Italian general election, 1994

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The Italian general election of 1994 was a pivotal national vote that marked the rise of Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia, the collapse of much of the old party system, and a major realignment of Italian politics in the post–Cold War era.

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instanceOf Italian political event ⓘ
general election ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Italian Republic ⓘ
campaignFeature extensive use of television by Forza Italia ⓘ
context followed the Mani Pulite corruption investigations ⓘ
took place after the crisis of the Italian Socialist Party ⓘ
took place after the dissolution of Christian Democracy ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
electoralLaw Mattarellum ⓘ
electoralSystem mixed-member system ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary election ⓘ
endDate 1994-03-28 ⓘ
forOffice Chamber of Deputies of Italy ⓘ
Senate of the Republic of Italy ⓘ
ledTo emergence of new party system in Italy ⓘ
end of dominance of traditional First Republic parties ⓘ
location Italy ⓘ
mainAlliance Pole of Freedoms ⓘ
Pole of Good Government ⓘ
mainLeaderOfWinningParty Silvio Berlusconi ⓘ
mainOppositionAlliance Alliance of Progressives ⓘ
Pact for Italy ⓘ
mainWinner Forza Italia ⓘ
majorParty Democratic Party of the Left ⓘ
Forza Italia ⓘ
Italian People’s Party ⓘ
Italian Social Movement ⓘ
Italian Socialist Party ⓘ
National Alliance ⓘ
Northern League ⓘ
mediaRole Silvio Berlusconi’s media ownership played a central role ⓘ
nextElection Italian general election, 1996 ⓘ
officeAfterElection Prime Minister of Italy ⓘ
officeHolderAfterElection Silvio Berlusconi ⓘ
oppositionLeader Achille Occhetto NERFINISHED ⓘ
parliamentElected 12th Legislature of the Italian Republic ⓘ
partOf history of the Italian Republic ⓘ
percentageOfSeatsAllocatedByFPTP 75% ⓘ
percentageOfSeatsAllocatedByProportionalRepresentation 25% ⓘ
politicalEra transition from First to Second Italian Republic ⓘ
previousElection Italian general election, 1992 ⓘ
resultedIn first Berlusconi government ⓘ
significance marked the collapse of much of the First Republic party system ⓘ
marked the rise of Forza Italia ⓘ
linked to: Forza Italia

triggered a major realignment of Italian politics in the post–Cold War era ⓘ
startDate 1994-03-27 ⓘ
timePeriod post–Cold War era ⓘ
voterTurnout over 80% ⓘ

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Democratic Party of the Left → participatedIn → Italian general election, 1994 ⓘ
Forza Italia → participatedIn → 1994 Italian general election ⓘ
linked to: Italian general election, 1994
Italian Popular Party → participatedIn → Italian general election, 1994 ⓘ
Italian general election, 1992 → nextElection → Italian general election, 1994 ⓘ