The Brothers of Italy leader is on course to become the first female prime minister in the country’s history
The right-wing bloc led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FI) party is heading for victory in the snap parliamentary election, which took place on Sunday.
With most of the ballots counted, early results released by the Interior Ministry on Monday suggested that the right-wing coalition will have a solid majority in both houses of the Italian parliament.
Brothers of Italy were in the lead with 26%, the ministry said, after more than 90% of the ballots were counted. Matteo Salvini’s League and former PM Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia – FI’s partners in the bloc – were on 9% and 8%, respectively.
The conservatives’ closest challengers, the center-left Democratic Party of former premier Enrico Letta, has won just over 19% of the vote, according to the early results.
The turnout in the election, which was called after the collapse of Mario Draghi’s coalition government in July, was almost 64%.
Meloni has already celebrated victory, saying in a televised speech that “Italy chose us. We will not betray [the country], as we never have.”
“If we are called to govern this nation, we will do it for everyone, we will do it for all Italians and we will do it with the aim of uniting the people,” the 45-year-old declared.
