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Italy 1948
On 18 April 1948, Italy voted for the first time under a republican Constitution. A head-on clash between Christian Democracy and the Popular Democratic Front, with Europe and the world watching.
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Stories of the Italian vote
Explore Italian electoral history through narrative journeys. Data, context and visualisations to understand how Italy voted.
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Italy 1948
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Tangentopoli 1992
On 17 February 1992 a PSI official is arrested in Milan. Mani Pulite begins — and with it the end of the First Republic. An earthquake that in two years swept away the parties that had governed Italy for forty years.
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Italian bipolarism 1994–2008
From the collapse of the First Republic's parties a new system was born: the 1993 majoritarian law pushed towards two opposing coalitions and, for the first time in republican history, alternation in government became possible.
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The rise of the Five Star Movement 2013–2018
In five years a movement born from the web and the squares went from protest force to Italy's largest party, breaking bipolarism and redrawing the country's political map.
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Cities and inner areas: the geography of the vote
The Italian vote is not uniform: the big cities, the productive North and the South tell different stories. The 2022 general election shows a country divided not only by ideology, but by geography.
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