A proposed change to Italy's electoral law has reopened discussion about parliamentary representation for Irpinia and Sannio. According to NTR24, if the reform is definitively approved, electoral district boundaries would have to be redrawn, with Avellino–Benevento emerging as the likely reference district for the two provinces.
The question at the center of the local debate is whether the new boundaries can preserve territorial cohesion and improve the prospects of candidates rooted in Avellino and Benevento.
What the reform would change
The key point reported by NTR24 is conditional: the revision of districts would follow only if the proposed reform receives definitive approval. That approval remains unresolved, and so do the practical details.
The final legal boundaries, the number of seats assigned to any future Avellino–Benevento district, and the electoral rules that would apply have not been settled. Any assessment of the political effect will therefore depend on the final text of the law, party nominations, candidate strength, and any preference mechanism that is adopted.
The district as it stands: Campania 02
The current discussion refers back to the existing Campania 02 Senate district, which covered the provinces of Avellino and Benevento.
According to Corriere dell'Irpinia, that district comprised 196 municipalities: 118 in Irpinia and 78 in Sannio. The same reporting warns that the reform could remove this Avellino–Benevento single-member district and reduce direct local representation, which explains why the prospect of retaining an Avellino–Benevento reference district is presented by NTR24 as positive news for the area.
The 2022 precedent
The debate follows the 2022 general election, when the Sannio–Irpinia single-member Senate district elected Giulia Cosenza.
TV7 reported that Cosenza received 105,505 votes, equal to 35.58% of the vote. That result provides the most recent electoral reference point for the combined Avellino–Benevento constituency now under discussion.
What remains undecided
For readers in Benevento and Avellino, three points matter most:
First, the reform itself still requires definitive approval. Until then, no new district formally exists.
Second, even if approved, the map is not final. Boundaries, seat allocation, and voting rules would still need to be defined in the implementing provisions.
Third, representation is not determined by boundaries alone. The outcome in any future Avellino–Benevento district would also reflect national party decisions, the local standing of individual candidates, and the voting system ultimately chosen.
That is why NTR24 describes the Avellino–Benevento hypothesis as good news rather than a finished result: it would keep Irpinia and Sannio together in a recognizable district, but the legal and political steps needed to make it operational are still ahead.
