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An eight-part abrogative referendum was held in
Italy
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on 18 April 1993.Dieter Nohlen
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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1048 Voters were asked whether they approved of the repealing of laws on limiting intervention of local health units in dealing with environmental pollution, limiting the use of medicinal drugs, political party
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finances, the use of proportional representation in the Senate of Italy
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and the regulation of public banks, as well as the abolition of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies
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It was formed in 1946 as the Ministero dell'Agricoltura e delle Foreste ("Ministry of Agriculture and Forests"), and following the refe ...
, the Ministry of State Holdings, and the Ministry of Tourism. All eight proposals were approved with support ranging from 55.3% to 90.3%.Nohlen & Stöver, p1058
Results
Repealing of the law limiting the intervention of local health units in environmental problems
Repealing of the law limiting the use of medicinal drugs
Repealing of the political party financing law
Repealing of the law regulating the administration of public banks
Replacing proportional representation with winner-takes-all for the Senate elections
Abolition of the Ministry of Agriculture
Abolition of the Ministry of State Holdings
Abolition of the Ministry of Tourism
References
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