The center-left wins (by a whisker) in the Chamber, while in the Senate no political coalition (not even the possible one between the Democratic Party and Monti) has an absolute majority: this is the situation at the end of the count, which effectively delivers an ungovernable Parliament.
The centre-left won in the Chamber, winning the 340 seats of the majority prize, with a gap of 0,36% on the centre-right, ie 124 thousand 407 more votes. Bersani's coalition obtained 10 million 47.507 votes, equal to 29,54%, against 9 million 923.100 for the centre-right (29,18%). The third party in the Chamber is the PDL with 7 million 332.121 votes (21,56%), followed by the Civic Choice with Monti (2 million 823.814 votes, equal to 8,30%), Lega Nord (one million 390.156 votes, the 4,08%), Sel (one million 90.802 votes, 3,20%), Civil Revolution (765.054, 2,24%), Brothers of Italy (666.001, 1,95%), UDC (608.292 votes, 1,78%).
Among the other parties, Fli stopped at 0,46%, with 159.454 votes; Fare, Giannino's movement, had 380.937 votes, equal to 1,12%; the Right of Storace 220.312 votes (0,64%) and the Great South-Mpa 148.570 (0,43%).
At the end of the ballot, 301 seats were assigned in the Senate out of 315 (there are no Trentino Alto Adige and Valle d'Aosta, which respectively elect 7 and one senator, and 6 senators elected abroad): 116 seats were assigned to the centre-right, 113 to the centre-left, 54 to the Movimento 5 Stelle and 18 to the Con Monti list for Italy.
As regards the centre-right, 98 seats were attributed to the PDL, 17 to the Northern League and one to the Great South; for the centre-left, 105 for the Pd, 7 for Sel and one for the Lista Crocetta.
In absolute terms, the centre-left obtained the highest number of votes – 9 million 686.398, equal to 31,63% – while the centre-right received 9 million 405.786, or 30,72%. The gap is therefore 280.612 votes and 0,91%. Beppe Grillo's movement collected 7 million 285.648 votes, equal to 23,79% and the Monti List 2 million 797.451 votes, corresponding to 9,13%.
