Live Now: Italy's Parliamentary Election Results

[brooklynite]

Source: Bloomberg

Welcome to TOPLive. We'll be blogging Italy's parliamentary election results starting just before 11:00 p.m. local time. Join us for news, analysis and market reaction.

5 PM Eastern...


Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2018-01-10/italy-parliamentary-election

[brooklynite]

1. Berlusconi Bloc Leads Five Star In Italian Election Exit Polls

Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right coalition would be at 33% to 36% in the lower house whereas Five Star Movement would follow with 29.5% to 32.5%, according to the Opinio Italia exit poll for RAI television.

The center-left coalition would be third with 24.5% to 27.5% of the vote, according to the Opinio Italia exit poll for RAI television.

[Iliyah]

2. Thanks for the info

[brooklynite]

3. Hung Parliament seen

As projections based on real votes start coming in, politicians on Italian TV shows are shown pulling out their calculators. For now, however you add the numbers up nobody can govern, not even Lega + Five Star. Calculators also probably heating up at the Quirinale palace, where Italian President Sergio Mattarella lives. It will be up to him to try to figure out how to make sense out of these numbers and come up with a workable government... or go to elections once again.

[BigmanPigman]

4. I hope they finally get someone decent.

Stagnant wages for 25 years and 10% unemployment. They deserve better from their government. I have relatives all over Italy and they can't get any good leadership.

[nitpicker]

5. Italy election: Populist surge prompts political deadlock

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43272700

Italy election: Populist surge prompts political deadlock

14 minutes ago


Italy's voters have turned to right-wing and populist parties in an election that is set to leave the country with a hung p liament. The Eurosceptic, anti-establishment Five Star Movement was the biggest party with almost a third of the vote. But a coalition of the far-right League and centre-right of ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is set to win most seats in the lower house of parliament.

Forming a government may now take weeks of negotiation and coalition-building. One of the biggest winners was League leader Matteo Salvini who declared his party had the "right and duty" to govern at the head of a right-wing coalition.

Results showed the League conquering broad swathes of Italy's north, while Five Star saw its strongest show of support in the south. Latest results show Five Star garnering 32.3% of the vote, while the League received 17.6% of the vote and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia 14%.
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