Italy

Population Statistics

61,855,120

Total Population

9,278,268

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

15 May 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Italian Republic (1947, last amended 2007)

Updated: June 2015

Article 48 states:

Any citizen, male or female, who has attained majority, is entitled to vote. The vote is personal and equal, free and secret. The exercise thereof is a civic duty…The right to vote cannot be restricted except for civil incapacity...

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Italian Republic (1947, last amended 2007)

Modifications to the standards for the Election of the Chamber of Deputies and of the ...

Updated: June 2015

Article 1, part 2 states:

It is a civil obligation and a right of all the citizens to vote and the free exercise of that right should be guaranteed and promoted by the Republic.

 

Excerpt from the Modifications to the standards for the election of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate of the Republic (2005)