Abstention rate in Italian elections 1946-2024

After the end of World War II, when democracy was reestablished, the abstention rate has always been very low, below ten percent. However, Italian politics was hit by many corruption scandals in the 1990s, and resentment towards political institutions and parties grew. Hence, turnout progressively diminished and voters' disaffection grew. In general, European elections have always recorded a higher abstention rate than the general ones. In 2024, for the first time in the republican history, more than half of Italian voters did not cast their ballot.

二战结束后，随着民主制度的重建，投票率始终维持在较低水平，低于百分之十。然而，在二十世纪九十年代，意大利政治深受众多腐败丑闻的影响，民众对政治机构和党派的怨恨情绪逐渐加深。因此，投票率逐渐下降，选民的不满情绪日益增长。总体而言，欧洲选举的投票率通常高于普通选举。在2024年，这是意大利共和历史上首次，超过一半的意大利选民未能投下他们的选票。