Italy’s Senate approved a contested electoral reform by 113 votes to 71, sending it back to the Chamber of Deputies for final approval after amendments. Giorgia Meloni’s conservative coalition, comprising Brothers of Italy, the League and Forza Italia, supports a fully proportional system that would grant a parliamentary majority to any alliance winning more than 42% of the vote. The measure would abolish first-past-the-post constituencies, which currently elect one-third of lawmakers and may favour the centre-left. Opposition parties say the changes are designed to improve Meloni’s prospects in next year’s election, while the coalition argues they would strengthen stability. The vote followed a July defeat in the lower house of Meloni’s proposal to restore preferential voting, which lets voters choose candidates from party lists. The episode exposed divisions within the governing alliance as the centre-left held a narrow polling lead. The reform would also require alliances to name their prime-minister candidate before voting, a provision that could intensify leadership tensions among opposition parties. Polls cited in the report say an alliance between Meloni’s coalition and National Future would lead the centre-left, although Meloni has rejected such a pact.