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2020 Italian constitutional referendum#Proposed changes

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{{Infobox referendum

| title = Do you approve the text of the Constitutional Law entitled 'Amendments to articles 56, 57 and 59 of the Constitution concerning the reduction of the number of parliamentarians' approved by Parliament and published in the Official Gazette no. 240 of 12 October 2019?

| date = 20–21 September 2020

| country = Italy

| yes = 17,913,089

| no = 7,692,007

| total = 26,050,226

| electorate = 50,955,985

| voter_registration = no

| map = Italia referendum constituzionale 2020 – risultati regione.svg

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A constitutional referendum about the reduction of the size of the Italian Parliament was held in Italy on 20 and 21 September 2020.{{cite news |title=Il 20 e 21 settembre ci sarà il referendum sul taglio del numero dei parlamentari |url=https://www.ilpost.it/2020/07/15/referendum-taglio-parlamentari-20-21-settembre/ |access-date=15 July 2020 |agency=Il Post |date=15 July 2020 |language=it}} Initially scheduled to be held on 29 March, the referendum was postponed following the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy and subsequent lockdown.{{cite web |url=https://www.secoloditalia.it/2020/03/coronavirus-slitta-anche-il-referendum-sul-taglio-dei-parlamentari-prossime-date-a-maggio/ |title=Coronavirus, salta anche il referendum sul taglio dei parlamentari - Secolo d'Italia |publisher=Secoloditalia.it |date=1976-02-23 |access-date=2020-04-12}}{{cite web |title=Indetto per il 29 marzo il referendum costituzionale |url=https://dait.interno.gov.it/elezioni/notizie/indetto-per-29-marzo-referendum-costituzionale |website=Dipartimento per gli affari interni e territoriali |access-date=3 February 2020 |language=it |date=30 January 2020}}{{cite news |title=Cabinet sets March 29 for referendum on MP cut - sources - English |url=http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2020/01/27/cabinet-sets-march-29-for-referendum-on-mp-cut-sources_f9599a73-966e-43df-8b2e-85e5bc1c35ee.html |access-date=3 February 2020 |work=ANSA.it |date=27 January 2020}}

Voters were asked whether they approved a constitutional law that would amend the Italian Constitution in various aspects, most notably by reducing the number of MPs in the Parliament from 630 to 400 in the Chamber of Deputies and from 315 to 200 in the Senate.{{cite news |title=Il referendum sul taglio dei parlamentari si terrà il 29 marzo |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2020/01/27/news/referendum_sul_taglio_dei_parlamentari_si_terra_il_29_marzo-246935604/ |access-date=3 February 2020 |work=la Repubblica |date=27 January 2020 |language=it}} The proposed changes were approved, with 69.96% voting in favour. The reduction in the number of MPs happened at the 2022 Italian general election on 25 September 2022.

This was the second time in Italian history a constitutional referendum was successful, with the 2001 referendum being the first.[https://www.repubblica.it/online/politica/refefede/dati/dati.html Referendum, vince il "sì". Riforma approvata al 64,2%], la Repubblica Two previous constitutional reforms had been rejected by referendums in 2006 and 2016.[https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2020/09/21/referendum-costituzionale-i-precedenti_269f9734-e648-4ca0-af78-32f7b5499992.html Referendum costituzionale, i precedenti], Agenzia ANSA

Political background

In 2016, the Democratic-led (PD) coalition government proposed a series of constitutional reforms with the aim of reducing the total number of parliamentarians, simplifying the legislative process, limiting the operating costs of the institutions, the disestablishment of the National Council for Economics and Labour (CNEL), and removing the perfect bicameralism in particular by greatly reducing the size and scope of the Senate.{{cite web |title=Italian lawmakers want fewer Italian lawmakers |date=8 October 2019 |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-lawmakers-want-fewer-seats-in-parliament-vote-referendum/ |publisher=Politico}} The proposal was rejected by 59% of voters through a constitutional referendum, prompting the resignation of the Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi.

In 2019, the PD-Five Star Movement (M5S) coalition government proposed new constitutional reforms which simply called for the reduction of the number of parliamentarians by a third; the bill was approved with the support of all the major political parties on 8 October 2019. The proposal was one of the Five Star Movement's main campaign promises during the 2018 general election, aimed at reducing the costs of politics and slashing privileges for lawmakers. The total reduction in costs was estimated at between 285 and 500 million euros per five-year parliamentary term. The reform was also part of the coalition deal between the PD and M5S.{{cite web |date=2019-10-08 |title=Italy to vote on streamlining parliament |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20191008-italy-to-vote-on-streamlining-parliament |access-date=2020-09-10 |website=France 24}} However, critics argued that the savings would be far too small to warrant a reduction in the number of lawmakers, which they believed would decrease democratic representation by lowering the number of lawmakers per 100,000 inhabitants to 1.6 from 1. In comparison, Germany had 0.9:1 ratio, France had a 1.4:1 ratio, and the United Kingdom had a 2.1:1 ratio.

On 10 January 2020, 71 Senators requested a referendum on the reform proposal. Under Article 138 of the Constitution, such request was binding.

Proposed changes

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The proposed constitutional law would amend Article 56 of the Constitution by reducing the number of deputies from 630, twelve of which are elected in the overseas constituencies, to 400, with eight to be elected in the overseas constituencies.{{cite web |title=Official Gazette, General Series 240 of 12-10-2019 |url=https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/serie_generale/caricaDettaglioAtto/originario?atto.dataPubblicazioneGazzetta=2019-10-12&atto.codiceRedazionale=19A06354&elenco30giorni=false |publisher=Official Gazette of the Italian Republic.}} According to Paragraph 3 of the Article, the subdivision of seats among the electoral districts is obtained by dividing the number of inhabitants of the country – given by the latest general census of the population – by a factor of 392 (also changed by the new law from the previous factor of 618) and distributing the seats in proportion to the population in each electoral district, on the basis of whole shares and the highest remainders. The number of seats assigned to the overseas constituencies forms an exception to this rule.{{cite web |title=The Italian Constitution |url=https://www.quirinale.it/page/costituzione |publisher=The official website of the Presidency of the Italian Republic.}}

The new law would also amend Article 57 of the Constitution by reducing the number of senators from 315, six of which are elected in the overseas constituencies, to 200, with four to be elected in the overseas constituencies. The senators are elected on a regional basis and no region or autonomous province would have fewer than 3 (down from 7) senators, with the exception of Molise and Aosta Valley, which will respectively have two and one senators. Paragraph 4 would also be changed, to state that the subdivision of seats among the regions and autonomous provinces – in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph – is made in proportion to their population given by the latest general census of the population, on the basis of whole shares and the highest remainders.

Article 59 of the Constitution would be changed by limiting the total number of incumbent life senators who can be appointed by the President of Italy to five. Previously, the provision governing the number of life senators was ambiguous, and had been interpreted as allowing each president to appoint five each, cumulating to a total above five.

The changes to Articles 56 and 57 were to take effect after either the end of the incumbent legislature, or at the next dissolution of Parliament, and not earlier than 60 days after the promulgation of the constitutional law.

Campaign positions

{{main|Endorsements in the 2020 Italian constitutional referendum}}

The proposed changes to the constitution would reduce the number of seats per electoral district for both chambers of Parliament and thus increase the number of votes required to win a seat. Consequently, they were opposed by most minor parties, with the exception of those who could count on a small but solid electoral base, such as the regional South Tyrolean People's Party, which would see their influence in Parliament increase.{{cite web |last=Borrelli |first=Silvia Sciorilli |date=2019-10-08 |title=Italian lawmakers want fewer Italian lawmakers |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-lawmakers-want-fewer-seats-in-parliament-vote-referendum/ |access-date=2020-10-01 |website=Politico}}

=Committees=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!width=10% |Choice

!width=13% |Campaign

!width=13% |Slogan

!width=13% |Spokesperson

!width=13% |Website

{{tick|15}} Yes

| YES of the Liberties!

| Il sì delle Libertà

| Silvia Ferrara and Pietro Paganini

| [https://www.ilsidelleliberta.it/ www.ilsidelleliberta.it] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804232110/https://www.ilsidelleliberta.it/ |date=4 August 2020 }}

rowspan="9"|{{cross|15}} No

| NOstra!

| NOstra!

| Jacopo Ricci

| [http://www.comitatonostra.it/ www.comitatonostra.it]

We NO!

| Noi NO

| Andrea Pruiti Ciarello

| [http://noino.eu noino.eu]

Democrats for the No

| Democratici per il No

| Giovanni Lattanzi

| [https://www.democraticiperilno.it/ democraticiperilno.it] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903031756/https://www.democraticiperilno.it/ |date=3 September 2020 }}

Solidary Network in defense of the Constitution

| Rete Solidale in difesa della Costituzione

| Marina Calamo Specchia

| {{N/A}}

Popular Committee for the No to the parliamentarians cut

| Comitato popolare per il No al taglio dei parlamentari

| Piero Pirovano

| [https://www.iovotono.eu/ iovotono.eu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913081004/https://www.iovotono.eu/ |date=13 September 2020 }}

3 Reasons for the No

| 3 motivi per il No

| Stefano D'Andrea

| [https://3-motivi-per-il-no0.webnode.it/ 3-motivi-per-il-no0.webnode.it]

Committee for the NO on changes to the Constitution to reduce the number of parliamentarians

| Comitato per il NO sulle modifiche alla Costituzione per la riduzione del numero dei Parlamentari

| Massimo Villone

| [http://www.coordinamentodemocraziacostituzionale.it/ coordinamentodemocraziacostituzionale.it]
[https://www.noaltagliodelparlamento.it noaltagliodelparlamento.it]

Committee for the NO to the Counter-reform

| Comitato per il No alla Controriforma

| Massimiliano Iervolino

| [https://www.radicali.it/campagne/no-alla-controriforma/ radicali.it/campagne/no-alla-controriforma/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811124427/https://www.radicali.it/campagne/no-alla-controriforma/ |date=11 August 2020 }}

LET'S START WITH NO — Committee for the NO to the referendum on the cut of parliamentarians

| COMINCIAMO DAL NO — Comitato per il NO al referendum sul taglio dei parlamentari

| Simona Viola

| [https://piueuropa.eu/2020/02/22/comitatodelno/ piueuropa.eu/2020/02/22/comitatodelno/]

=Political parties=

class="wikitable"
Choice

! colspan=2 |Parties

! Political orientation

! Leader

! Ref

rowspan="11" |{{tick|15}} Yes

| style="background-color: {{party color|Lega Nord}}" |

|League (Lega)

|Right-wing populism

|Matteo Salvini

|{{cite news |title=Salvini,invitiamo a votare sì referendum |url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2020/01/31/salviniinvitiamo-a-votare-si-referendum_48433d16-3c59-4446-9d8c-968bc4895bc7.html |access-date=5 February 2020 |agency=ANSA |date=31 January 2020 |language=it}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Five Star Movement}}"|

|Five Star Movement (M5S)

|Populism

|Luigi Di Maio

|{{cite web |last1=Di Maio |first1=Luigi |title=Pronti per il #referendum sul taglio del parlamentari! |url=https://www.ilblogdellestelle.it/2019/12/pronti-per-il-referendum-sul-taglio-del-parlamentari.html |website=Il Blog delle Stelle |access-date=10 January 2020 |date=19 December 2019 |language=it}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}" |

|Democratic Party (PD)

|Social democracy

|Nicola Zingaretti

|{{cite web |title=Referendum, il Pd si schiera ufficialmente per il Sì al taglio dei parlamentari. Zingaretti: "Un voto per cambiare e fare le riforme" |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/09/07/referendum-il-pd-si-schiera-ufficialmente-per-il-si-al-taglio-dei-parlamentari-zingaretti-ma-se-vince-il-no-il-governo-non-cade/5923279/ |website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|date=7 September 2020 |access-date=7 September 2020 |language=it}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}"|

|Brothers of Italy (FdI)

|National conservatism

|Giorgia Meloni

|{{cite web |title=Riforme, Meloni: In caso di referendum confermativo FdI chiederà agli italiani di votare sì |date=18 December 2019 |url=https://www.fratelli-italia.it/2019/12/18/riforme-meloni-in-caso-di-referendum-confermativo-fdi-chiedera-agli-italiani-di-votare-si/ |language=it}}

Style="background:{{party color|Article One}}"|

|Article One (Art. 1)

|Social democracy

|Roberto Speranza

|{{cite web |title=Le ragioni del nostro sì al taglio dei parlamentari spiegate ai critici (tardivi) |url=https://articolo1mdp.it/le-ragioni-del-nostro-si-al-taglio-dei-parlamentari-spiegate-ai-critici-tardivi/ |website=Articolo 1 MDP |access-date=6 April 2020 |language=it |date=9 October 2019}}

style="background-color:{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}}"|

|South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)

|Regionalism

|Arno Kompatscher

|{{cite news |title=Anche Svp favorevole al taglio dei parlamentari |url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/politica/anche_svp_favorevole_al_taglio_dei_parlamentari-4618744.html |access-date=16 February 2020 |agency=Il Messaggero |date=14 July 2019 |language=it}}

Style="background:{{party color|Cambiamo!}}"|

|Cambiamo! (C!)

|Liberal conservatism

|Giovanni Toti

|{{cite news |title=Toti: taglio parlamentari è un segnale ma risparmio è modesto |url=https://www.askanews.it/politica/2019/10/08/toti-taglio-parlamentari-%c3%a8-un-segnale-ma-risparmio-%c3%a8-modesto-pn_20191008_00260/ |access-date=6 April 2020 |agency=Askanews |date=8 October 2019 |language=it}}

style="background-color:#003399"|

|Die Freiheitlichen

|Tyrolean Separatism

|Otto Mahlknecht

|{{cite news |title=Referendum zur Verkleinerung des römischen Parlaments: Stimme mit "JA" |work=Official Instagram Account Die Freiheitlichen |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CE9hLANIWQ-/?igshid=p0drj239jikl |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CE9hLANIWQ- |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|access-date=10 September 2020 |language=de}}{{cbignore}}

style="background-color:#BD5050"|

|Fatherland and Constitution (PeC)

|Left-wing nationalism

|Stefano Fassina

|{{cite news |title=Le condizioni per il Sì e per la prospettiva politica con M5S |work=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.it/entry/le-condizioni-per-il-si-e-per-la-prospettiva-politica-con-m5s_it_5f461341c5b6cf66b2b07ca2 }}

style="background-color:#F7D10F"|

|Party of Venetians (PdV)

|Venetian nationalism

|Alessio Morosin

|{{cite news |title=Referendum per il taglio dei parlamentari, Morosin: "Con queste legge elettorale tanto vale ridurli" |work=VeronaSera |url=https://www.veronasera.it/politica/elezioni/referendum-taglio-parlamentari-ridurli-partito-veneti-1-settembre-2020.html |access-date=1 September 2020 |language=it}}

bgcolor="{{party color|Valdostan Union}}"|

|Valdostan Union (UV)

|Autonomism Regionalism

|Érik Lavévaz

|{{cite news |title=Referendum: Tutti i dubbi e le posizioni |work=Yahoo Notizie |url=https://it.notizie.yahoo.com/referendum-tutti-dubbi-e-le-101147181.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEK3cd4gncq36pIoJh5h_DdQe6eJfdxCA-KXAQtardfdxIZITbGvKy9kcaEDHUmPCph7Xabp511cdRhGtJYR964AyR4D7RJVzlRUQNjiHO7moanA6GFHeWvw3j8HDp_MSjaaj0XEC_P527AtPkMdlojigaSC4V9NLQsYxE_70cSe |access-date=7 September 2020

|language=it}}

rowspan="2" |No official party position

|style="background-color:{{party color|Italia Viva}}"|

|Italia Viva (IV)

|Liberalism

|Matteo Renzi

|{{cite news |date=27 August 2020 |title=Renzi: "Libertà di voto. Conte prenda il Mes se vuole fare il premier" |work=La Repubblica |url=https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/intervista/2020/08/27/news/renzi_liberta_di_voto_conte_prenda_il_mes_se_vuole_fare_il_premier_-265653384/ }}

style="background-color:{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}" |

|Forza Italia (FI)

|Liberal conservatism

|Silvio Berlusconi

|{{cite web |date=2020-09-01 |title=Referendum, il fronte del No in piazza il 12 settembre. Berlusconi: "Libertà di voto" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2020/09/01/news/referendum_casini_berlusconi-265959493/ |access-date=2020-09-08 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}}

rowspan="21" |{{cross|18}} No

| style="background-color:{{party color|Action (Italy)}}"|

|Action (Azione)

|Social liberalism

|Carlo Calenda

|{{cite tweet |last=Calenda |first=Carlo |user=CarloCalenda |number=1208443962169708551 |date=December 21, 2019 |title=Sulla #prescrizione - come su ILVA, il taglio dei parlamentari, i decreti sicurezza, quota 100, il reddito di cittadinanza - quello che colpisce è il silenzio dei progressisti mentre avallano la linea #M5S. Quand'è che direte basta? @pdnetwork @ItaliaViva |language=it}}

style="background:{{party color|Italian Left}}"|

|Italian Left (SI)

|Democratic socialism

|Nicola Fratoianni

|{{cite web |title=Dietro al taglio dei parlamentari il morbo del antiparlamentarismo

|url=http://www.sinistraitaliana.si/notizia/dietro-al-taglio-ai-parlamentari-morbo-dellantiparlamentarismo/ |website=Sinistra Italiana |access-date=8 April 2020 |language=it |date=8 February 2019}}

style="background-color:{{party color|More Europe}}"|

|More Europe (+Eu)

|Liberalism

|Benedetto Della Vedova

|{{cite web |title=Riduzione del numero dei parlamentari. Una riforma che lascia milioni di italiani senza rappresentanza. |url=https://piueuropa.eu/2019/07/12/riduzione-del-numero-dei-parlamentari-una-riforma-che-lascia-milioni-di-italiani-senza-rappresentanza/ |access-date=10 January 2020}}

style="background:{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}"|

|Federation of the Greens (FdV)

|Green politics

|collective leadership

|{{cite web |title=REFERENDUM TAGLIO PARLAMENTARI: ADERIAMO AI COMITATI PER IL NO, RIFORMA COMPROMETTE DEMOCRAZIA |url=http://verdi.it/referendum-taglio-parlamentari-comitati-no/ |website=Verdi.it |access-date=6 April 2020 |language=it |date=14 February 2020}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Italia in Comune}}" |

|Italia in Comune (IiC)

|Progressivism

|Federico Pizzarotti

|{{cite news |title=Italia in Comune sostiene il referendum contro riduzione parlamentari |url=https://www.romadailynews.it/politica/italia-comune-sostiene-referendum-riduzione-parlamentari-0433627/ |access-date=12 January 2020 |agency=Roma Daily News |date=18 December 2019 |language=it}}

bgcolor="{{party color|Power to the People (Italy)}}" |

|Power to the People (PaP)

|Socialism

|Viola Carofalo

|{{cite web |title=Il taglio ai parlamentari è un taglio a democrazia e rappresentanza: le nostre contro-proposte! |url=https://poterealpopolo.org/taglio-parlamentari-taglio-a-democrazia-e-rappresentanza/ |website=Potere al Popolo |access-date=6 April 2020 |language=it |date=7 October 2019}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}" |

|Italian Socialist Party (PSI)

|Social democracy

|Enzo Maraio

|{{cite web |title=Riforme. PSI aderisce a raccolta firme contro taglio parlamentari. Maraio: "Approntare modifiche" |url=https://www.partitosocialista.it/news/riforme-psi-aderisce-a-raccolta-firme-contro-taglio-parlamentari-maraio-approntare-modifiche/ |website=Partito Socialista Italiano |date=10 October 2019 |access-date=23 January 2020 |language=it}}

style="background-color:{{party color|Energies for Italy}}"|

|Energies for Italy (EpI)

|Liberalism

|Stefano Parisi

|{{cite tweet |last=Parisi |first=Stefano |user=s_parisi |number=1207621134209994753 |date=December 19, 2019 |title=Voteremo No a #Referendum perché #taglioparlamentari è pura demagogia. Tutti, destra e sinistra, hanno votato la legge voluta da Di Maio. Tutti, ad eccezione di @Piu_Europa, hanno dimostrato di essere subalterni al populismo dei 5 Stelle. Ora No a referendum confermativo! |language=it}}

style="background:{{party color|Volt Europa}}" |

|Volt Italia

|European federalism

|Federica Vinci

|{{cite web |title=Sono pochi i partiti e i movimenti che si sono già "messi al lavoro" in vista della tornata referendaria del 29 marzo |url=https://primamonza.it/politica/referendum-piu-europa-e-volt-a-sostegno-del-no/ |website=Prima Monza |access-date=6 April 2020 |language=it |date=12 February 2020}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Associative Movement of Italians Abroad}}" |

|Associative Movement Italians Abroad (MAIE)

|Interests of Italians abroad

|Ricardo Antonio Merlo

|{{cite web |title=TAGLIO PARLAMENTARI: I SEI ELETTI ALL'ESTERO FIRMANO PER IL REFERENDUM |url=https://www.aise.it/anno2019/taglio-parlamentari-i-sei-eletti-allestero-firmano-per-il-referendum/139640/1 |website=Agenzia Internazionale Stampa Estero |access-date=6 April 2020 |language=it |date=19 December 2019}}

style="background-color: {{party color|South American Union of Italian Emigrants}}" |

|South American Union Italian Emigrants (USEI)

|Interests of Italians abroad

|Eugenio Sangregorio

|{{cite web |title="Vota NO" al referendum constitucional popular y confirmativo para la reducción de parlamentarios. |url=https://www.usei-it.org/2020/08/21/vota-no-al-referendum-constitucional-popular-y-confirmativo-para-la-reduccion-de-parlamentarios/ |website=Agenzia Internazionale Stampa Estero |access-date=24 August 2020 |language=es |date=21 August 2020 |archive-date=13 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913070448/https://www.usei-it.org/2020/08/21/vota-no-al-referendum-constitucional-popular-y-confirmativo-para-la-reduccion-de-parlamentarios/ |url-status=dead }}

style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party (Italy)}}" |

|Communist Party (PC)

|Communism

|Marco Rizzo

|{{cite news |date=25 August 2020 |title=Referendum, il comunista Rizzo: "Affonda i 5 Stelle, vota no" |work=Affari Italiani |url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/referendum-il-comunista-rizzo-affonda-i-5-stelle-vota-no-690884.html }}

style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Centre (Italy)}}" |

|Democratic Centre (CD)

|Christian left

|Bruno Tabacci

|{{cite web |title=Sanza, il taglio dei parlamentari è l'ennesima battaglia per "indorare" l'opinione pubblica |url=http://www.ilcentrodemocratico.it/2019/10/10/sanza-il-taglio-dei-parlamentari-e-lennesima-battaglia-per-indorare-lopinione-pubblica/ |website=Il Centro Democratico |access-date=6 April 2020 |language=it |date=10 October 2019}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}" |

|Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)

|Communism

|Maurizio Acerbo

|{{cite web |title=Russo Spena: Votiamo no al referendum costituzionale del 29 marzo 2020 |url=http://www.rifondazione.it/primapagina/?p=41058 |website=Rifondazione.it |access-date=6 April 2020 |language=it |date=13 February 2020}}

style="background-color:#0077BB"|

|Christian Democracy (DC)

|Christian democracy

|Renato Grassi

|{{cite web |title=La Democrazia Cristiana aderisce al "Comitato per il NO" al taglio dei parlamentari |url=https://www.democraziacristiana.cloud/articoli/534-la-democrazia-cristiana-aderisce-al-comitato-per-il-no-al-taglio-dei-parlamentari.html |website=Sito Ufficiale della Democrazia Cristiana |access-date=12 January 2020 |language=it}}

style="background-color: {{party color|Party of Italian Communists}}" |

|Italian Communist Party (PCI)

|Communism

|Mauro Alboresi

|{{cite web |title=La Democrazia prima di tutto. |url=https://www.ilpartitocomunistaitaliano.it/la-democrazia-prima-di-tutto/ |website=Il Partito Comunista Italiano |access-date=6 April 2020 |language=it |date=30 January 2020}}

style="background:#3E80BD" |

|Pact for Autonomy (PpA)

|Autonomism

|Massimo Moretuzzo

|{{cite news |title=Taglio dei parlamentari, verso il referendum schieramenti in campo |url=https://www.rainews.it/tgr/fvg/video/2020/02/fvg-referendum-taglio-parlamentari-61ffe135-8070-42da-8aa5-6b1b87b75494.html |access-date=6 April 2020 |agency=Rai News |date=15 February 2020 |language=it}}

style="background-color:#f00" |

|Italian Marxist–Leninist Party (PMLI)

|Maoism

|Giovanni Scuderi

|{{cite web |date=2020-07-08 |title=Appello di laici e religiosi sul referendum. Votare No per respingere lo "sfregio alla democrazia costituzionale" |trans-title=Vote No to reject the “affront to the constitutional democracy” |url=http://www.pmli.it/articoli/2020/20200708_24_appelloNoreferendum.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200807040842/http://www.pmli.it/articoli/2020/20200708_24_appelloNoreferendum.html |archive-date=2020-08-07 |language=it}}

style="background:#0A0A0A" |

|Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT)

|Autonomism Regionalism

|Simone Marchiori

|{{cite news |title=PATT: "Al referendum costituzionale invitiamo a votare NO!" |url=https://www.agenziagiornalisticaopinione.it/lancio-dagenzia/patt-partito-autonomista-trentino-tirolese-referendum-costituzionale-lufficio-politico-ha-deciso-allunanimita-di-esprimere-parere-negativo-invita-tesserati-e-simpatizzan/ |access-date=5 September 2020 |agency=Agenzia Giornalistica Opinione |date=6 September 2020 |language=it}}

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|Venetian Left (Sanca)

|Autonomism Venetian nationalism

|Andrea Mion

|{{cite news |title=Sanca Venta dice no al taglio dei parlamentari |url=https://www.vicenzapiu.com/leggi/taglio-parlamentari-sanca-veneta-dice-no-ridurre-rappresentanza-contraddice-autonomia/ |access-date=5 September 2020 |agency=VicenzaPiù |date=9 September 2020 |language=it}}

bgcolor="{{party color|Union for Trentino}}"|

|Union for Trentino (UpT)

|Autonomism Christian Democracy

|Annalisa Caumo

|{{cite news |title=Partiti divisi sul Taglio dei Parlamentari |work=Trentino |url=https://www.giornaletrentino.it/cronaca/trento/referendum-partiti-divisi-sul-taglio-dei-parlamentari-1.2427468 |access-date=14 September 2020 |language=it}}

Opinion polls

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%;line-height:13px"
style="height:30px; background:#e9e9e9;"

! style="width:115px;" rowspan="3"| Date

! style="width:150px;" rowspan="3"| Polling Firm

! style="width:50px;" rowspan="3"| Sample size

! style="width:185px;" colspan="4"| Total

! style="width:135px;" colspan="3"| Considering only Yes/No vote

style="width:50px;"| {{tick|15}}Yes

! style="width:50px;"| {{cross|15}}No

! style="width:50px;"| None / Don't know

! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Lead

! style="width:50px;"| {{tick|15}}Yes

! style="width:50px;"| {{cross|15}}No

! style="width:35px;" rowspan="2"| Lead

style="background:#088A29;"|

! style="background:#E90000;"|

! style="background:#D8D8D8;"|

! style="background:#088A29;"|

! style="background:#E90000;"|

2–4 Sep 2020

| [https://tg.la7.it/sondaggi/lultimo-sondaggio-sul-referendum-costituzionale-04-09-2020-153239 SWG]

| 1,000

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 70.0

| 30.0

| {{N/A}}

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 40.0

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 70.0

| 30.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 40.0

1–3 Sep 2020

| [https://www.istitutoixe.it/2020/09/04/referendum-orientamenti-di-voto-3-settembre-2020/ Ixè]

| 1,000

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 51.3

| 17.9

| 30.8

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 33.4

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 74.1

| 25.9

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 48.2

1–3 Sep 2020

| [https://sondaggibidimedia.com/ipsos-referendum/ Ipsos]

| 1,000

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 58.9

| 24.1

| 17.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 34.8

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 71.0

| 29.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 42.0

31 Aug 2020

| [https://www.nextquotidiano.it/sondaggi-referendum-taglio-parlamentari-il-40-non-sa-cosa-votare/ Euromedia]

| {{N/A}}

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 42.0

| 15.8

| 42.2

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 24.2

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 72.7

| 27.3

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 45.4

23–27 Aug 2020

| [https://sondaggibidimedia.com/sondaggio-bidimedia-referendum/ BiDiMedia]

| 1,661

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 71.0

| 29.0

| {{N/A}}

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 42.0

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 71.0

| 29.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 42.0

24–26 Aug 2020

| [http://www.demos.it/a01757.php Demos & Pi]

| 1,014

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 82.0

| 18.0

| {{N/A}}

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 64.0

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 82.0

| 18.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 64.0

14–17 Aug 2020

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20201020195731/https://www.affaritaliani.it/politica/referendum-vittoria-dei-grillini-il-si-alla-riduzione-e-al-72-4-sondaggio-689943.html Lab2101]

| 1,000

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 72.4

| 27.6

| {{N/A}}

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 44.8

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 72.4

| 27.6

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 44.8

22–23 Jul 2020

| [https://www.corriere.it/politica/20_luglio_24/sondaggio-partiti-fdi-meloni-18percento-5-punti-lega-salvini-231percento-f1c640e2-cdd8-11ea-94a2-f34b487902eb.shtml Ipsos]

| 1,000

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 49.0

| 8.0

| 43.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 41.0

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 86.0

| 14.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 72.0

23–25 Jun 2020

| [https://www.corriere.it/politica/20_giugno_27/sondaggio-giu-lega-pd-m5s-ripresa-sale-fratelli-d-italia-si-accorciano-distanze-partiti-d6f152b4-b7e1-11ea-b7f2-bfb2b67ec0ad.shtml Ipsos]

| 1,000

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 46.0

| 10.0

| 44.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 36.0

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 82.0

| 18.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 64.0

20–22 Feb 2020

| [https://www.termometropolitico.it/1508793_sondaggi-elettorali-piepoli-taglio-parlamentari-81-italiani-per-il-si.html Piepoli]

| 503

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 81.0

| 9.0

| 10.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 72.0

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 90.0

| 10.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 80.0

13 Jan 2020

| [https://sondaggibidimedia.com/sondaggio-euromedia-taglio-libia/2/ Euromedia]

| 800

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 75.1

| 10.7

| 14.2

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 64.4

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 87.5

| 12.5

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 75.0

9–14 Dec 2019

| [http://www.demos.it/2019/pdf/5247itasta2019_20191223.pdf Demos&Pi]

| 1,212

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 86.0

| 12.0

| 2.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 74.0

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 86.0

| 14.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 72.0

8 Oct 2019

| colspan="9" style="text-align:left;" | {{center|The Parliament approves the constitutional reform bill}}

7–8 Oct 2019

| [https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/10/09/taglio-dei-parlamentari-e-legge-sondaggio-demopolis-80-per-cento-degli-intervistati-a-favore-i-meno-entusiasti-sono-gli-elettori-pd/5506184/ Demopolis]

| 1,500

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 80.0

| 12.0

| 8.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 68.0

| style="background:#CEF6D8"| 87.0

| 13.0

| style="background:#088A29; color:white;"| 74.0

Results

File:Italian ballot paper for 2020 constitutional referendum (front).svg of the electoral ballot]]

The referendum resulted in a victory of the "Yes" with a majority of 70.0% of the vote. The voter turnout was 51.12%. The "Yes" was the winning choice by a large margin in all Italian regions.{{cite news |title=Al referendum ha vinto il sì: l'Italia avrà meno parlamentari |url=https://www.corriere.it/elezioni/referendum-2020/notizie/risultati-referendum-2020-taglio-parlamentari-bc13ec58-fc2a-11ea-aca9-16c79fac234d.shtml |access-date=22 September 2020 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=21 September 2020 |language=it}}

Luigi Di Maio, foreign minister and former leader of the M5S, defined the results "a historical result". The secretary of the PD, Nicola Zingaretti, said that "the victory of the 'Yes' opens up a season of reforms". Riccardo Molinari, party leader of the League in the Chamber of Deputies, asked for parliament to be dissolved and new elections to be held, in order to fulfill the objective of the constitutional law.{{cite news |title=Referendum, vince il Sì. Zingaretti: "Al via riforme". Di Maio: "Ora proporzionale". Salvini: "Sarebbe morte della politica" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2020/09/21/news/risultati_regionali_referendum_reazioni-268073343/ |access-date=22 September 2020 |work=la Repubblica |date=21 September 2020 |language=it}}

{{Referendum results

| for = 17913259

| against = 7691837

| invalid = 445131

| electorate = 50955985

| source = [https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=F&dtel=20/09/2020&es0=S&tpa=Y&lev0=0&levsut0=0&ms=S&tpe=A Ministry of the Interior]

}}

{{Bar box

|title=Popular vote

|titlebar=#ddd

|width=500px

|barwidth=450px

|bars=

{{Bar percent|{{tick|12}} Yes|#088A29|69.96}}

{{Bar percent|{{cross|12}} No|#E90000|30.04}}

}}

= Results by region =

The "Yes" side was in the majority in every region and in all four overseas constituencies. Support was lowest in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, with 59.57% in favor. Molise was the region with the highest support, at 79.89%, though two of the overseas constituencies had higher support.

class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan=2 | Region

! colspan=2 | Votes

! colspan=2 | %

Yes

! No

! Yes

! No

bgcolor=lightgreen

| Aosta Valley

align="right" | 48,165align="right" | 22,708align="right" | 67.96align="right" | 32.04
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Piedmont

align="right" | 1,172,338align="right" | 541,183align="right" | 68.42align="right" | 31.58
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Liguria

align="right" | 430,354align="right" | 255,804align="right" | 63.78align="right" | 36.22
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Lombardy

align="right" | 2,609,444align="right" | 1,221,310align="right" | 68.12align="right" | 31.88
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Trentino-Alto
Adige/Südtirol

align="right" | 390,490align="right" | 160,389align="right" | 70.88align="right" | 29.12
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Veneto

align="right" | 1,553,218align="right" | 934,313align="right" | 62.44align="right" | 37.56
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Friuli-Venezia
Giulia

align="right" | 281,042align="right" | 190,743align="right" | 59.57align="right" | 40.43
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Emilia-Romagna

align="right" | 1,273,585align="right" | 557,716align="right" | 69.55align="right" | 30.45
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Tuscany

align="right" | 1,216,952align="right" | 627,949align="right" | 65.96align="right" | 34.04
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Marche

align="right" | 533,479align="right" | 237,569align="right" | 69.19align="right" | 30.81
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Umbria

align="right" | 221,989align="right" | 101,062align="right" | 68.72align="right" | 31.28
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Lazio

align="right" | 1,307,304align="right" | 677,693align="right" | 65.86align="right" | 34.14
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Abruzzo

align="right" | 384,500align="right" | 136,885align="right" | 73.75align="right" | 26.25
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Molise

align="right" | 93,178align="right" | 23,456align="right" | 79.89align="right" | 20.11
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Campania

align="right" | 2,087,311align="right" | 609,290align="right" | 77.41align="right" | 22.59
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Apulia

align="right" | 1,477,164align="right" | 486,614align="right" | 75.22align="right" | 24.78
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Basilicata

align="right" | 169,024align="right" | 53,856align="right" | 75.84align="right" | 24.16
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Calabria

align="right" | 521,444align="right" | 151,138align="right" | 77.53align="right" | 22.47
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Sicily

align="right" | 1,055,351align="right" | 335,397align="right" | 75.88align="right" | 24.12
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Sardinia

align="right" | 322,200align="right" | 159,843align="right" | 66.84align="right" | 33.16
style="background:FF6347;"
class="sortbottom"

! Total !! align="right" | 17,168,532 !! align="right" | 7,484,918 !! align="right" | 69.64 !! align="right" | 30.36

class="wikitable sortable"
rowspan=2 | Abroad
constituency

! colspan=2 | Votes

! colspan=2 | %

Yes

! No

! Yes

! No

bgcolor=lightgreen

| North and Central
Americas

align="right" | 62,644align="right" | 14,632align="right" | 81.07align="right" | 18.93
bgcolor=lightgreen

| South America

align="right" | 226,522align="right" | 78,819align="right" | 74.19align="right" | 25.81
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Europe

align="right" | 422,616align="right" | 105,168align="right" | 80.07align="right" | 19.93
bgcolor=lightgreen

| Africa, Asia,
Oceania, Antarctica

align="right" | 32,775align="right" | 8,470align="right" | 79.46align="right" | 20.54
style="background:FF6347;"
class="sortbottom"

! Total !! align="right" | 744,557 !! align="right" | 207,089 !! align="right" | 78.24 !! align="right" | 21.76

= Turnout =

class="wikitable" style=text-align:left
rowspan=3|Area

!colspan=4|Time

colspan=3|20 Sep

!21 Sep

12:00

! 19:00

! 23:00

! 15:00

colspan="5" |Nationwide
Italy

|12.25%

|29.70%

|39.38%

|53.84%

colspan="5" |
Abruzzo

|10.61%

|27.31%

|36.47%

|50.79%

Basilicata

|9.40%

|24.36%

|36.96%

|50.14%

Calabria

|8.62%

|22.44%

|32.42%

|45.18%

Campania

|12.46%

|29.36%

|42.78%

|61.04%

Emilia-Romagna

|14.16%

|32.99%

|41.59%

|55.37%

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

|12.40%

|28.31%

|36.34%

|50.22%

Lazio

|10.87%

|25.25%

|33.06%

|45.65%

Liguria

|15.43%

|35.47%

|44.04%

|59.15%

Lombardy

|12.43%

|30.91%

|39.01%

|51.36%

Marche

|14.90%

|36.65%

|47.56%

|66.38%

Molise

|9.76%

|24.18%

|33.33%

|47.48%

Piedmont

|12.02%

|30.69%

|38.81%

|51.56%

Apulia

|13.22%

|30.28%

|43.74%

|61.91%

Sardinia

|7.76%

|17.02%

|23.41%

|35.70%

Sicily

|6.41%

|16.96%

|24.78%

|35.38%

Tuscany

|15.44%

|38.17%

|48.29%

|65.88%

Trentino-Alto Adige

|16.04%

|40.50%

|54.42%

|70.94%

Umbria

|9.56%

|25.16%

|33.09%

|48.75%

Aosta Valley

|18.24%

|44.35%

|56.37%

|72.44%

Veneto

|16.31%

|39.27%

|51.04%

|67.54%

colspan="5" |Abroad
Abroad

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|23.30%

colspan="5" |
Africa, Asia, Oceania, Antarctica

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|19.75%

South America

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|23.95%

North and Central Americas

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|22.49%

Europe

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|23.39%

colspan="5" |
colspan=5| Source: [https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/referendum/votanti/20200920/votantiFE01 Ministry of the Interior – Turnout] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922022914/https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/referendum/votanti/20200920/votantiFE01 |date=22 September 2020 }}

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