The parliamentary election, during which Italian citizens choose the new members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, is held in Italy every five years. The most recent general election took place on March 4, 2018 and coincided with the regional election in Lombardy and Lazio. The highest share of citizens gave their vote for the new members of the Italian Senate (Camera del Senato), which registered a voter turnout of 72.99 percent, whereas the representatives of the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) were chosen by 72.93 percent of the voting eligible population. The most numerous group of Italians who abstained from voting in these elections were the youngest citizens.
Fewer and fewer Italians to check the box
The voter turnout in the Italian general election has been constantly declining over the years. If compared with the voter participation registered at the beginning of the 90s, the share of citizens choosing their government in the recent election was roughly 14 percent lower for both parliament houses.
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Ministero dell'Interno. (March 5, 2018). Voters turnout of national elections in Italy on March 4, 2018, by section [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/813049/voters-turnout-of-national-elections-in-italy-by-section/
Ministero dell'Interno. "Voters turnout of national elections in Italy on March 4, 2018, by section." Chart. March 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/813049/voters-turnout-of-national-elections-in-italy-by-section/
Ministero dell'Interno. (2018). Voters turnout of national elections in Italy on March 4, 2018, by section. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/813049/voters-turnout-of-national-elections-in-italy-by-section/
Ministero dell'Interno. "Voters Turnout of National Elections in Italy on March 4, 2018, by Section." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/813049/voters-turnout-of-national-elections-in-italy-by-section/
Ministero dell'Interno, Voters turnout of national elections in Italy on March 4, 2018, by section Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/813049/voters-turnout-of-national-elections-in-italy-by-section/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Voters turnout of national elections in Italy on March 4, 2018, by section [Graph], Ministero dell'Interno, March 5, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/813049/voters-turnout-of-national-elections-in-italy-by-section/