Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica constituency

Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica District
Electoral district constituency
for the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Republic
Region
Current constituency
Created2001
Seats
  • 1 deputy and 1 senator (2006 onwards)
Created fromOverseas Constituency
Country Italy

The Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica constituency is one of the four electoral districts of Italy that compose the Foreign Constituencies.

Territory

The territory of the Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Antarctica constituency includes the states recognized by the Italian government located in African, Asian (excluding Cyprus, Russia, and Turkey, which are part of the Europe constituency), Oceanian, and Antarctic territories. Italian citizens residing in Overseas countries and territories are instead included in their respective European states within the Europe constituency.

During the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum, votes from researchers temporarily present at scientific bases in Antarctica were delivered to the embassy in Wellington and counted together with ballots from New Zealand.[1][2]

In the list of countries, there is an "Autonomous Constituency" corresponding to the Jerusalem district, a territory that the Italian government does not consider part of either Israel or the State of Palestine.

The country with the largest number of Italian voters residing is Australia, while the country with the fewest is the Marshall Islands. Furthermore, there are no records in the archives of the Ministry of the Interior for ballots from the following countries (marked with an asterisk are those where there is nonetheless an Italian diplomatic or consular representation): Bhutan, Comoros, Fiji*, Iraq, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Liberia, Libya*, Micronesia, Nauru, Niger*, Niue, Papua New Guinea*, Syria*, Somalia*, South Sudan, East Timor, Tuvalu, Vanuatu* and Yemen*.

The following list indicates the official denominations used by the Ministry of the Interior.[3] In 2018, the number of nations where Italian voters were present decreased from 97 to 93.[4]

No. Country Italian Voters in 2013 (Chamber) Italian Voters in 2013 (Senate) Notes
1  Algeria 492 459
2  Angola 208 201
3  Saudi Arabia 659 615
4  Armenia 35 34
5  Australia 110,908 102,596
6  Azerbaijan 44 44
7  Bangladesh 146 142
8  Benin 37 35
9  Burundi 87 85
10  Cambodia 67 67
11  Cameroon 297 280
12  Cape Verde 207 200
13  Chad 46 44
14 Autonomous Constituency of Jerusalem 1,820 1,523
15  Republic of the Congo 147 142
16  Egypt 3,064 2,682
17  United Arab Emirates 3,096 2,992
18  Eritrea 407 353
19  Ethiopia 912 802
20  Philippines 743 651
21  Gambia 10 9
22  Georgia 45 44
23  Ghana 250 236
24  Japan 1,922 1,783
25  Jordan 570 473
26  India 805 757
27  Indonesia 1,363 1,254
28  Israel 5,939 5,369
29  Kazakhstan 32 29
30  Kenya 325 300
31  Kyrgyzstan 13 12
32  South Korea 4,143 3,993
33  Kuwait 301 273
34  Laos 12 12
35  Lebanon 2,259 2,105
36  Maldives 42 38
37  Malaysia 818 754
38  Mauritania 19 17
39  Mauritius 95 87
40  Malawi 97 90
41  Mongolia 9 8
42  Myanmar 20 18
43  Marshall Islands 1 1
44  Northern Mariana Islands 2 2
45  Nepal 96 90
46  Nigeria 581 541
47  Nicaragua 4 3
48  New Caledonia 20 19
49  New Zealand 39,012 36,215
50  Oman 295 271
51  Pakistan 284 260
52  Palau 3 3
53  Qatar 274 254
54  Réunion 246 229
55  Rwanda 105 98
56  Senegal 167 158
57  Seychelles 22 21
58  Singapore 1,172 1,109
59  Sri Lanka 285 270
60  Sudan 320 305
61  Taiwan 3,462 3,245
62  Tajikistan 18 17
63  Thailand 1,062 997
64  Tunisia 408 384
65  Turkmenistan 9 9
66  Uganda 164 154
67  United Arab Emirates 1,391 1,315
68  Vietnam 699 662
69  Zambia 123 116
70  Zimbabwe 132 127

See also

References

  1. ^ "Voting operations for Italians in Antarctica". ENEA. 20 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Referendum, 35 researchers also voted in Antarctica". ANSA. 22 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica constituency". Chamber of Deputies elections of 24/02/2013.
  4. ^ "Africa Asia Oceania Antarctica".
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