The right is clearly imposed in the Italian elections with Meloni in the lead, according to exit polls

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The parties of the Italian right have clearly prevailed in the legislative elections held this Sunday with a support of between 41 and 45 percent, well ahead of the parties of the left, which would add between 25.5 and 29.5 percent of the votes, according to the RAI chain’s exit poll.

The party with the most votes would be Giorgia Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy (22-26 percent), while the League would achieve between 8.5 and 12.5 percent and Fuerza Italia would get between 6 and 8 percent of the votes.

If these results are confirmed, the leader of the Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, is emerging as a clear candidate for prime minister, a position never held by a woman in Italy. No one could question her leadership, as her party has garnered more support than her two main allies combined.

The first to react was the leader of the League, Matteo Salvini, who stressed that the right-wing parties have “a clear advantage.” “The center-right has a clear advantage in both the House and the Senate! It will be a long night, but I want to thank you already,” Salvini posted on Twitter.

The center-left would be led by the Democratic Party (17-21 percent), followed by the 5-Star Movement (13.5-17.5 percent) and the Third Pole (6.5-8.5 percent).

With these data, Brothers of Italy, League, Force Italy and Us Moderates, the four parties of the most likely right-wing coalition, will obtain between 227 and 257 of the 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and will guarantee a comfortable parliamentary majority.

The center-left (Democratic Party, Green and Left Alliance and + Europe) would add between 78 and 98 seats and the Five Star Movement between 36 and 56 and the Third Pole (Action and Italia Viva) between 15 and 25 seats. Italexit would not achieve representation.

In the Senate, the right would achieve between 111 and 131 of the 200 seats, followed by the center-left (33-53), the Five Star Movement (14-34) and the Third Pole (4-12). Exit polls from Istant Quorum-SkyTg24 forecast a similar result.

In terms of participation, the drop already indicated by the partial data for 12:00 and 7:00 p.m. and at 11:00 p.m. the participation was 64.13 percent, while in 2018 it was 69.36 percent.