The electoral law reform branded by the center-right, the so-called Stabilicum, has received the green light from the Chamber, with a secret vote. The yes votes were 217 and the no votes 152. The measure now moves to the Senate. Here are the main contents of the law:
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Proportional mechanism with governability bonus
A proportional system is provided with a majority bonus of 70 seats in the Chamber and 35 in the Senate (up to a cap of 220 elected in the Chamber and 113 in the Senate) to the coalition that has obtained at least 42% of the votes. If no one reaches this percentage or the Chamber and Senate give different electoral results, a pure proportional system is used.
Blocked lists and bonus
No preferences. The system provides blocked lists in multi-member constituencies. The majority bonus is “divided” into district lists with names indicated on the ballot. A candidate listed in the list must also be present in at least one multi-member constituency of the district
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Thresholds and “best loser” recovery
The thresholds for lists entering Parliament remain as provided by Rosatellum: 10 percent for coalitions and 3 percent for lists with recovery within each electoral coalition for the first list below the 3% threshold, which still participates in the proportional distribution. According to an amendment approved in the Chamber, votes cast in favor of linked lists that do not exceed the 3% threshold and are not the best loser list do not count towards determining the national coalition electoral figure. What is the concrete impact? That none of the two main coalitions can present more than one list at risk of 3 percent to avoid losing votes. This strengthens the position of the only two lists that do not have to collect signatures: Italia Viva in the center-left and Noi Moderati in the center-right. Other minor forces will have to converge into already existing lists.
Signature collection and exemptions
Exemption from signature collection is provided for those who have a parliamentary group in one of the two Chambers but from before December 31, 2025. Futuro nazionale and +Europa will not benefit from this.
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