A proportional system corrected by a fixed majority bonus of 105 parliamentarians (70 deputies and 35 senators) for whoever obtained the highest number of votes provided they exceeded the 42% threshold. The mechanism for choosing elected representatives is a mix of preferences and blocked list leaders. This is the framework of the reform of the electoral law which awaits the green light from Montecitorio. Here are the measures: PROPORTIONAL WITH AWARD - The text provides for a proportional mechanism with a fixed governability award of 70 deputies and 35 senators to those who have obtained the best result if they have exceeded 42% in both Chambers. Below that, or in the case in which the House and Senate give different electoral results, the seats are distributed using pure proportional representation.
Preferences - The reform provides for the reintroduction of preferences with a mixed mechanism: on the card there will be a list of 7 names - under the blocked list leader (graphically separated from the others) - another six names next to which you can put your own cross to express up to three choices with gender alternation. In the overall candidatures presented by each list or coalition of lists in single-member constituencies, neither gender can be represented in excess of 60 percent. There is no provision, as happens in the Rosatellum, for a 60 to 40 gender quota for the list leaders.
Indication of the prime minister - The lists and coalitions must indicate the name of the person they will propose as a candidate for prime minister to the President of the Republic and the program when depositing the certificate. The text specifies the protection of Article 67 of the Constitution which provides for the absence of mandate constraints and that of Article 92 on the prerogative of the Head of State to appoint the Prime Minister.
Ceiling on majority seats - The law identifies a ceiling for the number of parliamentarians that can be obtained by adding those obtained to those of the bonus: this is a maximum of 220 deputies and 113 senators.
Cut-off thresholds - The cut-off thresholds established by the Rosatellum remain for the entry of lists into Parliament: 10 percent for coalitions and 3 percent for lists with repechage for the best coalition.
No threshold for contribution to the premium - No threshold is foreseen to contribute to the calculation for the purposes of the national electoral figure and therefore the majority premium.
Signatures and exemptions - The minimum number of signatures per constituency that those who are not in Parliament must collect to run in the elections rises from 1,500 to 6,000. As provided for in the current law, those who have two groups in Parliament remain exempt, as well as, based on a change introduced in the Chamber, those who have at least one group formed by 31 December 2025, such as Italia viva and Azione. For those, such as +Europa or FnV, which have a component in at least one of the two branches of Parliament, the number of signatures to be collected remains as the current one between 1,500 and 2 thousand per constituency. For Abroad (where between 500 and one thousand subscriptions from residents in the area are requested) those who have at least one elected member in one of the two branches are exempt.
Foreign constituency - The geographical distributions of the foreign constituency for the Chamber are reduced from 4 to 2 (Europe and non-EU) and from 4 to a single area for the Senate.
Emptiness of non-residents, also for caregivers - The reform makes it possible to vote non-resident in the place where one has been temporarily domiciled for at least 9 months (three in the case of people who are outside the Municipality for treatment) by registering within 30 days of meeting the requirements and at least 45 days from the elections in the appropriate register. During the discussion in the Senate, this possibility was extended to caregivers for family members or children hospitalized in a region other than the one in which they are registered on the electoral lists.
