Umbria (Chamber of Deputies constituency) explained

Umbria
Type:Chamber of Deputies
Electoral
Region Label:Region
Region:Umbria
Electorate:672,313 (2018)[1]
Towns:Perugia, Terni
Year:1966
Seats:9

Umbria is one of the 29 constituencies (Italian: circoscrizioni) represented in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian parliament.[2] The constituency currently elects 9 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Italian region of Umbria. The electoral system uses a parallel voting system, which act as a mixed system, with 37% of seats allocated using a first-past-the-post electoral system and 61% using a proportional method, with one round of voting.[3]

The constituency was first established by the Mattarella law on 4 August 1993 and later confirmed by the Calderoli law on 21 December 2005 and by the Rosato law on 3 November 2017.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Circoscrizione Umbria. 4 March 2018. Ministero dell'Interno.
  2. Web site: Conoscere la Camera – Scheda illustrativa. 4 March 2018. Camera dei Deputati.
  3. Web site: Come funziona la legge elettorale e cosa prevede. 2017. Corriere della Sera.