| Basilicata | |
|---|---|
| Chamber of Deputies Electoral constituency | |
 | |
| Region | Basilicata |
| Electorate | 446,685 (2022) [1] |
| Major settlements | Matera, Potenza |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1993 |
| Seats | 4 |
| Member(s) | |
Basilicata is one of the 29 constituencies (Italian : circoscrizioni) represented in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian parliament. [2] The constituency currently elects 4 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Italian region of Basilicata. The electoral system uses a parallel voting system, which act as a mixed system, with 3⁄8 of seats allocated using a first-past-the-post electoral system and 5⁄8 using a proportional method, with one round of voting. [3]
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The constituency was first established by the Mattarella law on 4 August 1993 and later confirmed by the Calderoli law on 21 December 2005 and by the Rosato law on 3 November 2017. The current borders of the districts were created as a result of the 2020 Italian Constitutional Referendum [4]
