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2011 Italian referendums

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Field	Value
name	2011 Italian abrogative referendum
country	Italy
flag_year	2011
flag_image	Flag of Italy.svg
date
image	2011 Italian referendums.jpg
voting_system	Popular referendum
time_zone	Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
outcome	Quorum met and all four referendums approved
yes_text	Yes
yes	27,499,672
no_text	No
no	1,503,113
blanktype	Blank
blank	294,264
othertype	Invalid
other	202,027
total	29,499,076
totalref
electorate	50,692,125
voter_registration	50,692,125
turnoutpct	56.9
part1_subject	Repeal of law allowing privatization of water services
part1_choice1	Yes
part1_percentage1	94.6
part1_choice2	No
part1_percentage2	5.4
part2_subject	Repeal of law allowing nuclear power development
part2_choice1	Yes
part2_percentage1	94.3
part2_choice2	No
part2_percentage2	5.7
part3_subject	Repeal of law modifying regulation of public utilities
part3_choice1	Yes
part3_percentage1	95.0
part3_choice2	No
part3_percentage2	5.0
part4_subject	Repeal of law modifying election rules
part4_choice1	Yes
part4_percentage1	95.4
part4_choice2	No
part4_percentage2	4.6
notes

A nationwide abrogative referendum was held in Italy on 12 and 13 June 2011, on four questions concerning the repeal of recent laws regarding the privatisation of water services (two questions), a return to the nuclear energy which had been phased out after the 1987 referendum, and criminal procedure, specifically a provision exempting the Prime Minister and the Ministers from appearing in court. The first aim of those campaigning for a yes vote was to ensure that the quorum (50% + 1) of the electorate was reached.

Collecting the needed 500,000 signatures started in April 2010. In two months the signatures deposited were 1.4 million. The Italian Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) validated two questions about water issues in January 2011 and ruled the referendum to be held on 12–13 June 2011.

The Italians with the right to vote numbered 47,118,352 (22,604,349 men and 24,514,003 women), in addition to 3,300,496 Italians resident abroad. In order for the quorum to be reached, at least 25.209.425 votes for each question had to be cast.

Turnout, while below general election records, was higher than it had been for any referendum since 1995; on 12 June 2011, turnout had reached 11.64% at midday, and 30.32% at 19.00, indicating that the necessary quorum would likely be reached. When polls closed on 13 June 2011, turnout was 56.9%, with clear majorities of 94.6% to 96.1% in favour on all questions, meaning that about 53,8% to 54,7% of electorate approved them. Silvio Berlusconi, the then-Prime Minister, implicitly invited to boycott the vote in the hope that the required quorum would not be met.

Position of main political parties

Parties with parliamentary representation

Party		1st question		2nd question		3rd question		4th question		Source

Future and Freedom}}"
Italy of Values}}"
Lega Nord}}"
Movement for Autonomies}}"
Democratic Party (Italy)}}"
The People of Freedom}}"


Union of the Centre (2002)}}"

Parties without parliamentary representation

Party	1st question	2nd question	3rd question
Communist Refoundation Party}}		Federation of the Left
Tricolour Flame}}		Tricolour Flame		Abstain
New Force}}		New Force
The Right}}		The Right		Abstain
Five Star Movement}}		Five Star Movement
Workers' Communist Party (Italy)}}		Workers' Communist Party
Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}		Italian Socialist Party
Pensioners' Party (Italy)}}		Pensioners' Party
#e63832	border=darkgray}}		Critical Left
Left Ecology Freedom}}		Left Ecology Freedom
Federation of the Greens}}		Federation of the Greens

Free = Freedom of choice

High offices of the Republic

The President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano declared he would take part to the referendums, without revealing his intentions regarding the votes.

The President of the Senate of the Republic Renato Schifani underlined the importance of the vote as a form of democratic participation and said he would vote.

The President of the Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini declared he would vote.

The President of the Council of ministers Silvio Berlusconi declared he would not vote. His statement, "the Constitution gives the right to citizens to say yes or no to the referendum, but also to say 'I do not mind this question, I do not vote'", was considered an implicit invitation for his electorate to abstain, so that the referendums would fail quorum.

Privatization of water services

Ballot Colour: Red.
Description: Repeal of the law that allowed the private sector to be entrusted the management of local public services.

Profit on water services

Ballot Colour: Yellow
Description: Repeal of the regulations governing the determination of tariffs for water supply services, in the part where they provided that the amount must assure a return on the invested capital.

Nuclear power

Ballot Colour: grey.
Description: Repeal of the new laws that allowed the operation of nuclear powerplants on Italian territory.

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	25,643,652	94.05
No	1,622,090	5.95
Invalid/blank votes	359,180	–
Total	27,624,922	100
Registered voters/turnout	50,594,868	54.79
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

Legal impediment

Ballot Colour: green.
Description: Repeal of the provisions introducing legittimo impedimento, which allowed the President of the Council of Ministers and the Ministers to be excused from appearing in court if prevented from doing so by government commitments.

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	25,736,273	94.62
No	1,462,888	5.38
Invalid/blank votes	422,785	–
Total	27,622,369	100
Registered voters/turnout	50,594,868	54.78
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

Results by region

Region	Voting %	Question 1
Valle d'Aosta	60.85%	Yes 96.6%
No 3.4%	Yes 97.0%
No 3.0%	Yes 95.2%
No 4.8%	Yes 95.8%
No 4.2%
Piedmont	59.00%	Yes 94.7%
No 5.3%	Yes 95.2%
No 4.8%	Yes 93.1%
No 6.9%	Yes 94.3%
No 5.7%
Liguria	59.45%	Yes 95.7%
No 4.3%	Yes 96.2%
No 3.8%	Yes 94.0%
No 6.0%	Yes 95.0%
No 5.0%
Lombardy	54.40%	Yes 93.4%
No 6.6%	Yes 94.1%
No 5.9%	Yes 91.6%
No 8.4%	Yes 93.2%
No 6.8%
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	64.60%	Yes 96.8%
No 3.2%	Yes 97.1%
No 2.9%	Yes 96.1%
No 3.9%	Yes 96.3%
No 3.7%
Veneto	58.90%	Yes 94.7%
No 5.3%	Yes 95.3%
No 4.7%	Yes 93.5%
No 6.5%	Yes 93.7%
No 6.3%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	58.20%	Yes 95.0%
No 5.0%	Yes 95.6%
No 4.4%	Yes 93.4%
No 6.6%	Yes 93.9%
No 6.1%
Emilia-Romagna	64.15%	Yes 95.0%
No 5.0%	Yes 95.4%
No 4.6%	Yes 94.3%
No 5.7%	Yes 95.0%
No 5.0%
Tuscany	63.60%	Yes 95.7%
No 4.3%	Yes 96.0%
No 4.0%	Yes 95.1%
No 4.9%	Yes 95.5%
No 4.5%
Marche	61.60%	Yes 95.9%
No 4.1%	Yes 96.3%
No 3.7%	Yes 95.2%
No 4.8%	Yes 95.3%
No 4.7%
Umbria	59.20%	Yes 95.5%
No 4.5%	Yes 96.1%
No 3.9%	Yes 94.7%
No 5.3%	Yes 95.1%
No 4.9%
Lazio	58.90%	Yes 96.3%
No 3.7%	Yes 96.9%
No 3.1%	Yes 95.1%
No 4.9%	Yes 95.5%
No 4.5%
Abruzzo	57.50%	Yes 96.4%
No 3.5%	Yes 97.0%
No 3.0%	Yes 95.7%
No 4.3%	Yes 95.6%
No 4.4%
Molise	58.70%	Yes 97.4%
No 2.6%	Yes 97.8%
No 2.2%	Yes 96.8%
No 3.2%	Yes 96.5%
No 3.5%
Campania	52.30%	Yes 97.8%
No 2.2%	Yes 98.1%
No 1.9%	Yes 96.7%
No 3.3%	Yes 96.8%
No 3.2%
Basilicata	54.35%	Yes 97.3%
No 2.7%	Yes 97.7%
No 2.3%	Yes 96.8%
No 3.2%	Yes 96.7%
No 3.3%
Apulia	52.50%	Yes 97.3%
No 2.7%	Yes 97.6%
No 2.4%	Yes 96.7%
No 3.3%	Yes 96.4%
No 3.6%
Calabria	50.35%	Yes 98.0%
No 2.0%	Yes 98.3%
No 1.7%	Yes 97.3%
No 2.7%	Yes 96.9%
No 3.1%
Sicily	52.70%	Yes 97.6%
No 2.4%	Yes 97.9%
No 2.1%	Yes 96.5%
No 3.5%	Yes 96.2%
No 3.8%
Sardinia	58.60%	Yes 98.2%
No 1.8%	Yes 98.5%
No 1.5%	Yes 98.4%
No 1.6%	Yes 96.5%
No 3.5%

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