Fewer than 20 percent of Italian voters cast ballots in the first hours of Sunday’s parliamentary election, on what is likely to be a record negative turnout, dpa reported.
Polling stations opened at 07:00 local time (05:00 GMT). As of 12 p.m. local time, voter turnout was 19 percent, down from the 2018 election, when turnout was the lowest since World War II, with an overall turnout of 73 percent, according to Rome’s Interior Ministry, Agerpres said.
In the elections on Sunday, the turnout may be even lower, with experts predicting a turnout below 70%.
About 51.5 million people have the right to vote in the parliamentary elections, polling stations close at 11:00 p.m. local time.
The right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Maloney and her nationalist Brotherhood of Italy (FdI) is expected to win the election and even win an absolute majority in parliament, according to opinion polls, meaning Maloney has a strong chance of becoming the first female prime minister. the minister is the minister of the country’s history
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