In Italy, the turnout for the parliamentary elections on Sunday (today) is historically low.
At 7:00 p.m., four hours before the polling stations closed, only around 51 percent of those eligible to vote in the Mediterranean country had cast their votes, the Interior Ministry announced.
In the 2018 elections, it was around 59 percent at the time.
At the end of the day, Italy registered the lowest voter turnout of its post-war period at just under 73 percent - this value could now be significantly undercut again.
According to the evaluation, the inflow was particularly weak in the south of the country in the regions of Calabria, Apulia, Campania and Basilicata as well as on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, at times well below 40 percent.