(MENAFN) Earlier than the next general election set for 4 March 2018, political parties of Italy hit the campaign trail Saturday.

The scheduled date has been announced on 28 December as parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella, allowing for a so-called major trial ground for the EU after Brexit.

The vote is to be conducted under the latest electoral law of Italy, blending a one-third majority first-past-the-post system with a two-thirds proportional system favors coalitions over single parties.

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