Italian general election, 2018

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Italian general election, 2018
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All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
and 315 (out of 321) seats in the Senate of the Republic
Opinion polls
Turnout72.93% [1]
  MatteoSalvini2018 (cropped).jpg Luigi Di Maio 2018.jpg MatteoRenzi2018 (cropped).jpg
Leader Matteo Salvini [2] Luigi Di Maio Matteo Renzi
Alliance Centre-right coalition Five Star Movement Centre-left coalition
Leader since 15 December 2013 23 September 2017 7 May 2017 [lower-alpha 1]
Leader's seat Calabria (S) [lower-alpha 2] Acerra (C) [4] Florence (S) [5]
Seats won265 C / 137 S 227 C / 112 S 122 C / 60 S
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 138 C / Increase2.svg 20 S Increase2.svg 114 C / Increase2.svg 58 S Decrease2.svg 227 C / Decrease2.svg 65 S
Popular vote12,152,345 (C)
11,327,549 (S)
10,732,066 (C)
9,733,928 (S)
7,506,723 (C)
6,947,199 (S)
Percentage37.0% (C)
37.5% (S)
32.7% (C)
32.2% (S)
22.9% (C)
23.0% (S)

Italian 2018 elections Chamber of Deputies constituencies.svg Italian 2018 elections Senate constituencies.svg
Election results maps for the Chamber of Deputies (left) and for the Senate (right). Colors identify the coalition which received a plurality in each constituency. Blue for the Centre-right coalition, Yellow for the Five Star Movement, Red for the Centre-left coalition, Light Blue for the Aosta Valley regional coalition, and Grey for the South Tyrol regional coalition.

Prime Minister before election

Paolo Gentiloni
Democratic Party

Elected Prime Minister

Giuseppe Conte
Independent

The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017. [6]

Italian Parliament legislature of Italy

The Italian Parliament is the national parliament of the Italian Republic. The Parliament is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861) and the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946). It is a bicameral legislature with 945 elected members and a small number of unelected members (parlamentari). It is composed of the Chamber of Deputies, with 630 members (deputati) elected on a national basis, and the Senate of the Republic, with 315 members (senatori) elected on a regional basis, plus a small number of senators for life, either appointed or ex officio. The two houses are independent from one another and never meet jointly except under circumstances specified by the Constitution.

Sergio Mattarella 12th President of Italy

Sergio Mattarella is an Italian politician, lawyer and academic serving as the 12th and current President of Italy since 2015. He was previously Minister for Parliamentary Relations from 1987 to 1989, Minister of Public Education from 1989 to 1990, Deputy Prime Minister of Italy from 1998 to 1999 and Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2001. In 2011, he became an elected judge on the Constitutional Court. On 31 January 2015, he was elected by the Italian Parliament to serve as President of the Italian Republic.

Contents

Voters were electing the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic for the 18th legislature of the Italian Republic since 1948. The election took place concurrently with the Lombard and Lazio regional elections.

Chamber of Deputies (Italy) lower house of the Parliament of Italy

The Chamber of Deputies is a house of the bicameral Parliament of Italy. The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical functions, but do so separately. Pursuant to article 56 of the Italian Constitution, the Chamber of Deputies has 630 seats, of which 618 are elected from Italian constituencies, and 12 from Italian citizens living abroad. Deputies are styled The Honourable and meet at Palazzo Montecitorio. The Chamber and the parliamentary system of the Italian Republic and under the previous Kingdom of Italy is a continuation of the traditions and procedures of the Parliament and Chamber of Deputies as established under King Charles Albert (1798–1849), during the Revolutions of 1848, and his son Victor Emmanuel II (1820–1878) of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont which led in the "Italian unification Risorgimento movement" of the 1850s and 1860s, under the leadership of then-Prime Minister Count Camillo Benso of Cavour.

Senate of the Republic (Italy) upper house of the Parliament of Italy

The Senate of the Republic or Senate is a house of the bicameral Italian Parliament. The two houses together form a perfect bicameral system, meaning they perform identical functions, but do so separately. Pursuant to Articles 57, 58, and 59 of the Italian Constitution, the Senate has a variable number of members, of which 309 are elected from Italian constituencies, 6 from Italian citizens living abroad, and a small number are senators for life, either appointed or ex officio. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno, itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino of Sardinia established on 8 May 1848. Members of the Senate are styled Senator or The Honourable Senator and they meet at Palazzo Madama, Rome.

The centre-right coalition, led by Matteo Salvini's right-wing League, emerged with a plurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate, while the anti-establishment Five Star Movement led by Luigi Di Maio became the party with the largest number of votes. The centre-left coalition, led by former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, came third. [7] [8] However, no political group or party won an outright majority, resulting in a hung parliament. [9]

The centre-right coalition is a political alliance of political parties in Italy, active—under several forms and names—since 1994, when Silvio Berlusconi entered politics and formed his Forza Italia party.

Matteo Salvini Italian politician

Matteo Salvini is an Italian politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of the Interior since 1 June 2018. He has also been Federal Secretary of Northern League since December 2013 and the leader of Us with Salvini since December 2014. He has been a Senator in the Italian Senate since March 2018. He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the constituency of North-West Italy from 2004 to 2018.

Lega Nord Italian political party

Lega Nord, whose complete name is Lega Nord per l'Indipendenza della Padania, is a right-wing regionalist political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as Lega (League) without changing its official name in the party's statute. The party was nonetheless frequently referred to only as "Lega" even before the rebranding. The LN is also often referred to as Carroccio by the Italian media.

After three months of negotiation, a coalition was finally formed on 1 June between the M5S and the League, whose leaders both became Deputy Prime Ministers in a government led by the M5S-linked independent Giuseppe Conte as Prime Minister.

2018 Italian government formation

In the Italian general election in 2018, no political group or party won an outright majority, resulting in a hung parliament. On 4 March, the centre-right alliance, in which Matteo Salvini's League (LN) emerged as the main political force, won a plurality of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate, while the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) led by Luigi Di Maio became the party with the largest number of votes. The centre-left coalition, led by Matteo Renzi, came third. As a result, protracted negotiations were required before a new government could be formed.

Conte Cabinet 65th Government of the Italian Republic

The Conte Cabinet, led by Giuseppe Conte, is the 65th cabinet of the Italian Republic.

Giuseppe Conte 58th Prime Minister of Italy

Giuseppe Conte is an Italian jurist and politician serving as the 58th and current Prime Minister of Italy since 1 June 2018.

Background

At the 2013 general election none of the three main alliances – the centre-right led by Silvio Berlusconi, the centre-left led by Pier Luigi Bersani and the Five Star Movement (M5S) led by Beppe Grillo – won an outright majority in Parliament. After a failed attempt to form a government by Bersani, then-secretary of the Democratic Party (PD), and Giorgio Napolitano's re-election as President, Enrico Letta, Bersani's deputy, received the task of forming a grand coalition government. The Letta Cabinet consisted of the PD, Berlusconi's The People of Freedom (PdL), Civic Choice (SC), the Union of the Centre (UdC) and others. [10]

Silvio Berlusconi Italian politician

Silvio Berlusconi is an Italian media tycoon and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments.

The centre-left coalition is a political alliance of political parties in Italy active, under several forms and names, since 1995 when The Olive Tree was formed under the leadership of Romano Prodi. The centre-left coalition ruled the country for more than twelve years between 1996 and 2018.

On 16 November 2013, Berlusconi launched a new party, Forza Italia (FI), [11] named after the defunct Forza Italia party (1994–2009). Additionally, Berlusconi announced that FI would be opposed to Letta's government, causing the split from the PdL/FI of a large group of deputies and senators led by Minister of Interior Angelino Alfano, who launched the alternative New Centre-Right (NCD) party and remained loyal to the government. [12]

Forza Italia (2013) Italian political party

Forza Italia is a centre-right political party in Italy whose ideology includes elements of liberal conservatism, Christian democracy, and liberalism. Its leader is Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy.

Angelino Alfano Italian politician

Angelino Alfano is an Italian politician served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018.

New Centre-Right Italian political party, founded in 2013

New Centre-Right was a centre-right political party in Italy.

Following the election of Matteo Renzi as Secretary of the PD in December 2013, there were persistent tensions culminating in Letta's resignation as Prime Minister in February 2014. Subsequently, Renzi formed a government based on the same coalition (including the NCD), but in a new fashion. [13] The new Prime Minister had a strong mandate from his party and was reinforced by the PD's strong showing in the 2014 European Parliament election [14] and the election of Sergio Mattarella, a fellow Democrat, as President in 2015. While in power, Renzi implemented several reforms, including a new electoral law (which would later be declared partially unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court), a relaxation of labour and employment laws (known as Jobs Act) with the intention of boosting economic growth, a thorough reform of the public administration, the simplification of the civil trial, the recognition of same-sex unions (not marriages) and the abolition of several minor taxes. [15] [16]

As a result of the Libyan civil war, a major problem faced by Renzi was the high level of illegal immigration to Italy. During his tenure, there was an increase in the number of immigrants rescued at sea being brought to southern Italian ports, prompting criticism from the M5S, FI and Lega Nord (LN), [17] [18] and causing a loss of popularity for Renzi. [19] However, well into 2016 opinion polls registered the PD's strength, as well as the growth of the M5S, the LN and Brothers of Italy (FdI), FI's decline, SC's virtual disappearance and the replacement of Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) with the Italian Left (SI).

Matteo Renzi announces his resignation after the 2016 constitutional referendum result Matteo Renzi alla conferenza stampa post referendum costituzionale 2016.jpg
Matteo Renzi announces his resignation after the 2016 constitutional referendum result

In December 2016, a constitutional reform proposed by Renzi's government and duly approved by Parliament was rejected in a constitutional referendum (59% to 41%). Under the reform, the Senate would have been composed of 100 members: 95 regional representatives and five presidential appointees. [20] [21] [22] Following defeat, Renzi stepped down as Prime Minister and was replaced by his Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo Gentiloni, another Democrat. [23]

In early 2017, in opposition to Renzi's policies, some left-wing Democrats led by Bersani, Massimo D'Alema and Roberto Speranza launched, along with SI splinters, the Democratic and Progressive Movement (MDP). [24] [25] Contextually, the NCD was transformed into Popular Alternative (AP). In April Renzi was re-elected secretary of the PD and thus the party's candidate for Prime Minister, [26] defeating Minister of Justice Andrea Orlando and Governor of Apulia Michele Emiliano. [27] [28]

In May 2017, Matteo Salvini was re-elected federal secretary of the LN and launched his own bid. [29] [30] Under Salvini, the party had emphasised Euroscepticism, opposition to immigration and other populist policies. [31] In fact, Salvini's aim had been to re-launch the LN as a "national" or, even, "Italian nationalist" party, withering any notion of northern separatism. This focus became particularly evident in December when LN presented its new electoral logo, without the word "Nord". [32]

In September 2017, Luigi Di Maio was selected as candidate for Prime Minister and "political head" of the M5S, replacing Grillo. [33] [34] However, even in the following months, the populist comedian was accused by critics of continuing to play his role as de facto leader of the party, while an increasingly important, albeit unofficial, role was assumed by Davide Casaleggio, son of Gianroberto, a web strategist who founded the M5S along with Grillo in 2009 and died in 2016. [35] [36] [37] In January 2018, Grillo separated his own blog from the movement; his blog was used in the previous years as an online newspaper of the M5S and the main propaganda tool. [38] This event was seen by many as the proof that Grillo was slowly leaving politics. [39]

The autumn registered some major developments to the left of the political spectrum: in November Forza Europa, the Italian Radicals and individual liberals launched a joint list named More Europe (+E), led by the long-time Radical leader Emma Bonino; [40] in December the MDP, SI and Possible launched a joint list named Free and Equal (LeU) under the leadership of Pietro Grasso, President of the Senate and former anti-mafia prosecutor; [41] the Italian Socialist Party, the Federation of the Greens, Civic Area and Progressive Area formed a list named Together (I) in support of the PD; [42] the Communist Refoundation Party, the Italian Communist Party, social centres, minor parties, local committees, associations and groups launched a far-left joint list named Power to the People (PaP), under the leadership of Viola Carofalo. [43]

In late December, the centrist post-NCD Popular Alternative (AP), which had been a key coalition partner for the PD, divided itself among those who wanted to return into the centre-right's fold and those who supported Renzi's coalition. Two groups of AP splinters (one led by Maurizio Lupi and the other by Enrico Costa), formed along with Direction Italy, Civic Choice, Act!, Popular Construction and the Movement for the Autonomies, a joint list within the centre-right, named Us with Italy (NcI). [44] The list was later enlarged to the Union of the Centre, the Union of Democrats for Europe and minor parties. [45] The remaining members of AP, Italy of Values, the Centrists for Europe, Solidary Democracy and minor groups joined forces in the pro-PD Popular Civic List (CP), led by Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin. [46]

On 28 December 2017, President Sergio Mattarella dissolved Parliament and a new general election was called for 4 March 2018. [47]

On 21 February 2018, Marco Minniti, the Italian Minister of the Interior, warned "There is a concrete risk of the mafias conditioning electors' free vote". [48] Predominately the Sicilian Mafia have been recently active in Italian election meddling, the Camorra and 'Ndrangheta organisations have also taken an interest. [49]

In late February, Berlusconi indicated the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, as his candidate for the premiership if the centre-right won the general election [50] and if Forza Italia received at least the plurality of the votes inside the coalition, condition that did not occur, resulting in a victory of the party led by Matteo Salvini, the League.

Campaign

The first phase of the electoral campaign was marked by the statement of the President Mattarella to parties for the presentation of "realistic and concrete" proposals during the traditional end of the year's message, in which he also expressed the wish for a high participation in the ballot. [51]

Electoral programmes

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Renzi speaks at Lingotto convention

The electoral programme of the PD included, among the main points, the introduction of a minimum hourly wage of €10, a measure that would affect 15% of workers, that is those workers who do not adhere to the national collective agreements; a cut of the contributory wedge for permanent contracts; a relocation allowance and an increase in subsidies for the unemployed; a monthly allowance of €80 for parents for each minor child; fiscal detraction of €240 for parents with children; and the progressive reduction of the rates of IRPEF and IRES, respectively the income tax and the corporate tax. [52] [53] [54] Regarding immigration, which had been a major problem in Italy for the previous years, the PD advocated a reduction in migrant flows through bilateral agreements with the countries of origin and pretended to a halt to EU funding for countries like Hungary and Poland that have refused to take in any of the 600,000 migrants who have reached Italy through the Mediterranean over the past four years. [55] Among the PD's allies, the CP proposed free nurseries, a tax exemption for corporate welfare and other measures regarding public health, including the contrast to the long waiting list in hospitals, the abolition of the so-called "supertickets", and an extension of home care for the elderly. [56] +E advocated the re-launch of the process of European integration and federation, towards the formation of the United States of Europe. [57] This focus, regarding the European process of integration, was also strongly supported by the PD. [58] More Europe also strongly advocated the social integration of migrants, quietly opposing the PD's policies implemented by the Minister of Interior Marco Minniti. [59]

Berlusconi shaking hands at the European People's Party summit in December 2017 Berlusconi EPP Dec 2017.jpg
Berlusconi shaking hands at the European People's Party summit in December 2017

The main proposal of the centre-right coalition is a huge tax reform based on the introduction of a flat tax: for Berlusconi initially based on the lowest current rate (23%) with the threshold raised to €12,000, then proceeding to a gradual reduction of the rate; while according to Salvini the tax rate should be only 15%. The most notable Italian economic newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore estimated the cost of this measure at around €25 billion per year calculated with a 20% rate, or €40 billion with 15%. [60] Berlusconi also proposed the cancellation of IRAP, a tax on productivity, the increase of minimum pensions to €1,000, the introduction of a "dignity income" to fight poverty, the decontribution on youth recruitment, changes to the Fornero law, which regulated pensions, and the launch of a "Marshall Plan" for Africa to reduce illegal immigration to Italy. [61] Within FI there are some representatives of the Animalist Movement (MA) led by Michela Brambilla, whose main focus is in particular the banning of fur clothing and stricter controls in circuses, free veterinary care and the establishment of an ombudsman for animal rights. [62] The Lega additionally proposed the complete replacement of the Fornero law and the possibility of retirement with 41 years of contributions, the "scrapping" of tax records for taxpayers in difficulty, an operation that should yield up to €35 billion to the State, the disbandment of Equitalia, the company that deals with the collection of taxes, the abolition of the limit on the use of cash, the regularization of prostitution; [63] moreover, Salvini's main aim is a drastic reduction of illegal immigration, by reintroducing border controls, blocking arrivals and repatriating all migrants who have no right to stay in Italy. [64] The FdI proposed free nurseries, a check for €400 per month for newborns up to the six years old, to increase population growth, parental leave paid to 80% up to the sixth year of birth, increase in salaries and equipment to law enforcement, the increased use of the Italian Army as a measure to fight crime and a new law on self-defense. [65]

The M5S presented a programme whose main points are the introduction of a basic income, known as "income of citizenship", to fight poverty, a measure that would cost between €15 and €20 billion annually; the cut of the public debt by 40 points in relation to GDP in ten years; the adoption of measures to revitalise youth employment; a cut in pensions of over €5,000 net not entirely based on the contribution method; the reduction of IRPEF rates and the extension of the income tax threshold; the increase in spending on family welfare measures from 1.5 to 2.5% of GDP; a constitutional law that obliges members of Parliament to resign if they intend to change party, which by now is unconstitutional. [66] Di Maio also proposed a legislative simplification, starting with the elimination of almost 400 laws with a single legislative provision. [67]

LeU focused on the so-called right to study, proposing in particular the abolition of university fees for students who take the exams regularly, with the estimated cost for the state budget of €1.6 billion. LeU also proposed the reintroducing the workers' statutory protections which were eliminated by the Renzi government's Jobs Act, fighting tax evasion, corruption and organised crime. [68]

Macerata murder and attack

On 3 February 2018, a drive-by shooting event occurred in the city of Macerata, Marche in Central Italy where six African migrants were seriously wounded. [69] A 28-year-old local man, Luca Traini, was arrested and charged with murder attempt, and was also charged for the attack against the local headquarters of the ruling PD party. [70] After the attack, Traini reportedly had an Italian flag draped on his shoulders and raised his arm in the fascist salute. [71] Traini stated that the attack was "revenge" for Pamela Mastropietro, an 18-year-old Roman woman whose dismembered body had been found few days earlier, stuffed into two suitcases and dumped in the countryside; for this, three Nigerian drug dealers were arrested, the main suspect being 29-year-old failed asylum seeker, named Innocent Oseghale. [72] [73] Missing body parts had sparked allegations of the murder having been a muti killing, also involving cannibalism. [74]

The case sparked anger and anti-immigrant sentiment in Macerata. Traini's lawyer reported "alarming solidarity" for Traini expressed by the populace, while Mastropietro's mother publicly thanked Traini for "lighting a candle" for her daughter. [75] A second autopsy of the girl's remains, published after the attack against the African migrants, revealed that Mastropietro had been strangulated, stabbed, and then flayed while still alive. [76] The murder of Mastropietro and the attack by Traini, and their appraisal by Italian media and the public were "set to become a decisive factor" in the national elections. [77]

Traini was a member and former local candidate of the Lega, and many political commentators, intellectuals and politicians harshly criticized party leader Matteo Salvini, in connection with the attack, accusing him of having "spread hate and racism" in the country. Particularly, Roberto Saviano, the notable anti-mafia writer, labeled Salvini as the "moral instigator" of Traini's attack. [78] Salvini responded to critics by accusing the centre-left government of responsibility for Mastropietro’s death through allowing migrants to stay in the country and having "blood on their hands", asserting that the blame lies with those who "fill [Italy] with illegal immigrants". [79]

Prime Minister Gentiloni stated that he "trusts in the sense of responsibility of all political forces. Criminals are criminals and the state will be particularly harsh with anyone that wants to fuel a spiral of violence." Gentiloni added that "hate and violence will not divide Italy". [80] Also, Minister of the Interior Marco Minniti harshly condemned the attack against the Africans, saying that any political party must "ride the hate". [81] Renzi, whose party was also accused about its position on immigration, stated that "calm and responsibility" from all political forces would now be necessary. [82]

Eventually, in the constituency of Macerata, the centre-right coalition led by Traini's former party, the Lega, won a plurality of the votes in the ballot, electing candidate Tullio Patassini, and showed an increase from 0.4% of the vote in 2013 to 21% in 2018, five years later.

Main parties' slogans

PartyOriginal sloganEnglish translationRefs
Democratic Party Avanti, insieme"Forward, together" [83] [84]
Five Star Movement Partecipa, Scegli, Cambia"Participate, Choose, Change" [85] [86]
Forza Italia Onestà, Esperienza, Saggezza"Honesty, Experience, Wisdom" [87] [88]
League Prima gli Italiani"Italians First" [89] [90]
Free and Equal Per i molti, non per i pochi"For the many, not the few" [91] [92]
Brothers of Italy Il voto che unisce l'Italia"The vote that unites Italy" [93] [94]
More Europe Più Europa, serve all'Italia"More Europe, Italy needs it" [95] [96]
Together Insieme è meglio"Together is better" [97] [98]
Popular Civic List Il vaccino contro gli incompetenti"The vaccine against the incompetents" [99] [100]
Power to the People Potere al Popolo"Power to the People" [101] [102]
CasaPound Italy Vota più forte che puoi"Vote as strong as you can" [103] [104]

Electoral debates

Differently from many other Western countries, in Italy the electoral debates between parties' leaders are not so common before general elections; [105] in fact the last debate between the two main candidates to premiership dated back to the 2006 general election between Silvio Berlusconi and Romano Prodi. [106] In recent years, with few exceptions, almost every main political leader had denied his participation to an electoral debate with other candidates, preferring interviews with TV hosts and journalists. [107] [108] [109] [110]

However, many debates took places between other leading members of the main parties.

Italian general election debates, 2018
DateOrganiserModerator   P Present   NI Non-invitee  A Absent invitee 
Centre-left Centre-right M5S LeU
7 November La7
(Di Martedì)
Giovanni FlorisP
Renzi
NIA
Di Maio
NI
12 December Rai 3
(#cartabianca)
Bianca Berlinguer P
Martina
P
Brunetta
NINI
16 January Rai 3
(#cartabianca)
Bianca Berlinguer P
Orlando
P
De Girolamo
NINI
30 January Rai 3
(#cartabianca)
Bianca Berlinguer P
Emiliano
P
Fedriga
NINI
13 February La7
(Otto e mezzo)
Lilli Gruber NIP
Salvini
NIP
Boldrini
13 February Rai 3
(#cartabianca)
Bianca Berlinguer P
Lorenzin
NIP
Giarrusso
NI
27 February Rai 3
(#cartabianca)
Bianca Berlinguer NIP
De Girolamo
NIP
Speranza

New electoral system

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Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Chamber of Deputies

As a consequence of the 2016 constitutional referendum and of two different sentences of the Constitutional Court, the electoral laws for the two houses of the Italian Parliament lacked uniformity. In October 2017, the PD, AP, FI, the LN and minor parties agreed on a new electoral law, [111] which was approved by the Chamber of Deputies with 375 votes in favour and 215 against [112] and by the Senate with 214 votes against 61. [113] The reform was opposed by the M5S, the MDP, SI, FdI and minor parties.

The so-called Rosatellum bis, after Ettore Rosato (PD leader in the Chamber), is a mixed system, with 37% of seats allocated using a first-past-the-post voting and 63% using the proportional largest remainder method, with one round of voting. [114] [115]

The 630 deputies will be elected as follows: [116]

The 315 elective senators will be elected as follows: [116]

A small, variable number of senators for life will also be members of the Senate.

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Electoral package sent to an Italian voter in South America

For Italian residents, each house members will be elected in single ballots, including the constituency candidate and his/her supporting party lists. In each single-member constituency the deputy/senator is elected on a plurality basis, while the seats in multi-member constituencies will be allocated nationally. In order to be calculated in single-member constituency results, parties need to obtain at least 1% of the national vote. In order to receive seats in multi-member constituencies, parties need to obtain at least 3% of the national vote. Elects from multi-member constituencies will come from closed lists. [117]

The voting paper, which is a single one for the first-past-the-post and the proportional systems, shows the names of the candidates to single-member constituencies and, in close conjunction with them, the symbols of the linked lists for the proportional part, each one with a list of the relative candidates. [118]

The voter will be able to cast their vote in three different ways: [119]

Coalitions and parties

The following table includes the coalitions and parties running in the majority of multi-member constituencies.

CoalitionPartyMain ideologyLeader
Centre-right coalition
League (L) Right-wing populism Matteo Salvini
Forza Italia (FI) Liberal conservatism Silvio Berlusconi
Brothers of Italy (FdI) National conservatism Giorgia Meloni
Us with ItalyUdC (NcI–UdC) Christian democracy Raffaele Fitto
Centre-left coalition
Democratic Party (PD) Social democracy Matteo Renzi
More Europe (+E) Liberalism Emma Bonino
Together (I) Progressivism Giulio Santagata
Popular Civic List (CP) Christian democracy Beatrice Lorenzin
SVPPATT Regionalism Philipp Achammer
Five Star Movement (M5S) Populism Luigi Di Maio
Free and Equal (LeU) Social democracy Pietro Grasso
Power to the People (PaP) Communism Viola Carofalo
CasaPound Italy (CPI) Neo-fascism Simone Di Stefano
The People of Family (PdF) Social conservatism Mario Adinolfi

Opinion polling

6-point average trend line of poll results from 25 February 2013 to the present day, with each line corresponding to a political party.
PD
M5S
PdL/FI
SC
NCD/AP
LN
SEL/SI
FdI
UdC
MDP
CP
LeU
I
CP
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6-point average trend line of poll results from 25 February 2013 to the present day, with each line corresponding to a political party.
   PD
   M5S
   PdL/FI
   SC
   NCD/AP
   LN
   SEL/SI
   FdI
   UdC
   MDP
   CP
   LeU
   I
   CP
   NcI

Voter turnout

RegionTime
12:0019:0023:00
Abruzzo 19.38%61.29%75.25%
Aosta Valley 21.24%59.01%72.27%
Apulia 17.97%53.68%68.94%
Basilicata 16.27%53.12%71.11%
Calabria 15.11%49.55%63.78%
Campania 16.96%52.59%68.20%
Emilia-Romagna 22.72%65.99%78.26%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia 22.56%62.45%75.11%
Lazio 18.88%55.47%72.58%
Liguria 21.78%61.04%71.96%
Lombardy 20.92%62.29%76.81%
Marche 19.81%62.22%77.28%
Molise 17.88%56.46%71.76%
Piedmont 20.44%61.88%75.17%
Sardinia 18.34%52.49%65.39%
Sicily 14.27%47.06%62.72%
Tuscany 21.17%63.87%77.34%
Trentino-Alto Adige 20.85%60.57%74.34%
Umbria 20.55%64.86%78.22%
Veneto 22.24%64.61%78.72%
Total19.43%58.42%72.94%
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Results for the Chamber of Deputies

Overall results

Summary of the 4 March 2018 Chamber of Deputies election results
Italian Chamber of Deputies 2018.svg
CoalitionPartyProportionalFirst-past-the-postItalians abroadTotal
seats
±
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Centre-right coalition League (L)5,698,68717.357312,152,34537.0049240,07221.432125+109
Forza Italia (FI)4,596,95614.0059461104+1
Brothers of Italy (FdI)1,429,5504.351912032+25
Us with ItalyUdC (NcI–UdC)427,1521.300411,8451.0904New
Total seats1511113265+140
Five Star Movement (M5S)10,732,06632.6813310,732,06632.6893197,34617.571227+119
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD)6,161,89618.76867,506,72322.8521297,15326.455112−180
More Europe (+E)841,4682.560264,3505.7313New
Together (I)190,6010.5801N/AN/A01New
Popular Civic List (CP)178,1070.540232.0712.8502New
SVPPATT 134,6510.4122N/AN/A04−1
Total seats88286122−223
Free and Equal (LeU)1,114,7993.38141,114,7993.39064,5235.74014New
Associative Movement Italians Abroad (MAIE)N/AN/A0N/AN/A0107,2369.5511−1
South American Union Italian Emigrants (USEI)N/AN/A0N/AN/A068,2916.0811±0
Total630
Popular vote (party)
M5S
32.68%
PD
18.76%
L
17.35%
FI
14.00%
FdI
4.35%
LeU
3.39%
+E
2.56%
NcI
1.30%
PaP
1.13%
Others
4.48%
Popular vote (coalition)
CDX
37.00%
M5S
32.68%
CSX
22.86%
LeU
3.39%
PaP
1.13%
Others
2.96%
Seat distribution (coalition)
CDX
42.06%
M5S
36.03%
CSX
19.36%
LeU
2.22%

Proportional

PartyVotes%Seats
Five Star Movement 10,732,06632.68133
Democratic Party 6,161,89618.7686
League 5,698,68717.3573
Forza Italia 4,596,95614.0059
Brothers of Italy 1,429,5504.3519
Free and Equal 1,114,7993.3914
More Europe 841,4682.560
Us with ItalyUdC 427,1521.300
Power to the People 372,1791.130
CasaPound Italy 312,4320.950
The People of Family 219,6330.670
Together (PSIFdVAC)190,6010.580
Popular Civic List (IdVCpEUpTIPAP)178,1070.540
SVPPATT 134,6510.412
Italy for the Italians (FNFT)126,5430.390
Communist Party 106,8160.330
Human Value Party47,9530.150
10 Times Better 37,3540.110
For a Revolutionary Left (PCL–SCR)29,3640.090
Italian Republican PartyALA 20,9430.060
Great North 19,8460.060
Autodetermination19,3070.060
People's List for the Constitution 9,9210.020
Pact for Autonomy 7,0790.020
National Bloc for Freedoms (IRDC)3,6280.010
SìAmo1,4280.000
RenaissanceMIR 7720.000
Italy in the Heart5740.000
Total32,841,705100.00386
Invalid / blank / unassigned votes1,471,7274.33
Total turnout33,923,32172.94
Registered voters46,505,499
Source: Ministry of the Interior

First-past-the-post

Party or coalitionVotes%Seats
Centre-right coalition 12,152,34537.00111
Five Star Movement 10,727,56732.6893
Centre-left coalition 7,506,72322.8528
Free and Equal 1,114,7993.390
Power to the People 372,1791.130
CasaPound Italy 312,4320.950
The People of Family 219,6330.670
Italy for the Italians 126,5430.390
Communist Party 106,8160.330
Human Value Party47,9530.150
10 Times Better 37,3540.110
For a Revolutionary Left 29,3640.090
Italian Republican PartyALA 20,9430.060
Great North 19,8460.060
Autodetermination19,3070.060
Others23,4020.070
Total32,841,025100.00231
Invalid / blank / unassigned votes1,471,7274.33
Total turnout33,923,32172.94
Registered voters46,505,499
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Italians abroad

Twelve members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by Italians abroad. Two members are elected for North America and Central America (including most of the Caribbean), four members for South America (including Trinidad and Tobago), five members for Europe, and one member for the rest of the world (Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica). Voters in these regions select candidate lists and may also cast a preference vote for individual candidates. The seats are allocated by proportional representation.

The electoral law allows for parties to form different coalitions on the lists abroad, compared to the lists in Italy; in fact Forza Italia, Lega and Brothers of Italy formed a unified list for abroad constituencies. [120]

Party (or a unified coalition list)Votes%Seats
Democratic Party 297,15326.455
LeagueForza ItaliaBrothers of Italy 240,70221.433
Five Star Movement 197,34617.571
Associative Movement Italians Abroad 107,2369.551
South American Union Italian Emigrants 68,2916.081
Free and Equal 64,5235.740
More Europe 64,3505.731
Popular Civic List 32,0712.850
Latin America Tricolor Union25,5552.270
Us with ItalyUdC 12,3961.100
Freedom Movement10,5900.940
Italian Republican PartyALA 2,2700.200
Free Flights to Italy9460.080
Total1,123,429100.0012
Invalid / blank / unassigned votes156,75512.42
Total turnout1,262,42229.84
Registered voters4,230,854
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Results for the Senate of the Republic

Overall results

Summary of the 4 March 2018 Senate of the Republic election results
Italian Senate 2018.svg
CoalitionPartyProportionalFirst-past-the-postItalians abroadTotal
seats
±
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Centre-right coalition League (L)5,321,53717.613711,327,54937.5021226,88521.98058+39
Forza Italia (FI)4,358,00414.433323257–41
Brothers of Italy (FdI)1,286,6064.2679018+18
Us with ItalyUdC (NcI–UdC)361,4021.200410,4041.0404New
Total seats77582137+20
Five Star Movement (M5S)9,733,92832.22689,733,92832.2244174,94817.640112+58
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD)5,783,36019.14436,947,19923.008279,48927.08253–57
More Europe (+E)714,8212.370155,6255.3901New
Together (I)163,4540.5401N/AN/AN/A1New
Popular Civic List (CP)157,2820.520131,2933.1501New
SVPPATT 128,2820.4212N/AN/AN/A3–1
Aosta Valley (VdA)N/AN/AN/A1N/AN/AN/A1±0
Total seats4414260–63
Free and Equal (LeU)991,1593.284991,1593.28055,2795.5704New
Associative Movement Italians Abroad (MAIE)N/AN/A0N/AN/A0110,87910.7411±0
South American Union Italian Emigrants (USEI)N/AN/A0N/AN/A068,2336.6111±0
Total315
Popular vote (party)
M5S
32.22%
PD
19.14%
L
17.61%
FI
14.43%
FdI
4.26%
LeU
3.28%
+E
2.37%
NcI
1.20%
PaP
1.06%
Others
4.43%
Popular vote (coalition)
CDX
37.50%
M5S
32.22%
CSX
23.00%
LeU
3.28%
Others
4.00%
Seat distribution (coalition)
CDX
42.86%
M5S
35.56%
CSX
18.41%
LeU
1.27%

Proportional

PartyVotes%Seats
Five Star Movement 9,733,92832.2268
Democratic Party 5,783,36019.1443
League 5,321,53717.6137
Forza Italia 4,358,00414.4333
Brothers of Italy 1,286,6064.267
Free and Equal 991,1593.284
More Europe 714,8212.370
Us with ItalyUdC 361,4021.200
Power to the People 320,4931.060
CasaPound Italy 259,7180.860
The People of Family 211,7590.700
Together (PSIFdVAC)163,4540.540
Popular Civic List (IdVCpEUpTIPAP)157,2820.520
Italy for the Italians (FNFT)149,9070.500
SVPPATT 128,2820.421
Communist Party 101,6480.340
Human Value Party38,7490.120
For a Revolutionary Left (PCL–SCR)32,6230.110
Italian Republican PartyALA 27,3840.090
Autodetermination20,4680.070
Great North 17,5070.060
People's List for the Constitution 10,3560.030
United Right-Wings – Pitchforks6,2290.020
Christian Democracy 5,5320.020
Pact for Autonomy 5,0150.020
SìAmo1,4020.000
Modern and Solidary State1,3840.000
RenaissanceMIR 5520.000
Total30,210,561100.00193
Invalid / blank / unassigned votes1,398,2164.48
Total turnout31,231,81473.01
Registered voters42,780,033
Source: Ministry of the Interior

First-past-the-post

Party or coalitionVotes%Seats
Centre-right coalition 11,327,54937.5058
Five Star Movement 9,733,92832.2244
Centre-left coalition 6,947,19923.0014
Free and Equal 991,1593.280
Power to the People 320,4931.060
CasaPound Italy 259,7180.860
The People of Family 211,7590.700
Italy for the Italians (FNFT)149,9070.500
Communist Party 101,6480.340
Human Value Party38,7490.120
For a Revolutionary Left (PCL–SCR)32,6230.110
Italian Republican PartyALA 27,3840.090
Autodetermination20,4680.070
Great North 17,5070.060
Others30,4700.100
Total30,210,363100.00116
Invalid / blank / unassigned votes1,398,2164.48
Total turnout31,231,81473.01
Registered voters42,780,033
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Italians abroad

Party (or a unified coalition list)Votes%Seats
Democratic Party 279,48927.082
LeagueForza ItaliaBrothers of Italy 226,88521.982
Five Star Movement 182,71517.700
Associative Movement Italians Abroad 110,87910.741
South American Union Italian Emigrants 68,2336.611
Free and Equal 57,7615.600
More Europe 55,6255.390
Popular Civic List 32,6603.160
Us with ItalyUdC 10,8561.050
Freedom Movement6,9600.670
Total1,032,063100.006
Invalid / blank / unassigned votes146,43012.61
Total turnout1,160,98530.27
Registered voters4,230,854
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Leaders' races

Di Maio and Renzi run in a single-member constituency, respectively in Acerra, near Naples, for the Chamber of Deputies and in Florence for the Senate. Salvini ran in many multi-member constituencies through the country and, due to the mechanism of the electoral law, he was elected in Calabria. [121]

2018 general election (C): Acerra
CandidatePartyVotes%
Luigi Di Maio Five Star Movement 95,21963.4
Vittorio Sgarbi Centre-right coalition 30,59620.4
Antonio Falcone Centre-left coalition 18,01812.0
Others6,3154.1
Total150,148100.0
2018 general election (S): Florence
CandidatePartyVotes%
Matteo Renzi Centre-left coalition 109,83043.9
Alberto Bagnai Centre-right coalition 61,64224.6
Nicola Cecchi Five Star Movement 49,92519.9
Others28,79711.4
Total256,879100.0

Analysis of proportionality

Chamber of Deputies

The disproportionality of the Chamber of Deputies in the 2018 election was 5.50 using the Gallagher Index.

CoalitionVote

Share (%)

Seat

Share (%)

DifferenceDifference²
Centre-right coalition 37.0042.06+5.0625.60
Five Star Movement 32.6836.03+3.3511.22
Centre-left coalition 22.8519.36−3.4912.18
Free and Equal 3.392.22−1.171.37
Power to the People 1.130.00−1.131.28
Others2.970.00−2.978.82
TOTAL60.47
TOTAL /230.24
TOTAL /25.50

Senate of the Republic

The disproportionality of the Senate of the Republic in the 2018 election was 6.12 using the Gallagher Index.

CoalitionVote

Share (%)

Seat

Share (%)

DifferenceDifference²
Centre-right coalition 37.4942.86+5.3728.84
Five Star Movement 32.2235.56+3.3411.16
Centre-left coalition 22.9918.41−4.5820.98
Free and Equal 3.281.27−2.014.04
Power to the People 1.050.00−1.051.10
Others2.970.00−2.978.82
TOTAL74.93
TOTAL /237.47
TOTAL /26.12

Electorate demographics

Sociology of the electorate
Demographic Centre-right M5S Centre-left LeU OthersTurnout
Total vote37.0%32.7%22.9%3.4%4.0%72.9%
Sex
Men36.8%32.8%22.9%3.5%4.0%72.5%
Women37.1%32.9%22.9%2.7%3.7%68.3%
Age
18–34 years old34.4%35.3%21.5%5.0%3.8%70.1%
35–49 years old37.4%35.4%20.3%2.7%4.2%72.2%
50–64 years old38.3%34.0%20.1%3.2%4.4%72.4%
65 or older36.9%27.1%30.1%3.0%2.9%66.3%
Occupation
Student29.9%32.3%24.4%8.2%5.2%66.8%
Unemployed41.8%37.2%15.1%0.6%5.3%63.7%
Housewife41.1%36.1%17.4%1.8%3.6%65.9%
Blue-collar42.6%37.0%14.1%1.3%5.0%72.0%
White-collar29.4%36.1%25.4%5.6%3.5%75.6%
Self-employed46.9%31.8%15.1%2.3%3.9%73.3%
Manager31.8%31.2%29.5%3.3%4.2%77.9%
Retired36.6%26.4%30.5%3.7%2.8%68.8%
Work sector
Public sector29.7%41.6%24.0%1.7%3.9%71.8%
Private sector35.6%34.0%22.0%4.3%4.1%72.7%
Education
Elementary school36.1%30.0%28.5%2.3%3.1%64.9%
Middle school42.7%33.3%18.4%2.2%3.4%70.5%
High school34.9%36.1%20.3%4.7%4.0%74.1%
University28.8%29.3%31.4%5.5%5.0%72.0%
Religious service attendance
Weekly or more38.2%30.9%26.0%2.2%2.7%68.9%
Monthly44.6%31.4%18.5%2.6%2.9%72.0%
Occasionally38.6%34.9%20.0%3.2%3.3%71.2%
Never30.8%33.7%24.8%5.2%5.5%69.9%
Source: Ipsos Italia [122]

Government formation

Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini, and Silvio Berlusconi at the Quirinal Palace Meloni Salvini Berlusconi.jpg
Giorgia Meloni, Matteo Salvini, and Silvio Berlusconi at the Quirinal Palace

After the election's results were known, both Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini stated that they must receive from President Sergio Mattarella the task of forming a new cabinet because they led the largest party and the largest coalition, respectively. [123] On 5 March, Matteo Renzi announced that the PD will be in the opposition during this legislature and he will resign as party leader when a new cabinet is formed. [124] On 6 March, Salvini repeated his campaign message that his party would refuse any coalition with the M5S. [125] On 14 March, Salvini nonetheless offered to govern with the M5S, imposing the condition that League ally Forza Italia, led by ex premier Silvio Berlusconi, must also take part in any coalition. Di Maio rejected this proposal on the grounds that Salvini was "choosing restoration instead of revolution" because "Berlusconi represents the past". [126] [127]

On 12 March, Renzi resigned as party leader and was replaced by deputy secretary Maurizio Martina.

On 24 March, the centre-right coalition and the Five Star Movement agreed on the election of presidents of the Houses of Parliament, Roberto Fico of the M5S for the Chamber and Maria Elisabetta Alberti Casellati of FI for the Senate. [128] [129] [130]

On 7 April, Di Maio made an appeal to the PD to "bury the hatchet" and consider a governing coalition with his party. [127]

On 18 April, President Mattarella gave newly-elected Senate president Alberti Casellati a so-called "exploratory mandate" to form a government of M5S and the centre-right alliance, with a two-day deadline. [131]

On 23 April, President Mattarella gave newly elected Chamber of Deputies president Fico an "exploratory mandate" to form a government between M5S and the Democratic Party, with a three-day deadline. The decision came after the previous attempt by Alberti Casellati failed to show any progress. [132]

On 30 April, following an interview of the former PD’s leader Matteo Renzi who expressed his strong opposition to an alliance with the M5S, Di Maio called for new elections. [133] [134] [135]

On 7 May, President Mattarella held a third round of government formation talks, after which he formally confirmed the lack of any possible majority (M5S rejecting an alliance with the whole centre-right coalition, PD rejecting an alliance with both M5S and the centre-right coalition, and the League's Matteo Salvini refusing to start a government with M5S but without Berlusconi's Forza Italia party, whose presence in the government was explicitly vetoed by M5S's leader Luigi Di Maio); on the same circumstance, he announced his intention to soon appoint a "neutral government" (irrespective of M5S and League's refusal to support such an option) to take over from the Gentiloni Cabinet which was considered unable to lead Italy into a second consecutive election as it was representing a majority from a past legislature, and offering an early election in July as a realistic option to take into consideration due to the deadlock situation. [136]

Carlo Cottarelli at the Quirinal Palace Carlo Cottarelli Quirinale.jpg
Carlo Cottarelli at the Quirinal Palace

On 9 May, after a day of rumours, both M5S and the League officially requested President Mattarella to give them 24 more hours to strike a government agreement between the two parties. [137] Later the same day, in the evening, Silvio Berlusconi publicly announced Forza Italia would not support a M5S-League government on a vote of confidence, but he would still maintain the centre-right alliance nonetheless, thus opening the doors to a possible majority government between the two parties. [138]

On 13 May, the Five Star Movement and League reached an agreement on a government program, likely clearing the way for the formation of a governing coalition between the two parties, but they are still negotiating the members of a government cabinet, including the prime minister. 5 Star and League leaders were slated to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella on 14 May to guide the formation of a new government. [139]

On 17 May, Five Star Movement and League agreed to the details regarding the government program, officially clearing the way for the formation of a governing coalition between the two parties. [140] The final draft of their program was then published on 18 May. [141]

On 18 May, 44,796 members of the Five Star Movement cast their vote online on the matter concerning the government agreement, with 42,274, more than 94%, voting in favour. [142] [143] A second vote sponsored by the Northern League then took place on 19 May and 20 May and was open to the general public. [144] On 20 May, it was announced that approximately 215,000 Italian citizens had participated in the Northern League election, with around 91 percent supporting the government agreement. [145]

On 21 May, the Five Star Movement and the League proposed law professor Giuseppe Conte as Prime Minister. [146] [147] On 23 May, Conte was invited to the Quirinal Palace to receive the task of forming a new cabinet and was granted a mandate by Italian President Mattarella. [148] [149]

However, on 27 May 2018, the designated Prime Minister Conte renounced to his office, due to contrasts between the League's leader Salvini and President Mattarella. In fact, Salvini proposed the university professor Paolo Savona as Minister of Economy and Finances, but Mattarella strongly opposed him, considering Savona too Eurosceptic and anti-German. [150] In his speech after Conte's resignation, Mattarella declared that the two parties wanted to bring Italy out of the Eurozone, and as the guarantor of Italian Constitution and country's interest and stability he could not allow this. [151] [152] On the following day, Mattarella gave Carlo Cottarelli, an economist and former IMF director, the task of forming a new government. [153]

Giuseppe Conte at the Quirinal Palace Giuseppe Conte nel corso delle dichiarazioni in occasione del conferimento dell'incarico - 23 maggio 2018.jpg
Giuseppe Conte at the Quirinal Palace

In the statement released after the designation, Cottarelli specified that in case of confidence by the Parliament, he would contribute to the approval of the budget law for 2019, then the Parliament would be dissolved and a new general election would be called for the beginning of 2019. In the absence of confidence, the government would deal only with the so-called current affairs and lead the country toward new elections after August 2018. Cottarelli also guaranteed the neutrality of the government and the commitment not to run for the next election. [154] He ensured a prudent management of Italian national debt and the defense of national interests through a constructive dialogue with the European Union. [155]

On 28 May 2018, the Democratic Party announced that they will vote the confidence to Cottarelli, while the Five Star Movement and the centre-right parties Forza Italia, Brothers of Italy and the League announced their vote against. [156] [157] Cottarelli was expected to submit his list of ministers for approval to President Mattarella on 29 May. However, on 29 May and 30 May he held only informal consultations with the President. According to the Italian media, he is facing difficulties due to the unwillingness of several potential candidates to serve as ministers in his cabinet and may even renounce. [158] [159] Meanwhile, Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio announced their willingness to restart the negotiations to form a political government, and the leader of Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni gave her support to the initiative. [158] [159] [160] The government was formed the following day.

See also

Notes

  1. Renzi was the leader of the Democratic Party since 15 December 2013. However, Renzi resigned after the failed 2016 constitutional referendum only to re-win the Democratic Party leadership on 30 April 2017.
  2. Salvini ran as the capolista (list leader) for the League in 5 proportional constituencies, namely Calabria 1, Lazio 1, Lombardy 4, Liguria 1 and Sicily 2. [3]

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