Italy: voters turnout of national elections on March 4, 2018, by section

The parliamentary election, during which Italian citizens choose the new members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, is held in Italy every five years. The most recent general election took place on March 4, 2018 and coincided with the regional election in Lombardy and Lazio. The highest share of citizens gave their vote for the new members of the Italian Senate (Camera del Senato), which registered a voter turnout of 72.99 percent, whereas the representatives of the Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) were chosen by 72.93 percent of the voting eligible population. The most numerous group of Italians who abstained from voting in these elections were the youngest citizens.Fewer and fewer Italians to check the box The voter turnout in the Italian general election has been constantly declining over the years. If compared with the voter participation registered at the beginning of the 90s, the share of citizens choosing their government in the recent election was roughly 14 percent lower for both parliament houses.Positive trends in other European countries Opposite trends can be observed in other European countries. Germany, affected by a constant decrease in the voter turnout since 1998, during the last general election in 2017 registered a roughly five-percent increase in comparison with the values from 2013. A positive tendency was recorded also in Norway, where the voter participation has been steadily growing since 2001.

意大利议会选举，即意大利公民选举新一届下议院和参议院的成员，每五年举行一次。最近一次的普遍选举于2018年3月4日举行，与伦巴第和拉齐奥地区的地区选举同时进行。在此次选举中，最高比例的公民将选票投给了意大利参议院（Camera del Senato）的新成员，该参议院登记的投票率为72.99%，而众议院（Camera dei Deputati）的代表则由72.93%的有投票资格的选民选出。在这些选举中，拒绝投票的意大利人中，年轻人所占比例最高。越来越多的意大利人选择沉默不语。近年来，意大利普遍选举的投票率持续下降。与20世纪90年代初的投票参与率相比，近期选举中选民选择政府的人数在两院均降低了约14%。在欧洲其他国家的积极趋势形成鲜明对比的是，德国自1998年以来投票率持续下降，在2017年的上次普遍选举中，与2013年的数值相比，投票率增长了约5%。挪威也记录到了积极的趋势，自2001年以来，投票参与率稳步上升。