[1] The law was also nicknamed Minotaur (from the mythical creature of Greek Mythology), for being a combination of two different parts (majority and proportional system).
[3] After World War II, proportional representation (PR) was restored for the election of the Chamber of Deputies as it was before the Fascist era.
Constituencies for the Senate effectively were a ”pro forma” in this mechanism of localized lists, so they were not changed when in 1963 a constitutional reform expanded the Parliament with a 33% more seats.
To ensure government stability, the law of the Chamber of Deputies had to be changed in a similar way, and a parallel voting of 3/4 of FPTP and 1/4 of PR was introduced by the Matterellum.
[7] The new electoral law was approved in August 1993 by DC, PSI, PSDI and regionalist parties LN, SVP (only for the reform of the election of the Senate) and UV.