Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, confounding those who had forecast his political demise, re-emerged at the head of a populist-rightist coalition that ended up only 0.3 percentage points away from winning.
Beppe Grillos Fünf-Sterne-Bewegung erhielt 25 Prozent der Stimmen und damit die höchste Stimmenanzahl für eine Einzelpartei.