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General Elections In Italy
Italian general elections determine the composition of the Italian Parliament. Procedure Elections to the Italian Parliament take place every five years or in the event of its early dissolution. Currently, both chambers of the Italian Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate of the Republic, are elected at the same time by universal suffrage, universal and direct election, direct suffrage. 147 deputies (members of the Chamber of Deputies) and 74 senators (members of the Senate of the Republic) are elected in single-member constituency, single-member constituencies and the rest from party lists. (In addition, there are also several so-called "senators for life". These include former Italian presidents and people appointed by presidential decree in recognition of special service to the country.) Voter and candidate eligibility Any Italian citizen over the age of 18 on the election day is eligible to elect th ...
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Italian Parliament
The Italian Parliament () is the national parliament of the Italy, Italian Republic. It is the representative body of Italian citizens and is the successor to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861), the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1943), the transitional National Council (Italy), National Council (1945–1946) and the Constituent Assembly of Italy, Constituent Assembly (1946–1948). It is a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature with 600 elected members and a small number of unelected members (''senatori a vita''). The Italian Parliament is composed of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies (with 400 members or ''deputati'' elected on a national basis), as well as the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate of the Republic (with 200 members or ''senatori'' elected on a regional basis, plus a small number of Senators for life in Italy, senators for life or ''senatori a vita'', either appointed by the President of the Republic or former P ...
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