Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies voted down the Fratelli d'Italia‑led amendment on voter preferences by 187 to 188 in a secret ballot, a result reported across parliamentary records and major outlets.
- The proposal would have kept a blocked lead candidate on seven‑name lists while allowing voters to choose up to three gender‑alternated preferences among the remaining six names.
- Parliamentary rules allowed a secret ballot on this item, which opposition parties used and which analysts say let roughly forty majority MPs vote against party instructions without public record.
- Opposition leaders immediately called for the government's resignation and early elections, but government officials said they will continue debate and the dossier will next be debated in the Senate.
- Political analysts and party sources warn the vote sharpens intra‑coalition tensions, complicates party discipline before the next election, and could produce a different outcome in the Senate because secret voting on this point is prohibited there.