WATCH: Moment topless activist confronts Silvio Berlusconi as he casts vote
ITALIAN politician Silvio Berlusconi was confronted by what appears to be a topless Femen activist as he prepared to cast his vote for the next Italian government at his polling station in Milan.
Topless activist confronts Silvio Berlusconi during vote
Silvio Berlusconi was approaching the ballot box with his ID card and polling card when a topless woman jumped on the table.
Footage from Milan shows the woman leaping onto the table flashing the former Italian Prime Minister.
Security guards can be seen approaching Mr Berlusconi to take him away as photographers documenting his vote take pictures of the naked activist.
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The woman can be heard yelling in English and Italian, inviting voters not to support Mr Berlusconi centre-right coalition.
She said: "Don't vote Berlusconi! Don't vote Berlusconi! Berlusconi, your time is done."
Security guards can then be seen closing in on the woman to drag her out of the polling station.
Pollsters predict Mr Berlusconi and his right-wing allies La Lega and Brothers of Italy will emerge as the largest bloc in parliament but fall short of a parliamentary majority.
Voters queue at polling station to cast vote in Italian election
Don't vote Berlusconi! Don't vote Berlusconi! Berlusconi, your time is done
According to Paolo Cossarini, teaching fellow in Politics and International Relations at Loughborough University, he has predicted the vote percentage of the main blocs as follows:
Bloc 1: Centre-right bloc (FI,
Bloc 2: Centre-Left (PD, + others): 30%
Party not in pre-electoral alliance - 5 Star Movement: 25-28%
But if, as expected, no-one clinches a clearcut victory on Sunday, it might take weeks before a government deal is reached.
The electoral system used in Italy is brand new, so it is hard to predict the outcome of this general election.
It is a “mixed” system - part “first-past-the-post” and part proportional representation or PR.
According to exit polls made available following poll closure at 11 pm (10 pm GMT) put the 5 Star Movement (M5S) between 29 and 32 percent, followed by the Democratic Party between 20.5 and 23.5 percent. Forza Italia and Lega are forecasted to get between 12.5 and 15.5 percent.
The earliest exit polls have a margin of error of around 4 percent. Final results will not be available until earlier on
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