1991 Italian electoral law referendum

none 9 June 1991 Flag of Italy (1946–2003).svg 26,896,979 1,247,908 1,464,748 47,377,843 An abrogative referendum on the electoral law was held in Italy on 9 June 1991.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1048 978-3-8329-5609-7 Voters were asked whether the clause of the law on the number of preference votes should be scrapped.Nohlen & Stöver, p1058 The result was 95.6% in favour, with a turnout of 65.1%. Background In 1990 a group of reformers, led by Mario Segni, allied with the Radical Party began calling for change to a political system that had seen the Christian Democracy and the Italian Communist Party emerge as the two largest parties in almost every election since World War II. They argued that this caused chronic inefficiency and that the adoption of the Westminster system would lead to a period of political strength. Initially, they promoted a referendum on abolishing multiple preference votes in the proportional representation system used since 1946. They argued that the system had led to minor lobbies inside parties, with group of candidates allied against other candidates of the same list, causing instability. Results ChoiceVotes% Yes26,896,97995.57No1,247,9084.43Invalid/blank votes1,464,748–Total29,609,635100Registered voters/turnout47,377,84362.50Source: Ministry of the Interior References Italy Electoral Category:Referendums in Italy Category:Electoral reform referendums Category:Electoral reform in Italy Electoral