2016 Italian constitutional referendum information
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2016 Italian constitutional referendum
4 December 2016
Do you approve the text of the Constitutional Law concerning 'Provisions for overcoming equal bicameralism, reducing the number of Members of Parliament, limiting the operating costs of the institutions, the suppression of the CNEL and the revision of Title V of Part II of the Constitution' approved by Parliament and published in the Official Gazette no. 88 of 15 April 2016?
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
13,431,087
40.88%
No
19,421,025
59.12%
Valid votes
32,852,112
98.82%
Invalid or blank votes
392,146
1.18%
Total votes
33,244,258
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
50,773,284
65.48%
Result by province
Majority Yes vote
Majority No vote
A constitutional referendum was held in Italy on 4 December 2016.[1] Voters were asked whether they approved a constitutional law that amends the Italian Constitution to reform the composition and powers of the Parliament of Italy,[2] as well as the division of powers between the State, the regions, and administrative entities.
The bill, put forward by the then Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Renzi, and his centre-left Democratic Party, was first introduced by the government in the Senate on 8 April 2014. After several amendments were made to the proposed law by both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, the bill received its first approval on 13 October 2015 (Senate) and 11 January 2016 (Chamber), and, eventually, its second and final approval on 20 January 2016 (Senate) and 12 April 2016 (Chamber).[3]
In accordance with Article 138 of the Constitution, a referendum was called after the formal request of more than one fifth of the members of both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies,[4] since the constitutional law had not been approved by a qualified majority of two-thirds in each house of parliament in the second vote.[5] 59.11% of voters voted against the constitutional reform, meaning it did not come into effect.[6] This was the third constitutional referendum in the history of the Italian Republic; the other two were in 2001 (in which the amending law was approved) and in 2006 (in which it was rejected).
Had the voters approved the constitutional law, it would have achieved the most extensive constitutional reform in Italy since the end of the monarchy, not only influencing the organization of the Parliament, but also improving, according to its proponents, on the poor government stability of the country. Opposition parties and well-known jurists (such as Gustavo Zagrebelsky[7] and Stefano Rodotà[8]) harshly criticised the bill, claiming that it was poorly written and would have made the government too powerful.[9][10]
Following the clear victory of the "No" vote, Renzi tendered his resignation as Prime Minister.[11] Paolo Gentiloni was selected as his replacement on 11 December.[12]
^"Italiani al voto per il referendum costituzionale". Ministero dell'interno. 18 November 2016.
^"Scheda / La nuova Costituzione e il nuovo Senato (versione solo testo)". 12 October 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^"Camera.it – XVII Legislatura – Lavori – Progetti di legge – Scheda del progetto di legge". Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^"Referendum riforme, depositate le firme di maggioranza e opposizione". Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^"Constitution of the Italian Republic" (PDF). Senate of the Republic. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^"Referendum [Scrutini] (In complesso) – Referendum costituzionale del 4 dicembre 2016 – Ministero dell'Interno". Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
^"Zagrebelsky spiega i 15 motivi per dire no alla riforma voluta da Renzi". 6 March 2016.
^"Stefano Rodotà on the referendum: "the Reform of embarrassing for inadequacy of content and language,"". www.bitfeed.co. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
^"Riforme, al Senato scontro tra maggioranza e opposizione per l'emendamento 'canguro'". Retrieved 27 September 2016.
^"The Renzi referendum – The Florentine". 7 September 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
^@lex_sala (12 April 2016). "Referendum costituzionale 2016 Il No al 60%, la riforma non passa Renzi: «Ho perso io, mi dimetto". Corriere.it. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
^"Paolo Gentiloni, Italian foreign minister, appointed PM". BBC News. 11 December 2016.
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