Overview
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right‑wing coalition has introduced a bill in parliament to replace Italy’s mixed voting rules with a new system.
- The draft sets pure proportional representation with a 3% entry threshold and grants a bonus of 70 seats in the Chamber and 35 in the Senate to any party or alliance that tops 40% of votes.
- Supporters pitch the change as a path to stable governments, while critics say it skews the seat count and could boomerang if public support shifts before the 2027 election.
- The push comes after voters rejected Meloni’s judicial reform, with street rallies branded “No‑Kings” and resignations that include Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè plus a junior justice minister and a ministry chief of staff.
- Under today’s rules, about 63% of seats are allocated by party vote and 37% in single‑member districts, a setup that helped a unified right claim roughly 60% of seats in 2022 when the center‑left ran divided.