Center-right coalition leads in Italy's parliamentary elections

The line at the polling station in Rome during the voting in the parliamentary elections in Italy. Archival photoROME, Sep 26 — RIA Novosti.The center-right coalition will be able to win the lead in the elections to the Italian parliament, according to the forecast of the research center Consorzio Opinio Italia, conducted for the Rai broadcasting company on the basis of counting the first ballots. According to the analysis, the Brothers of Italy party is gaining 24.6 percent of the vote in the Senate elections. Its allies, the League and Fort Italia parties, receive 8.5 percent and 8.0 percent, respectively. In general, the center-right alliance, according to this projection, receives 42.2 percent of the vote. Forecasts for elections to the Chamber of Deputies will follow later. The center-left coalition can count on 26.4 percent of the vote in the Senate, analysts say. Its leading player, the Democratic Party, preliminarily gains 19.4 percent. The third most popular political force is the 5 Star Movement, which is predicted to have 16.5 percent support. Polling stations in Italy's snap elections were open from 7 am to 11 pm. After they closed, the official counting of votes began. Turnout was 63.8 percent, down 9 percent from the March 2018 vote, interior minister Luciana Lamorgese said. General elections to the parliament began in Italy