The polling stations closed at 11pm and the first ballot boxes on election day were published at the same time. The right-wing coalition looks set to win the election with between 41 and 45 percent of the vote, according to Reuters.
The TV 2 cruncher got into the numbers, and here are his predictions for the outcome divided by party: (Updated at 01.15 on Monday night)
With this, it seems that no one can beat the right-wing coalition. Meloni’s party gets 135 mandates, Salvini’s League has 54 and Forza Italia with Berlusconi at the head has 34. In all, there will be 223 mandates. When all it takes to have a majority in the lower house are 201 mandates, the forecast indicates that electoral victory is almost assured for the right-wing coalition.
Tallknuser-Terje believes the second largest party, the Democratic Party, will receive 79 mandates. At one o’clock on Monday evening, they recognized the electoral defeat. The Five Star Alliance (M5S) is headed for catastrophic defeat. They go back a whole 18 percent if the prediction is correct. The Bonini list, which in the table ranks below the other parties, seemed for some time to be above the blocking limit of three percent. They would then receive 11 mandates. At the moment it does not seem that way, and in any case they would not play a significant role in any possibility of a majority in the House of Commons.
A furious winner
Meloni leads the largest party, and could thus become the first ever Italian female prime minister, but also the first Italian far-right head of state since dictator Benito Mussolini ruled the country from 1922 to 1943.
This was not Salvini’s plan. He led a party that had between 18 and 20 percent in opinion polls before the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. However, his popularity has dropped dramatically, as he has repeatedly spoken out against EU sanctions against Russia. He wasn’t popular.
– Salvini is probably furious about it, says Sørensen. -He probably imagined that he would become prime minister.
Historically low turnout
– Today you can contribute to writing history, said Giorgia Meloni when she cast her vote. He probably wasn’t referring to the historically low voter turnout, but this is also recorded in the history books:
Voter turnout is only 64%, which is the lowest in modern times. The last time, the turnout was 73%, and that too was a new latest poll.
– It is absolutely terrifying how low the mobilization is in mainland Italy in the south.
He believes that most Italians are not particularly enthusiastic about politicians.
– They probably wanted to get rid of all the politicians. If there had been a referendum, there probably would have been a majority to kick everyone out.
According to the AP news agency, 50.9 million voters boycotted the entire election.
Party with neo-fascist roots
Meloni’s “Fratelli d’Italia” party has neo-fascist roots, according to the AP news agency. She and her two right-wing allies disagree on everything. One of the reasons you are leading the largest party in the elections is that you have been clear in your opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Both Salvini and Berlusconi have long admired Vladimir Putin. The Italian population obviously does not share the fascination for the Russian leader.
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