Italy's political parties on Friday
notched their first failure to elect a Lower House Speaker amid
stalemate.
No candidate reached the required 420 votes needed in the
first ballot in the 630-seat chamber.
That corresponds to two thirds of the seats in the Lower
House.
The second and third ballots lowers the quorum by counting
blank ballots.
A two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new Speaker in
the first three rounds of voting, after which an absolute
majority suffices.
Some 620 MPs took part in the vote, 592 filing blank ballots
and 18 spoiling their ballots.
Votes ere cast for Brunetta (2), Muroni (2), Stumpo (2),
Bonafede (2), Ermini (1), Lupi (1) and Tripiedi (1).
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