Italian electoral law of 2005

Italian Electoral Law of 2005
Italian Parliament
  • Changes to the rules for the election of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic
CitationLaw No. 270 of 2005
Enacted byChamber of Deputies
Enacted bySenate of the Republic
Signed byPresident Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Signed21 December 2005
Legislative history
First chamber: Chamber of Deputies
Introduced byRoberto Calderoli (LN)
Passed13 October 2005
Voting summary
  • 323 voted for
  • 6 voted against
  • 6 abstained
Second chamber: Senate of the Republic
Passed14 December 2005
Voting summary
  • 160 voted for
  • 119 voted against
  • 6 abstained
Amends
Presidential Decree n. 361 of 1957
Legislative Decree n. 533 of 1993
Law n. 53 of 1990
Law n. 459 of 2001
Law n. 52 of 2015
Status: Repealed

The law no. 270 of 21 December 2005 was a proportional electoral law with a majority prize and blocked lists that regulated the election of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in Italy in 2006, 2008 and 2013.

It was nicknamed Porcellum by Giovanni Sartori after its author, Roberto Calderoli, defined it a "porcata" (rascality) in a TV show.[1]

  1. ^ Legge Calderoli, il «Porcellum»