Elections: 51 million eligible voters at the polls, 51% are women
61,566 sections with 180 thousand tellers set up in 22,586 buildings, many schools closed until Tuesday
Almost 51 million Italians will have the right to go to the polls tomorrow , 4.7 million of whom voted abroad. 51% are women, while 2.6 million adults will vote for the first time in the Senate. These are some of the data on the elections contained in the dossier published by the Interior Ministry. Here are all the 'numbers' of Sunday's election date.
THE NUMBERS - The voters called to vote are 50,869,304, of which 4,741,790 abroad. Of the 46,127,514 voters in Italy, 51.74% are women and the remaining 48.26% are men. The electoral body includes 2,682,094 adults who for the first time, after the recent amendment of Article 58 of the Constitution, will be able to vote not only for the Chamber of Deputies, but also to elect the Senate of the Republic. Of the young voters there are 1,302,170 women and 1,379,924 men.
VOTE ABROAD, EUROPE IN FIRST PLACE . As for the geographical distribution of Italian voters abroad, most of them are in Europe (2.6 million). Followed by South America, North and Central America and Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica (in the queue with just over 250 thousand entries). - IN ROME THE FULL OF RIGHTS. Lombardy with 7,505,133 voters is the region with the highest number of voters, Valle d'Aosta with a total of 98,187 voters the one with the lowest number of voters. The municipality of Rocca de 'Giorgi, in the province of Pavia, with only 25 voters (13 men and 12 women) is the body with the smallest electoral body, while Rome with 2,055,382 (of which 1,096,575 women and 958,807 men ) is the city with the largest one.
61 THOUSAND SEATS, 180 THOUSAND SCRUTERS . On the national territory there are 61,566 electoral sections that will be open from 7 am to 11 pm on Sunday 25 September for the exercise of the right to vote. In each section there will be a president, a secretary and four tellers. The polling station can operate with a minimum of three members, so at least 180 thousand people will be involved in voting and counting the ballots.
MORE THAN 20,000 SCHOOLS AND OTHER OFFICES UNDERTAKEN . The more than 60,000 polling stations are located in 22,586 buildings, most of which are schools which therefore, a few days before the opening of the school year, will be closed from today to Monday 26 inclusive.
THE CANDIDATES . The Interior Ministry dossier reports the number of candidates for the Chamber of Deputies: 1,310 in single-member constituencies, 2,788 in multi-member constituencies and 95 in the overseas constituency. For the Senate of the Republic there are 693 candidates for single-member constituencies, 1,418 for multi-member constituencies, and 41 for the overseas constituency.
