ROME: A surge for populist and far-right parties in Italy’s election could result in a hung parliament with a right-wing alliance likely to win the most votes but no majority after a campaign dominated by anger against immigration.

With over half the ballots from Sunday’s vote counted, the right-wing coalition was at 37 percent, including the far-right, euroskeptic League party with 18 percent and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia (Go Italy) party with 14 percent.

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