Overview
- The Interior Ministry’s final count, released Monday, shows No at about 53–54% against 46% for Yes with turnout near 59%.
- The vote blocks constitutional changes that would have split judges and prosecutors into separate careers, created two parallel judicial councils, and set up a new disciplinary court.
- The No side won in 15 of 20 regions and in most big cities such as Rome, Milan, Naples, Bologna, Florence, and Palermo, while Yes carried only Lombardy, Veneto, and Friuli Venezia Giulia; overseas ballots leaned Yes but did not change the outcome.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Justice Minister Carlo Nordio accepted the result and said they will press on with other priorities like an electoral-law revamp and the premier-focused reform, as opposition leaders hailed a political defeat for the government.
- Post-vote analyses cite newly mobilized nonvoters and moderate center-right defections as pivotal, with exit polls indicating stronger No support among younger voters and women compared with older cohorts.