The M5S candidate, former environment minister Sergio Costa, has a clear lead with 40.5% of the vote so far.
Disapproval at the ballot box for him Luigi di Maio. The outgoing foreign minister he failed to be re-elected in the Italian parliament, according to the election results that saw the light in his constituency of Naples
Di Maio, a former leader of the populist 5 Star Movement (M5S) who left M5S to form the IC (Personal Commitment – also known as Together for the Future – IpF) party in June, has garnered 24.3% of the vote in 403 out of 440 electoral divisions of the electoral district of Naples Fuorigrota where in 2018 he was elected with a large majority.
Di Maio’s party fails to enter parliament with less than 1% of the vote.
The M5S candidate, former Minister of the Environment Sergio Costa, has a clear lead with 40.5% of the vote so far.
The center-right candidate Maria Rossi comes third with 22.2%, while the candidate of the Italian centrist party Azione, Mara Carfania, comes fourth with 6.7%.
The coalition of Meloni, Salvini and Berlusconi parties gathers about 43% of the votes and is expected to secure an absolute majority of seats, both in the House and in the Senate.
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