Even after the sixth round of voting, Italy has not yet got a new president.
The term of office of the current President Sergio Mattarelli expires next Thursday.
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Former President Sergio Mattarella got 336 votes, 445 voters abstained, 106 ballots cast were empty, said the President of the Chamber of Deputies Roberto Fico after the vote. . The seventh round of voting will take place on Saturday at 9.30.
The President of Italy is elected by a 1009-member Electoral College. Two rounds of voting took place today, the candidate would need an absolute majority to be elected, which means 505 votes.
In the fifth round, the President of the Senate received the most votes Maria Elisabetta Casellati from the party Next Italy, namely 382.
After voting only once a day from Monday to Thursday, two votes a day are scheduled from today, until a successor to the current president is elected.
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