Far-right party poised for power after Italy's parliamentary election
Far-Right party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni shows a placard reading in Italian ‘Thank you Italy’ at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome, early Monday, September 26, 2022
A FAR-RIGHT party has won the most votes in the Italian general election, near-final results showed yesterday, setting the stage for talks on the formation of a new government led by Giorgia Meloni, who would be Italy’s first female premier.
According to the published results, a right-wing coalition picked up 44 per cent of the parliamentary vote, with Ms Meloni’s Brothers of Italy taking 26 per cent, its biggest win in a decade-long meteoric rise.
Her coalition partners divided up the remainder, with the anti-immigrant League party of Matteo Salvini winning 9 per cent and the slightly more moderate Forza Italia of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi receiving about 8 per of the vote.
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