Italy faces political gridlock

Italy is facing political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament in the country’s general election. Traditional parties lost out to anti-establishment and far right groups which attracted record numbers


VOTE SHARES OF COALITIONS IN LOWER CHAMBER	58,241 of 61,401 constituencies

Centre-right: Includes Forza Italia (FI), Lega Nord (LN), Brothers of Italy (FdI) and others
36.9%

Five Star Movement (M5S)
32.5%

Centre-left: Democratic Party and others
23.0%


VOTE SHARES OF PARTIES

Five Star Movement (M5S). Leader: Luigi Di Maio
32.3%

Democratic Party (PD). Matteo Renzi
18.8%

Lega Nord (LN). Matteo Salvini
17.6%

Forza Italia (FI). Silvio Berlusconi
14.0%

Brothers of Italy (FdI)
4.3%

Free and Equal (LeU)
3.4%


Di Maio (1)
Renzi (2)
Salvini (3)
Berlusconi (4)
1 2 3 4


Source: Italy’s Ministry of Interior 
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