Berlusconi's right-wing coalition leads Italy's election: exit poll
Lisa
2018-03-06 14:28:35
ROME - Initial exit polls of Italy's national election showed on Sunday that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition was set to win the most votes but might fall short of a majority.
According to exit polls conducted by RAI state television, Berlusconi's four-party coalition was expected to win 33-36 percent of the ballots, followed by the anti-establishment Five Star Movement with 29-32 percent.
The center-left Democratic Party led by outgoing Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni gained 20-24 percent of the votes.
Italy's Interior Ministry said the turnout for the election that ended at 11 pm local time (2200 GMT) was about 74 percent, a slight drop from the 75 percent of eligible voters who participated in the 2013 election.
Italians were called on to choose their representatives in the 315-member Senate and the 630-seat Lower House for a five-year term under a new electoral system which would allocate a little over one-third of seats via a first-past-the-post system, and two-thirds on a proportional basis.
Final results of the election are expected to be released on Monday.
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According to exit polls conducted by RAI state television, Berlusconi's four-party coalition was expected to win 33-36 percent of the ballots, followed by the anti-establishment Five Star Movement with 29-32 percent.
The center-left Democratic Party led by outgoing Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni gained 20-24 percent of the votes.
Italy's Interior Ministry said the turnout for the election that ended at 11 pm local time (2200 GMT) was about 74 percent, a slight drop from the 75 percent of eligible voters who participated in the 2013 election.
Italians were called on to choose their representatives in the 315-member Senate and the 630-seat Lower House for a five-year term under a new electoral system which would allocate a little over one-third of seats via a first-past-the-post system, and two-thirds on a proportional basis.
Final results of the election are expected to be released on Monday.
The above news was excerpted from china daily by China towel supplier Shenzhen City Dingrun Light Textile Import and Export Corp.Ltd, a company specialized in producing baby diapers, baby bibs, beach towel, blankets, bath towels, tea towels, compressed towels, microfiber towels etc.