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On 16 March 1946, Prince Umberto decreed, as expected in 1944, that the question of the institutional form of the state would be decided by a referendum organized simultaneously with the election of a constituent assembly. The date was set for 2 June 1946. [d] The Supreme Court of Cassation was responsible for examining the appeals. Its role ...
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: August ...
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 ...
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 ...
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The monarchy was superseded by the Italian Republic, after a constitutional referendum was held on 2 June 1946 after World War II. [2] The Italian monarchy formally ended on 12 June of that year, and Umberto II left the country.
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia [ˈreɲɲo diˈtaːlja]) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.
In June 1946, the Kingdom of Italy was abolished through the 1946 Italian institutional referendum. To mark this event, a general amnesty was proposed and Togliatti was responsible for drafting the law. [3] Togliatti was Minister of Justice from 25 July 1945 to 1 July 1946 within the government of the then Prime Minister of Italy, Alcide De ...