The centre-right, or rather the right-centre, won the general election by a wide margin. Giorgia Meloni, with her party Fratelli d'Italia, achieved a surge in votes, tallying 26% on her own — as much as the entire centre-left — and will in all likelihood be asked by President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella to form a government. The 44 per cent won by the centre-right coalition, which also includes Lega (8.7) and Forza Italia (8.2), will translate in Parliament into an absolute majority, making consultations fairly straightforward.

The centre-left is left at a standstill: the disappointing 19 per cent for the Partito democratico convinces its leader Enrico Letta not to stand again, Più Europa fails to clear even the electoral threshold, a feat that at least the Alleanza Verdi Sinistra manages (3.6).

A strong showing, meanwhile, for Conte's Movimento 5 Stelle, which recovers and closes at 15.4, while the Terzo Polo of Renzi and Calenda does so-so (7.7). The true winner of this electoral round is, unfortunately, abstention, which broke records: only 63.9 per cent of those entitled to vote went to the polls.

From 7:00 on Sunday morning until 23:00, voting took place to elect the new Parliament. All data on the actual results can be consulted on the Ministry of the Interior's website. There is also an app called Eligendo, which we recommend downloading.

In addition to the general election to decide the new members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, citizens in the region of Sicily were called to the polls to choose the new regional president and renew the members of the regional assembly, the legislative body provided for under Sicily's special statute.

Follow the live updates with us and on our social media profiles, such as Instagram and Twitter.

16:00 – The election live blog ends here. A final summary is available here.

15:14 – The count is virtually over. The centre-right has won the general election, capturing 44% of the vote in the Senate and 43.8 in the Chamber. Within the coalition, Fratelli d'Italia triumphs: Giorgia Meloni's party closes with 26% on its own, practically as much as the entire centre-left combined. Lega drops below ten points (8.8 in the Senate and 8.7 in the Chamber), but remains ahead of Forza Italia (8.2 and 8.1).

Youtrend ✓ @you_trend

𝕏

Le cose da sapere:

🔴 Il centrodestra (44%) ha vinto le elezioni trascinato dal successo di Fratelli d'Italia (26%), che da solo raccoglie praticamente gli stessi voti dell'intero centrosinistra.

#MaratonaYouTrend
#ElezioniPolitiche2022

♥ 306💬 4 26 set 2022 · Apri su X →

In the centre-left, the Partito democratico closes at 19%, Sinistra Italia and Verdi clear the electoral threshold with 3.6, while Più Europa falls just short (2.9). Disappointment too for Luigi Di Maio, whose Impegno Civico picks up only 0.6%.

A good result for Movimento 5 Stelle, particularly in the South: Giuseppe Conte's party reaches 15.4%. The Terzo Polo of Calenda and Renzi, together, obtains only 7.7%.

Italexit (Gianluigi Paragone) and Unione Popolare (Luigi De Magistris), who ran independently, failed to clear the electoral threshold.

13:20 – Enrico Letta has announced that he will not stand again for the leadership of the Partito democratico, which already has a congress scheduled for March — though this could now be brought forward.

12:43 – "If we are heading for a Meloni government, which will shortly come into being, it is because Giuseppe Conte brought down the Draghi government. That is where it all started." So said PD secretary Enrico Letta at a press conference.

12:28 – "After so many years, there is a government chosen by the citizens with a clear centre-right majority, and I expect that for at least 5 years we will stay the course without changes, putting only the things that need to be done at the centre. I exchanged messages with Giorgia Meloni at 5 in the morning — I congratulate her: we will work together for a long time." So said Lega leader Matteo Salvini.

12:00 – According to estimates produced by YouTrend, the centre-right in the new Parliament will enjoy an absolute majority with 235 seats in the Chamber and 115 in the Senate, but not the two-thirds majority needed to reform the Constitution on its own.

Youtrend ✓ @you_trend

𝕏

Una tabella riassuntiva dei seggi finora stimati per Camera e Senato

#MaratonaYouTrend
#ElezioniPolitiche2022

♥ 676💬 30 26 set 2022 · Apri su X →

9:46 – PiùEuropa is out of Parliament. With very few sections still to be counted, Emma Bonino's party, which ran in coalition with the centre-left, has not cleared the 3 per cent electoral threshold.

8:27 – "We will be vigilant, together with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, to ensure that certain values concerning human rights, mutual respect, and in particular respect for the right to abortion, are upheld by all." So said French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Bfm Tv, speaking about the Italian elections.

7:06 – Fratelli d'Italia is the most-voted list in almost all Senate constituencies in the centre and north of the country, while Movimento 5 Stelle is ahead in the majority of southern constituencies. The centre-left holds on only in a few constituencies in inland Emilia-Romagna.

Youtrend ✓ @you_trend

𝕏

🔴 Fratelli d'Italia è la lista più votata in quasi tutti i collegi del Senato nel centro e nord del Paese, mentre il Movimento 5 Stelle è davanti nella maggior parte dei collegi meridionali.

#MaratonaYouTrend
#ElezioniPolitiche2022

♥ 326💬 17 26 set 2022 · Apri su X →

7:00 – We are nearly there: more than 95 per cent of sections have been counted in the Senate. This is the near-final picture:

Youtrend ✓ @you_trend

𝕏

Scrutinio Senato: 95.7% (sezioni: 57783 su 60.399)

- FdI: 26.4%
- Lega: 9%
- FI: 8.3%
- NM: 0.9%
CDX: 44.5%

- PD: 19.1%
- AVS: 3.6%
- +Eu: 3%
- IC: 0.6%
CSX: 26.2%

- M5S: 15.2%
- Az/IV: 7.7%
- Italexit: 1.9%

#MaratonaYouTrend

♥ 82💬 1 26 set 2022 · Apri su X →

7:00 – The count in the Chamber is slightly further behind. This is the picture:

Youtrend ✓ @you_trend

𝕏

Scrutinio Camera: 86.6% (sezioni: 53178 su 61.417)

- FdI: 26.5%
- Lega: 9%
- FI: 8%
- NM: 0.9%
CDX: 44.4%

- PD: 19.4%
- AVS: 3.7%
- +Eu: 2.9%
- IC: 0.6%
CSX: 26.5%

- M5S: 14.8%
- Az/IV: 7.7%
- Italexit: 1.9%

#MaratonaYouTrend

♥ 45💬 1 26 set 2022 · Apri su X →

6:55 – Pierferdinando Casini is officially confirmed as a deputy with the centre-left, having beaten Vittorio Sgarbi, the centre-right candidate, in the first-past-the-post constituency in Bologna. By contrast, in Cremona Daniela Santanché is re-elected to the Senate, beating Carlo Cottarelli, who could however be picked up through the proportional list.

6:42 – Among the foreign press, the American broadcaster CNN is the most blunt in its commentary on the Italian elections: "Giorgia Meloni is set to become the most right-wing prime minister since Mussolini."

CNN ✓ @CNN

𝕏

Giorgia Meloni set to be Italy's first female prime minister and leader of its most right-wing government since World War II, exit polls suggest. cnn.it/3r7Mg9m

♥ 2816💬 690 25 set 2022 · Apri su X →

6:21 – Vox, the Spanish far-right party that had endorsed Giorgia Meloni in recent days, returns the favour: "Italy is pointing the way towards a new Europe of free and sovereign nations. The people will decide their own future without asking permission from any oligarch."

VOX 🇪🇸 ✓ @vox_es

𝕏

Italia marca el camino de una nueva Europa de naciones libres y soberanas.

El pueblo decidirá su futuro. Sin pedir permiso a ningún oligarca.

Avanti @GiorgiaMeloni! Avanti @FratellidItalia! 🇪🇸🤝🇮🇹

♥ 4810💬 207 25 set 2022 · Apri su X →

6:05 – "Giorgia Meloni has claimed victory in the Italian elections and promised to govern for all Italians, after exit polls gave her right-wing coalition a clear majority, putting her on course to form the most right-wing government since the end of the Second World War." So reports the British daily The Guardian, for which the Italian elections are the top story on the homepage. "The leader of Fratelli d'Italia is set to become Italy's first female prime minister and a figurehead for nationalist parties across Europe, leading one of the EU's six founding member states."