ROME, Jan 27 — Italy’s right-wing League leader Matteo Salvini failed to overturn decades of leftist rule in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna yesterday in an election that brought relief to the centre-left and the embattled government. Salvini had campaigned relentlessly in the region...
Leader of Italy’s far-right League party Matteo Salvini speaks after polls close for the Emilia-Romagna regional election, in Bologna, Italy, January 27, 2020. — Reuters pic
With 99 per cent of the ballots counted, incumbent Democratic Party governor Stefano Bonaccini had won 51.4 per cent of the vote compared to 43.7 per cent for the League’s candidate. “I don’t feel defeated, you can win and you can lose but if I lose I’ll be happy anyway and I’ll work twice as hard,” Salvini said late yesterday when the contest looked like being much closer than the final result.
Underscoring the enormous interest in the ballot, turnout hit 68 per cent, some 30 points up on the last such election in 2014. Political analysts predicted that yesterday’s results would weaken 5-Star’s standing within the coalition and give the PD more power to drive its own policy priorities.
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