Italian elections: Early results indicate hung parliament and no clear winner as centre-right coalition leads vote
Negotiations to form coalition government likely to prove complex and arduous after inconclusive outcome on bad night for scandal-hit former PM Silvio Berlusconi
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With no faction winning a clear majority, the results early on Monday confirm that negotiations to form a government that can win a confidence vote in Parliament will likely be long and fraught.
The partial results show the right-wing, anti-immigrant and eurosceptic League party of Matteo Salvini surpassing the establishment Forza Italia party of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi. The League captured around 18 per cent, while Forza Italia had less than 14 per cent.
The results confirm the defeat of the two main political forces that have dominated Italian politics - Forza Italia and the centre-left.
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