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An institutional referendum (Italian: referendum istituzionale, or referendum sulla forma istituzionale dello Stato) [1] [2] [3] was held by universal suffrage in the Kingdom of Italy on 2 June 1946, [4] a key event of contemporary Italian history. Until 1946, Italy was a kingdom ruled by the House of Savoy, reigning since the unification of ...
Before the adoption of the Constitution of 1948, a unique referendum (called referendum on the institutional form of the State or institutional referendum in Italian) [14] [15] [16] was held on 2 June 1946, [17] Italians were asked to vote on the future form of government of Italy: retain the monarchy or become a republic. The republic vote won ...
Together with the election, a constitutional referendum took place. Italian electors chose whether to continue the reign of Umberto II of Italy or turn Italy into a republic. While all regions of northern Italy as far as Tuscany and Marches gave a majority to the republic, all regions of southern Italy to Lazio and Abruzzo voted to maintain the ...
The Italian Constituent Assembly (Italian: Assemblea Costituente della Repubblica Italiana) was a parliamentary chamber which existed in Italy from 25 June 1946 until 31 January 1948. It was tasked with writing a constitution for the Italian Republic , which had replaced the Kingdom of Italy after the 1946 Italian institutional referendum .
Italy: 1946 Italian institutional referendum: 2 June 1946 monarchy abolished 52.3 47.7 89.1 [18] Luxembourg: 1919 Luxembourg referendum: 28 September 1919 monarchy retained 19.7 80.3 72.1 [19] Maldives: 1952 Maldivian constitutional referendum: 17 and 18 April 1952 monarchy abolished 96 4 [20] Maldives: 1953 Maldivian constitutional referendum ...
Elly Schlein, the leader of Italy's main opposition party, said on Thursday that the required 500,000 signatures in 10 days had been collected to push for a referendum on government plans to grant ...
Electoral ballot of the 1946 Italian institutional referendum. Victor Emmanuel formally abdicated on 9 May 1946; [30] his son became king as Umberto II of Italy. The 1946 Italian institutional referendum was held on 2 June. [31] The republican side won 54% of the vote and Italy officially became a republic. The Kingdom of Italy was no more.
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 2 June 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.