No Party or Coalition Wins Majority in Italy

The populist Five Star Movement and Northern League make gains at the expense of mainstream parties.

  • Italians elected a new parliament on Sunday.
  • The populist Five Star Movement and Northern League made gains at the expense of mainstream parties.
  • Neither the combined right nor a left-right coalition between Matteo Renzi’s Democrats and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia would have a majority.