Italy Election Neck-And-Neck Between Berlusconi's Right And Bersani's Left -- The Guardian
Earliest projections show Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition just ahead in Senate, contradicting exit polls
The Italian general election has turned into a neck-and-neck race between right and left after the earliest projections contradicted exit polls showing the centre-left heading for victory.
The first estimates based on the actual count showed Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right alliance ahead of Pier Luigi Bersani's centre-left by 31% to 29.5% in the upper house or Senate. The unexpected turnaround sent the interest rate on Italy's debt soaring as traders took fright at the prospect of a divided parliament with different majorities in the upper and lower houses.
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