From preferences to the indication of the premier to the reduction of the geographical areas of the foreign constituency, there are still many open issues regarding the electoral law. The text on which voting begins today in the Montecitorio Chamber foresees a proportional system with a majority bonus of 70 seats in the Chamber and 35 in the Senate – up to a cap of 220 elected in the first case and 113 in the second – 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. The system provides for closed lists in multi-member constituencies. The majority bonus, however, is divided into constituency lists.
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This is the framework of the text agreed upon by the center-right, which however has different opinions on the possibility of providing, instead of closed lists, the preference mechanism, a long-standing battle of Brothers of Italy amid doubts from allies.
The amendment by Fdl, Nm and Udc
An amendment signed only by FdI, Noi moderati and Udc proposes to replace the closed lists of the multi-member constituency with a list of seven names, giving the possibility from the second onwards (since the first is fixed) to mark a cross next to the preferred name or names – with gender alternation – already printed on the ballot.
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In the system provided, those who are candidates in the constituency list must also be candidates in at least one constituency of the district, as the head of the list. For those who win the majority bonus, however, the seat is triggered in the bonus list, effectively making the mechanism partly preferential.
The current mechanism provided by the text with a double closed list (in the multi-member and constituency) according to some interpretations could face objections from the Constitutional Court.
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