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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.
General elections were held in Italy on Sunday 2 and also on Monday 3 June (but until noon) 1946. [1] They were the first after World War II and elected 556 deputies to the Constituent Assembly . Theoretically, a total of 573 deputies were to be elected, but the election did not take place in the Julian March and in South Tyrol , which were ...
Voters received both a ballot for the choice between Republic or Monarchy, and one for the election of the deputies of the new Constituent Assembly; the latter would have the task to write a new constitutional chart, as established by a decree of 16 March 1946. The referendum was won by a move to a Republic with some 12.7 million votes, against ...
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 ...
March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum: 30 and 31 March 1979 monarchy abolished 99.3 0.7 98 [17] 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
A constitutional referendum can be called in order to approve a constitutional law or amendment only when it has been approved by the Houses (Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Republic) with a majority of less than two thirds in both or either House, and only at the request of one fifth of the members of either House, or 500,000 electors or ...
Bulgarian republic referendum, 8 September 1946; Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election, 27 October 1946; Czechoslovakia: 1946 Czechoslovakian parliamentary election; 1946 Slovak parliamentary election; 1946 Dutch general election; Germany: 30. June Wahl zur Verfassunggebenden Landesversammlung Württemberg-Baden; 30.
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.