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Italy’s League Dominates Umbria Vote as Salvini Flexes Muscles

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  • Support for Di Maio’s party drops below 10% in regional vote
  • Umbria was first local vote with new government coalition
Donatella Tesei at a farmers’ market
Donatella Tesei at a farmers’ market Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg

The anti-migrant League was the clear winner in a regional election in Umbria Sunday, signaling that Matteo Salvini’s party still has the political momentum in Italy despite losing a power struggle in Rome over the summer.

The League got 58% of the votes in the regional ballot, more than 20 percentage points more than the candidate fielded jointly by the coalition governing at national level. It was the first time coalition partners Five Star and the Democrats had fielded a joint candidate and the result offered a clue to the price they’ll pay for the unexpected alliance that thwarted Salvini’s attempt to take power in August.