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At the end of the vote in Italy and with the first projections based on the polls conducted at the exit of the polling stations by the company Opinio Italia for the RAI (Italian Radio-Television), the right-wing party of the minister of the 39 Interior and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini La Liga would be presented for the first time in history as the first party in Italy with results ranging from 27 to 31% of the vote (against 6.16% in the European elections) of 2014). Salvini himself commented on these results by placing a photo of himself on the Internet, smiling, with a handwritten sign saying, "Part one of Italy.Thank you In Europe, it emerged as the second party.

Second place would have been won by the Democratic Party (center-left) with 21-25% (in 2014, it was the first match with 40.81% of the vote). Although the Democratic Party has lost a constant number of votes compared to previous European elections, it was confirmed, the projections would have actually regained voter confidence because, until recently, it was considered the third party of the country. "If these exit polls are confirmed, it will be the reopening of the PD credit by an electorate that was suffering," said Andrea Orlando, deputy secretary of the party. The PD has yet to change a lot but these results are stimulating. "

The Five Star Movement (M5S), on the other hand, reportedly suffered a big defeat as it was the first match after the Italian elections last year and would have won only third place with 18 , from 5 to 22.5%. Forza Italia, who hoped to be able to recover the votes lost in recent years and for this candidate again Silvio Berlusconi despite his 82 years, would have realized that 8-12%, while the right wing Fratelli D & # 39; Italia, in the lead As candidate of the great-grandson of Benito Mussolini, Cayo Julio Cesar Mussolini could get between 5 and 7% of the vote.

Some 51 million Italians were allowed to vote in these European elections to elect 76 deputies from the 751 members of the European Parliament. Only 73 of the elected deputies can take office immediately and the other three can do so only when the United Kingdom withdraws permanently from the European Union. The influx of voters in almost all European countries was much higher than in the 2014 elections, this time reaching nearly 51% of voters. The same thing did not happen in Italy where, in 2014, the influx had exceeded 58% and we are now talking about 55%. Voters declined mainly in the south of the country. Polling stations opened at 7 am and were closed at 11 pm, much later than in other European countries.

Italy was also voted yesterday in regional and municipal elections in the Piedmont region (north) and in several cities, including some capitals of important regions such as Florence (capital of Tuscany) and Bari (capital of Apulia) . Both cities and Piedmont have been ruled until now by representatives of the center-left.

The results of these European elections in Italy and regional and municipal elections are likely to weigh in the future of the current national and complex Salvini de La Liga and Luigi Di Maio M5S, which has recently seen several clashes between them. , although some argue that these fights were solely for electoral purposes and that from now on everything will be nothing.