An exit poll is due at 11pm local time (10pm BST), when voting closes
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Some nuts and bolts about tonight.
We expect exit polls shortly after voting closes at 11pm local time (10pm UK time). Caution: while these were pretty accurate in 2018’s general election, they have not always proved reliable.
There are 400 seats up for grabs in the lower house and 200 in the senate- a much smaller parliament, all told, than before. (The Italians voted in a 2020 referendum to cut the number of parliamentarians from more than 900 to 600.)
The rightwing coalition, led by the Brothers of Italy, includes Matteo Salvini’s far-right League, and the rightwing Forza Italia, led by young rising star Silvio Berlusconi.
The PD, the main centre-left party, is running with the support of some minor, leftwing, pro-European and green parties. The M5S is running alone, led by the former prime minister Giuseppe Conte.
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