Piedmont 2 (Chamber of Deputies constituency)

Piedmont 2 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 23 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and Vercelli, within the Piedmont region. 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]

Piedmont 2
Chamber of Deputies
Electoral constituency
RegionPiedmont
Electorate1,632,591 (2018)[1]
Major settlementsAlessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Verbania, Vercelli
Current constituency
Created1993
Seats23
Member(s)
  •   Lega (9)
  •   M5S (4)
  •   PD (3)
  •   FI (3)
  •   FdI (2)
  •   LeU (1)
  •   NcI (1)

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.

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