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4/12/13

Italy: Polls - Berlusconi would win new elections

Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right coalition would win if the current deadlock forces new elections in Italy, but would fail to get enough votes for an overall majority in Parliament, polls showed April 12.

A poll by the SWG Institute gave Berlusconi’s coalition 32.4 percent of the vote, compared to Pier Luigi Bersani’s center-left forces at 30.0 percent. The anti-establishment Five Star Movement would get 24.0 percent.

 The poll, based on 1,500 respondents and with a margin of error of 2.9 percent, indicated that support for the center-left and the Five Star Movement has ebbed since Feb. 24-25 elections while backing for Berlusconi has risen.

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