Opposition unseats Berlusconi in Italian election: exit polls

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Opposition unseats Berlusconi in Italian election: exit polls

Time is GMT + 8 hours
Posted: 10-Apr-2006 21:31 hrs

The centre-left opposition led by Romano Prodi has won Italy's general election, unseating Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, according to exit polls.
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"We are still very cautious but if these indications are confirmed that would mean that Italy had decided to turn the page and begin a new era," said a spokesman at Prodi's campaign headquarters on Monday.
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A Nexus poll for state broadcaster RAI gave the Prodi's Union coalition 50 to 54 percent of the vote for both the lower Chamber of Deputies and upper house Senate against 45-49 percent to Berlusconi's House of Freedoms.
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Separately, the Piepoli Institute's exit polls for Sky TG24 gave the Prodi coalition 52 percent to 47 percent for Berlusconi's centre-right for both houses. — AFP

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[yurbud]

1. this deprives Bush of a major fascist ally --K & R

[Binka]

2. Paper Ballots And Accurate Exit Polling..... Wow It Works!

Let's try it at home!

[Donald Ian Rankin]

8. Hold your horses...

I haven't heard the official result yet; so far as I'm aware it's not yet (18:30 GMT) been announced. I'm not going to crack open the champagne until it's official. The exit polls are encouraging, though.

[leveymg]

3. Maybe the CIA can arrest and interrogate him now about Ledeen and

the Niger Yellowcake forgeries? Rendition him to GITMO?

Just a thought.B-) :evilgrin: B-)

[xchrom]

4. how ya like italy now, bush?

bush and berlusconi bitch slapped, baby!

[1932]

5. Excellent.

[Arugula Latte]

6. I raise a glass of Chianti.

:toast:

[Mass]

7. One more crook out of power.

:applause::applause::applause::applause:

:toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast:

[0007]

9. I'm holding my breath until the final count.......there's an element

that I don't trust.

[McCamy Taylor]

10. Exit polls are accurate, but we all know how Bush and Co. fix votes

even in other countries.