Opinion polls released after voting
stations closed in Italy's general election on Sunday suggested
that the centre-right coalition will come first, while the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S) will be the top
individual party.
However, no party or coalition is on course to win majority
in parliament, according to the polls.
A Consorzio Opinio Italia exit poll for State broadcaster RAI
put the centre-right coalition ahead in the Lower House with
33-36% of the vote, while the M5S looks set to be the biggest
individual party with 29.5-32.5%.
The centre-left coalition led by the Democratic Party is on
course to get 24.5-27.5%, while the left-wing Free and Equal
(LeU) group will get 3-5%, according to the poll.
Alfonso Bonafede, an outgoing MP for the 5-Star Movement and
the anti-establishment group's proposed justice minister if it
wins Italy's general election, said Sunday that the exit polls
show that the M5S will be "the pillar of the next parliament".
The euroskeptic, anti-migrant League is set to get 13-16% of
the vote for the Lower House, putting it slightly ahead of its
centre-right alliance partner, Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia,
according to an Opinio exit poll for State broadcaster RAI.
The M5S will also be the top party in the Senate, with 29-32%
of the vote, according to a Opinio-Italia exit poll for RAI.
The centre-left Democratic Party will get between 20.5 and
23.5% of the vote for the Senate, according to the poll.
PD Lower House whip Ettore Rosato ruled out the possibility
of the centre-left party supporting a 5-Star Movement (M5S)
executive as he commented on the results of exit polls for
Sunday's general election.
"We are alternative to the M5S," Rosato told State
broadcaster RAI.
"If they have the numbers, they should govern. We'll be in
the opposition".
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