Italian institutional referendum of 1946
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The Italian institutional referendum of 1946 was a nationwide vote in which Italians chose to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic, shaping the country’s postwar constitutional order.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Italian institutional referendum of 1946 Context triple: [Provisional Head of State, legalBasis, Italian institutional referendum of 1946]
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Italian Social Republic
The Italian Social Republic was a German-backed puppet state led by Benito Mussolini in northern Italy from 1943 to 1945, serving as the last fascist regime in the country during World War II.
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B.
March on Rome
The March on Rome was the 1922 mass mobilization of Italian Fascists that led to Benito Mussolini’s seizure of power and the establishment of a fascist dictatorship in Italy.
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C.
Il Popolo d'Italia
Il Popolo d'Italia was an Italian newspaper that served as a key propaganda organ for the emerging Fascist movement in the early 20th century.
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D.
Upper Silesia plebiscite
The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a 1921 referendum in the ethnically mixed industrial region of Upper Silesia to determine whether the territory would belong to Germany or the newly re-established Poland after World War I.
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E.
2022 Italian general election
The 2022 Italian general election was a national parliamentary vote that led to a historic victory for the right-wing coalition and resulted in Giorgia Meloni becoming Italy’s first female prime minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Italian institutional referendum of 1946 Target entity description: The Italian institutional referendum of 1946 was a nationwide vote in which Italians chose to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic, shaping the country’s postwar constitutional order.
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A.
Italian Social Republic
The Italian Social Republic was a German-backed puppet state led by Benito Mussolini in northern Italy from 1943 to 1945, serving as the last fascist regime in the country during World War II.
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B.
March on Rome
The March on Rome was the 1922 mass mobilization of Italian Fascists that led to Benito Mussolini’s seizure of power and the establishment of a fascist dictatorship in Italy.
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C.
Il Popolo d'Italia
Il Popolo d'Italia was an Italian newspaper that served as a key propaganda organ for the emerging Fascist movement in the early 20th century.
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D.
Upper Silesia plebiscite
The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a 1921 referendum in the ethnically mixed industrial region of Upper Silesia to determine whether the territory would belong to Germany or the newly re-established Poland after World War I.
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E.
2022 Italian general election
The 2022 Italian general election was a national parliamentary vote that led to a historic victory for the right-wing coalition and resulted in Giorgia Meloni becoming Italy’s first female prime minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional referendum
ⓘ
national referendum ⓘ referendum ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
1946 Italian referendum on the monarchy
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Italian institutional referendum ⓘ Italian institutional referendum of 1946 ⓘ
surface form:
referendum on the institutional form of the state in Italy
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| ballotOptions |
monarchy
ⓘ
republic ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| date | 2 June 1946 ⓘ |
| electorate |
Italian citizens
ⓘ
men and women over voting age in Italy ⓘ |
| endDate | 3 June 1946 ⓘ |
| followedBy | drafting of the Constitution of the Italian Republic ⓘ |
| headOfStateAtTime |
Umberto II of Italy
ⓘ
surface form:
King Umberto II of Italy
|
| historicalPeriod | postwar reconstruction in Italy ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| legalBasis | decrees of the Italian provisional government ⓘ |
| location | Italy ⓘ |
| monarchInQuestion | Umberto II of Italy ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Council of Ministers of Italy
ⓘ
Italian provisional government ⓘ |
| outcome | victory of the republic option ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
fall of Fascism in Italy
ⓘ
post-World War II Italy ⓘ |
| precedes | election of the Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ |
| previousMonarch | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ⓘ |
| purpose | to choose between monarchy and republic as the form of state ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
House of Savoy
ⓘ
Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Constituent Assembly election, 1946
Constitution of Italy ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Constitution of 1948
Italian Republic ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| result |
House of Savoy lost the throne
ⓘ
Italy became a republic ⓘ abolition of the monarchy ⓘ establishment of a republic ⓘ |
| scope | state form and institutional structure ⓘ |
| significance |
ended the rule of the House of Savoy
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marked the transition from Kingdom of Italy to Italian Republic ⓘ shaped Italy’s postwar constitutional order ⓘ |
| startDate | 2 June 1946 ⓘ |
| subject |
form of state
ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ republic ⓘ |
| voteType | popular vote ⓘ |
| votingSystem | simple majority of valid votes ⓘ |
| year | 1946 ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
1946 Italian institutional referendum
this entity surface form:
Italian constitutional referendum of 1946
this entity surface form:
Institutional Referendum of 2 June 1946
this entity surface form:
referendum on the institutional form of the state in Italy