UPDATE - Italy’s right-wing alliance leads general elections: Exit polls

UPDATE - Italy’s right-wing alliance leads general elections: Exit polls

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party expected to win majority of the votes, or between 22%-26%

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By Busra Nur Cakmak

ANKARA (AA) – Italy’s right-wing alliance is leading in the country’s general elections, according to exit polls late Sunday.

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy (FdI) party is expected to win the majority of the votes, or between 22%-26%, according to exit polls by Italy’s state broadcaster RAI.

Meloni won 4% of the vote in the 2018 elections.

The right-wing alliance of the FdI, Matteo Salvini’s Lega party and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italy is expected to obtain 41%-45% of the vote, enough to guarantee control of both houses of parliament.

Salvini said on Twitter that the alliance is “in clear advantage both in the House and in the Senate,” adding “it will be a long night, but already now I want to say THANK YOU.”

The center-left alliance led by Enrico Letta’s Democratic Party (PD) was well behind with 25.5%-29.5% of the votes.

However, the PD is expected to come in second with 17%-21%.

Former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s 5-Star Movement (M5S) is expected to finish third with 13.5%-17.5%.

The Italian news agency ANSA also reported that voter turnout “was 64%, down by around 10 points on the 2018 election,” citing “non-definitive data released by the Interior Ministry.”

Meloni is set to become be Italy's first female prime minister, and the country will for the first time since World War II have a far-right leader.

Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella dissolved Parliament in July and called for an early election on Sept. 25, marking the end of the government led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi, which lasted about a year and a half.

Nearly 51 million people are eligible to vote in what could be a pivotal election, with over 4 million Italians living abroad having cast their ballots before Sunday.

Some 51% of the voters in Italy are women, among a total population of 59 million.

Voters 18 and older will also be able to elect members of Parliament's upper chamber, a first in Italian history which was made possible following the endorsement of Italy’s Senate. They could already vote for the lower house of parliament.

Voting started nationwide at 7 a.m. local time (0500GMT).

Italians voted to elect 200 senators and 400 deputies in Parliament.

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