Berlusconi suffers major setback in Italian election: estimate

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Monday June 28, 1:26 PM

Berlusconi suffers major setback in Italian election: estimate


Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party lost control of its Milan power base in local elections, in another setback for the conservatives following their defeat in European parliamentary polls.

The left-wing challenger, Filippo Penati beat out the incumbent Milan governor Ombretta Colli, garnering 54.2 percent of the vote to her 45.8, RAI television reported citing figures from polling agency Nexus.

The projection was based upon 80 percent of total votes cast.A separate projection carried out by the opposition Democrats of the Left gave the center-left 54 percent to 46 percent for the right.
Results for most other big cities were still not known.

If the Milan results in the second round of local and provincial elections are confirmed, it would be a personal defeat for billionaire Berlusconi, who owns the football team AC Milan and whose holding company Fininvest is based in the northern Italian financial center.

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