2020 Italian constitutional referendum

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2020 Italian constitutional referendum

20–21 September 2020
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?
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 17,913,089 69.96% No 7,692,007 30.04% Valid votes 25,605,096 98.29% Invalid or blank votes 445,130 1.71% Total votes 26,050,226 100.00% Eligible to vote/turnout 50,955,985 51.12%
Results by region

A constitutional referendum about the reduction of the size of the Italian Parliament was held in Italy on 20 and 21 September 2020.^[1] Initially scheduled to be held on 29 March, the referendum was postponed following the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy and subsequent lockdown.^[2][3][4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] Two previous constitutional reforms had been rejected by referendums in 2006 and 2016.^[7]