This is a list of Italian constituencies from 1946 to present. For the election of the
Italian Chamber of Deputies
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, since 1993 Italy is divided in 27 districts called ''circoscrizioni''. However, the distribution of seats being calculated at national level, districts serve only to choose the single candidates inside the party lists. During the election of the
Italian Senate
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, according to the Constitution, each
Region
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is a single district, without connections at national level.
Archivio Storico delle Elezioni
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During the Regional elections, the districts correspond to the Provinces
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, even if some seats are allocated at regional level. For the Provincial elections, a special system is used, based on ''localized lists'': even if the competition is disputed on provincial level, candidates are presented in single-member districts, and their final position inside each party list depends by the percentage of votes they received in their own districts. Finally, for the Communal elections no districts are used.
Electoral districts for the Chamber of Deputies from 1946 to 1994
Aosta
Turin–Novara–Vercelli
Cuneo–Alessandria–Asti
Genoa–Imperia–La Spezia–Savona
Milan–Pavia
Como–Sondrio–Varese
Brescia–Bergamo
Mantova–Cremona
Trento–Bolzano
Verona–Padova–Vicenza–Rovigo
Venezia–Treviso
Udine–Belluno–Gorizia–Pordenone
Trieste
Bologna–Ferrara–Ravenna–Forlì
Parma–Modena–Piacenza–Reggio Emilia
Florence–Pistoia
Pisa–Livorno–Lucca–Massa Carrara
Siena–Arezzo–Grosseto
Ancona–Pesaro–Macerata–Ascoli Piceno
Perugia–Terni–Rieti
Rome–Viterbo–Latina–Frosinone
L'Aquila–Pescara–Chieti–Teramo
Campobasso–Isernia
Naples–Caserta
Benevento–Avellino–Salerno
Bari–Foggia
Lecce–Brindisi–Taranto
Potenza–Matera
Catanzaro–Cosenza–Reggio Calabria
Catania–Messina–Siracusa–Ragusa–Enna
Palermo–Trapani–Agrigento–Caltanissetta
Cagliari–Sassari–Nuoro–Oristano
References
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Elections in Italy
Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
Italy
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