ⓘ
Italian Democratic Socialist Party ⓘ
Italian Liberal Party ⓘ
Italian Republican Party ⓘ
Italian Social Movement ⓘ
Italian Socialist Party ⓘ
La Rete ⓘ
Northern League ⓘ
nextElection Italian general election, 1994 ⓘ
partOf history of the Italian Republic ⓘ
politicalContext Mani Pulite corruption investigations ⓘ
end of the First Republic in Italy ⓘ
previousElection Italian general election, 1987 ⓘ
result Christian Democracy remained the largest party but lost votes and seats ⓘ
Democratic Party of the Left became the largest left-wing party ⓘ
Northern League made a major electoral breakthrough ⓘ
linked to: Northern League

increased party fragmentation in Parliament ⓘ
significance marked the beginning of the collapse of Italy’s postwar party system ⓘ
preceded major restructuring of Italian party politics ⓘ
startDate 1992-04-05 ⓘ
timePeriod First Italian Republic ⓘ
turnout high voter turnout ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ

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Democratic Party of the Left → participatedIn → Italian general election, 1992 ⓘ
Movimento Sociale Italiano → participatedIn → Italian general election, 1992 ⓘ
Italian general election, 1994 → previousElection → Italian general election, 1992 ⓘ