
Italians have voted in favor of a constitutional amendment to reduce the number of the country's lawmakers by about a third.
As a result, the total number of seats will be decreased by more than 340.
The referendum was held over two days through Monday following parliamentary approval of the change initiated by the ruling Five Star Movement.
The interior ministry says with all votes counted, about 70 percent of people voted in favor of the change, while about 30 percent opposed. Turnout was over 51 percent.
Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, the former head of the Five Stars, described the outcome as "historic."
The anti-establishment Five Stars achieved significant gains in the 2018 elections.
It criticized existing political parties and pledged to cut the size of parliament as the country had been plagued by corruption scandals for many years.
◆referendum 国民投票 an action taken to prevent another action from having a harmful effect
◆parliamentary approval 議会の承認
◆turnout 投票率
◆outcome 結果
◆anti-establishment 反体制の
◆pledged to~することを誓う
◆be plagued by ~に苦しめられる