Official results from the Italian general elections say that the center-left coalition led by the former Prime Minister Romano Prodi has won a narrow victory in the lower house of the Congress. Final results from the upper House are still to be released. Mr. Prodi told cheering supporters in Rome that victory was theirs. But almost immediately the Center-right parties led by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi disputed the claim. From Rome, Johnny Dymond. .

Since the voting stopped more than 12 hours ago, first the left, then the right thought that they had won this ?? election. Now the left says it's over. The Interior Ministry has declared the center-left coalition led by Romano Prodi to be the winner in the Chamber of Deputies by the smallest of imaginable margins. Under Italian electoral law, its tiny lead, less than a 10th of a percentage point, will translate into a clear majority of seats.

意大利官方公布的大选结果显示, 前总理普罗迪所领导的中左派联盟以微弱多数赢得了议会下院选举的胜利，上院选举结果仍然有待公布。普罗迪在意大利向欢呼的支持者表示，他们已经赢得了大选的胜利。但是几乎在同一时间，由贝卢斯科尼领导的中右派政党对他们的说法提出异议。Johnny Dymond从罗马报道。

自选举在12小时前结束后，左派和右派联盟先后认为他们赢得了这次大选的胜利。而现在，左派联盟声称，争论已经结束了。意大利内务部宣布由普罗迪所领导的中左派联盟以极其微弱多数赢得了参议院选举的胜利。根据意大利的选举法，中左派零点一个百分点的微弱领先也足以使其毫无争议的获得多数议席。