The Chamber approves the new electoral law, now it goes to the Senate

The Chamber of Deputies has approved the electoral law reform, known as 'Stabilicum,' with 217 votes in favor, 152 against, and 2 abstentions. The vote was conducted by secret ballot. The measure, which now moves to the Senate for review, redesigns the election system for the Chamber and Senate by introducing a fixed majority bonus and fully blocked lists, with no option for preferential voting.

Among the approved points is also the establishment of voting for out-of-district voters, who will be able to go to the polling station closest to their temporary residence for study, work, or health reasons, after registering in specific municipal lists. The reform also reduces the electoral districts abroad from four to two for the Chamber and to one for the Senate.

The new law, nicknamed 'Stabilicum' after its first signatory, the FdI group leader in the Chamber of Deputies Tommaso Bignami, replaces the so-called 'Rosatellum' that has been in effect for less than ten years. The system is mixed, proportional with a majority bonus: it allocates 70 seats in the Chamber and 35 in the Senate to the winning list or coalition that obtains at least 42% of the votes in each Chamber.

The text confirms the electoral threshold at 10% for coalitions and 3% for individual lists, with a 'recovery' mechanism for the first coalition list that remains below the threshold. It introduces the obligation for political forces to indicate in their electoral program the name of their prime ministerial candidate, while respecting the prerogatives of the President of the Republic. Parties with a parliamentary group established by December 31, 2025, are exempt from collecting signatures.