Italy to the vote. Seats open from 7 to 23

Ballots open from 7 to 23 on Sunday 25 September for over 50 million Italians called - at home and abroad - to vote in the political elections and, in Sicily, also to

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After the cut of parliamentarians decided in the legislature that is about to end, 200 senators (instead of 315) and 400 deputies (instead of 630) are elected.

The exit polls will arrive immediately after the close of the polls at 11pm;

then, the projections on the outcome of the vote and, during the night, the first results.

The counting of the ballots for the regional in Sicily will begin on Monday 26 at 15.

From 11pm on Sunday

will publish in real time exit polls, projections and voting trends, the results of the counting and the comments of the leaders of the main parties and coalitions who present themselves to the voters' judgment: a non-stop that will last until the end of the scrutiny operations.  

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Italian political elections

The vote of the main institutional offices

The head of state, Sergio Mattarella, is expected to vote in Palermo, as usual, while Prime Minister Mario Draghi will walk through the doors of the Roman high school Mameli.

Instead, the President of the Senate, Maria Elisabetta Casellati, will be in Potenza.

The President of the Chamber, Roberto Fico, will vote in his city, Naples, at the Della Valle Institute in Posillipo.