Giorgia Meloni's electoral alliance appeared to hold a wide lead in Italy's election, an exit poll on state TV suggested after polls closed Sunday.
ROME — Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's electoral alliance appeared to hold a wide lead in Italy's national vote, an exit poll on state television suggested shortly after polls closed Sunday evening.
Meloni, 45, would be well-positioned to become Italy's first far-right premier since the end of World War II and the first woman in the country to hold that office. Her party, with neo-fascist roots, would need to form a coalition with her main allies, anti-migrant League leader Matteo Salvini and conservative former Premier Silvio Berlusconi to command a solid majority in Parliament.
Four hours before polls' closing time, turnout was running 7% lower than at the same time in 2018, which had a record-setting low turnout of 73%. The counting of paper ballots was expected to begin shortly after polling stations close at 11 p.m. local time, with projections based on partial results coming early Monday.Meloni's party was forged from the legacy of a neo-fascist party formed shortly atfter the war by nostalgists of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
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