Polls closed for the referendum on justice reform. Boom in turnout, which at 11pm on Sunday stood at 46.07% of those entitled to participate. Exit Polls coming soon (but the pollsters are in crisis).
It is the day of the verdict for the confirmatory referendum on justice. The consultations on the separation of careers have turned into a real political showdown in recent weeks.
On the one hand the majority is compact on Yes, on the other the main opposition parties, equally united on No; the vote therefore became a test of confidence in the executive, just over a year before the end of the legislature. Here are the live results.
The referendum question
Voters were asked to confirm or reject the constitutional law approved by Parliament, which modifies seven articles of the Constitution regarding the judiciary.
At the heart of the reform is the clear separation of careers between judges and prosecutorswith the Nordio reform which would completely eliminate the possibility of changing careers.
The text also provides the division of the current CSM into two distinct bodiesone for the judges, one for the prosecutors, and the creation of a new High Disciplinary Court. Since this is a confirmatory referendum pursuant to art. 138 of the Constitution, no quorum is required: Whoever gets the most votes wins.
Record turnout
It can already be said that the turnout is record: at 11pm on Sunday 46.07% of those entitled had already voted.
An unprecedented result in the recent Italian referendum panorama. In 2025, for the referendums to repeal work and citizenship, participation at the same time had stopped at 22.73%; in 2022 at 20.9%; in 2020, due to the constitutional referendum on the cut in parliamentarians, it was 39.37%.
The turnout figure for this referendum is therefore the highest since 1995 for a consultation in which voting takes place over two days.
