Add OCDs for Italy

[zikowang]

Adding OCDs for Italy's senate and camera.

100 for Senate

• 26 Collegio plurinominale
• 74 Collegio uninominale

196 for Camera

• 49 Collegio plurinominale
• 147 Collegio uninominale

[HKSenior]

It would be helpful to add the english translation in parenthesis. For example, "Collegio plurinominale (Multi-member college) and Collegio uninominale (Single-member constituency)". Same for Camera. Please update here and above.

[zikowang]

Good call, added english translation to readme.

[HKSenior]

The dash can be removed here and below.

Suggested change

	ocd-division/country:it/senato:diaspora-_africa_asia_oceania_e_antartide,Abroad - Africa Asia Oceania and Antarctica
	ocd-division/country:it/senato:diaspora_africa_asia_oceania_e_antartide,Abroad - Africa Asia Oceania and Antarctica

[zikowang]

adjusted

[HKSenior]

The dash can be removed here and below.

Suggested change

	ocd-division/country:it/senato:diaspora-_america_meridionale,Abroad - South America
	ocd-division/country:it/senato:diaspora_america_meridionale,Abroad - South America

[zikowang]

adjusted

[zikowang]

@HKSenior thanks a lot for the review.

The requested changes have been implemented.

[jpmckinney]

Instead of cameri and senato, how about lower and upper? That way jurisdictions can be comparable, instead of having local type IDs for lower and upper chambers of parliament.

The readme links to regions, but regions are not the same as Circoscrizione. There can be multiple Circoscrizione per region, for the lower house: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegi_elettorali_della_Camera_dei_deputati_del_2020

It also looks like the single-member constituencies should be children of the multi-member constituencies.

Overall, I think the hierarchy would be:

• region
  • upper (circoscrizione) – can maybe skip this level if we assume that the relationship will remain 1-to-1 in future
    • mmc (multi-member constituency)
      • smc or ed (single-member constituency or electoral district)
  • lower (circoscrizione)
    • mmc (multi-member constituency)
      • smc or ed (single-member constituency or electoral district)

Edit: By splitting the region from the lower circoscrizione, we also get rid of the cp:1-1 style IDs, as the first 1 belongs to the circoscrizione, not the mmc.

[zikowang]

Instead of cameri and senato, how about lower and upper? That way jurisdictions can be comparable, instead of having local type IDs for lower and upper chambers of parliament.

Yes, we can replace senato and cameri with lower and upper.

The readme links to regions, but regions are not the same as Circoscrizione. There can be multiple Circoscrizione per region, for the lower house: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegi_elettorali_della_Camera_dei_deputati_del_2020
It also looks like the single-member constituencies should be children of the multi-member constituencies.

There are no multi-member constituencies for the Circoscrizione Valle D'Aosta and Trentino-Alto Adige in senate.
And there are no multi-member constituencies for the Circoscrizione Valle D'Aosta in camrea.

Edit: By splitting the region from the lower circoscrizione, we also get rid of the cp:1-1 style IDs, as the first 1 belongs to the circoscrizione, not the mmc.

That is a good idea, the ocd-paths can the look like something like the following:
For example for "Campania" in camera:

id, name
ocd-division/country:it,Italy

ocd-division/country:it/region:campania,Region Campania

ocd-division/country:it/region:campania/lower:campania-1,Circoscrizione Campania 1
ocd-division/country:it/region:campania/lower:campania-2,Circoscrizione Campania 2

ocd-division/country:it/region:campania/lower:campania-1/mmc:1,Collegio plurinominale Campania 1

ocd-division/country:it/region:campania/lower:campania-1/mmc:1/ed:1,Collegio uninominale Campania 1 - 01
...
ocd-division/country:it/region:campania/lower:campania-2/mmc:1/ed:1,Collegio uninominale Campania 2 - 01
...

what do you think?

[jpmckinney]

Looks good!

There are no multi-member constituencies for the Circoscrizione Valle D'Aosta and Trentino-Alto Adige in senate.
And there are no multi-member constituencies for the Circoscrizione Valle D'Aosta in camrea.

Aha, for those, I guess ed will be a child of upper/lower.

[zikowang]

Alright, I updated the files, adde Regions and adjusted the OCDs for upper and lower house.

I also enhanced the name of the single-member constituencies.

Please have another look.

[jpmckinney]

• This touches country-lt.csv (Lithuania) as well?
• Although I had suggested it, now that I see it, I think the region: level is repetitive, and also might imply that the mmc and ed are with respect to the regional government, whereas these are about representation at the federal level. Therefore, it might be better to remove the region level. Curious to hear from other maintainers.

[zikowang]

This touches country-lt.csv (Lithuania) as well?

Good catch! That was mistakenly pushed -> fixed.

[sguenther85]

• This touches country-lt.csv (Lithuania) as well?
• Although I had suggested it, now that I see it, I think the region: level is repetitive, and also might imply that the mmc and ed are with respect to the regional government, whereas these are about representation at the federal level. Therefore, it might be better to remove the region level. Curious to hear from other maintainers.

Hi, I would also suggest leaving out the region. They can be problematic for several reasons:

• the same thing you said @jpmckinney : might imply that the mmc and ed are with respect to the regional government. That's why the ed in germany are directly under country for the “federal election”
• if constituencies with numbers/names could span or switch regions
• generally no added value, except more work

[zikowang]

@jpmckinney should I remove the region: level before lower: and upper: so we can move on?

And should I also remove the regions file and the regions-part of the readme because it is not in use anymore?

[jpmckinney]

Yes please!

[zikowang]

Alright. Regions removed from country IT OCDs.

Please have a look again.