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Article 56
 

[The House of Representatives]

(1) The house of representatives is elected by universal and direct suffrage.

(2) The number of representatives is six hundred and thirty, of which twelve are elected by the constituency of italians abroad.

(3) Eligible are voters who have reached the age of twenty-five on election day.

(4) Having set aside the seats assigned to the constituency of italians abroad, the distribution of seats among the constituencies is calculated by dividing the population of the last general census by six hundred and eighteen, and distributing the seats in proportion to the population of each constituency, based on the quotients and the largest remainders.