Prodi claims victory, but Berlusconi’s allies aren’t done fighting

[Coexist]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12229641/

Updated: 7:31 a.m. ET April 11, 2006
ROME - Center-left leader Romano Prodi claimed a knife-edge victory in Italy’s election on Tuesday, but Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s allies disputed the result and the specter of political paralysis hung over the country.

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The Center-left won in the lower house and Sky Italia TV projected that it would have a majority of one or two seats in the upper house Senate thanks to votes of Italians abroad that were still being counted.

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Closest election in modern history
Official data showed that in the lower house Chamber of Deputies Prodi’s bloc had taken about 49.80 percent of the vote compared with 49.73 percent for Berlusconi. The winning margin was around 25,000 votes, a tiny fraction of Italy’s 47 million eligible electors.

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A re-evaluation of the spoilt ballots could unleash political chaos in Italy, evoking the 2000 U.S. presidential election, which ended in a bitter recount battle in Florida.

Looks like he pulled it out - wow.

[endarkenment]

1. Will the exit poll vs recorded ballot discrepancy be investigated?

Once again we have seen an electoral system that incorporates electronic voting suffer unexplained anomalies.

[Lost4words]

2. Looks Like WHO pulled it out?

I think you assessment is a little premature don't you think?