So far, the anti-establishment party Five Star Movement is the largest party in the Italian election 2018.
The party, led by 31-year-old Luigi Di Maio, is yet to reach the necessary majority to form an Italian government (40 per cent) but with the 31.1 per cent it could be given the chance to form one with a grand coalition post-election.
With the new Italian electoral law, if no party or coalition reaches a majority, it will be up to Italian President Sergio Mattarella do decide which party or coalition will be given the chance to form a government post-election.
Following the preliminary results of the election, a Five Star Movement official said: “One of our strengths was the ability to create a dense network on social media.
“We have a lot of different personalities within the movement whose posts have been shared again and again. We were truly able to interact with our supporters.”
Party leader Luigi Di Maio had previously run on a manifesto calling for a euro opt-out referendum.
The decision to drop its long-held threat did not however stop the M5S candidate for the 2018 Italian Election from issuing a stark warning to the EU.
Speaking exclusively with Express.co.uk in January, Mr Di Maio said: “We need to start a season of debate on what’s not working.
“Certainly, a key contractual card we bring to the table is the €20bn we give to the EU each year.”
Mr Di Maio added “unfair” EU treaties are having a bad impact on Italian businesses and industries and his party would seek to resolve current tensions by threatening the EU to cut budget contributions.
Italy has long been considered a threat to European stability because of the ill-health of its banks, on which the country’s political disharmony has a substantial bad impact.
He said: “We want to be listened to otherwise all those sectors and industries that are suffering from injustice because of European treaties and directive will have to be reimbursed.
“We’ll start reimbursing them by cutting part of our contribution to the EU. But I hope I won’t have to go that far.”
The centre-right coalition between right-wing party the League, Silvio Berlusconi’s party Forza Italia and centre-right party Fratelli d’Italia, is also in the run to reach the 40 per cent majority. If successful, the coalition will be led by eurosceptic League leader Matteo Salvini.
Matteo Salvini’s party could also be chosen by Luigi Di Maio for a post-election coalition.
The election campaign was dominated by talks around immigration reforms after a suspected migrant was arrested in relation to the death of 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro in Macerata, Le Marche.
Following the arrest, a self-proclaimed neo-fascist took to streets of Macerata and shot six migrants living in the central Italian town.