Click here for other articles on Italian elections. The 4th of march Italian citizens were called to cast a ballot for Parliamentary election. The new electoral system allocates the 36 percent of the seats, in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate, with the “first past the post” method, and the remaining 63 percent proportionally. Parties have to exceed a threshold of 3% to reach the Parliament. This law – voted for by a mixed majority of the left-wing Democratic Party, Berlusconi’s party Forza Italia and the League party (right) – it’s been an element that caused the current …
