Italy general election: Monti is the first to speak publicly Outgoing prime minister Mario Monti has become the first candidate to speak publicly since vote counting began. Though the figures put him in third, with the possibility of polling less than 10 percent, he said he is happy with what his centrist group has achieved in just 50 days. Ministry of Interior says turnout has never been so low - 75.1 percent for the Chamber of Deputies, 75.2 percent for the Senate. Based on current projections, neither the centre-left nor the centre-right will have a majority in the Senate, even with Monti's support neither would reach the required 158 seats. Monti risks staying under 10 percent and feader of the Civil Revolution Antonio Ingroia will not have enough votes to enter parliament. 5-Star Movement leader Beppe Grillo says he will make a live speech on his website: Official results so far Senate (82.5 percent of votes counted) Bersani's centre-left - 31.98 percent Berlusconi's centre-right - 30.3 percent Grillo's 5-Star Movement - 23.8 percent Monti's centrist coalition - 9.1 percent Chamber of Deputies (54.5 percent of votes counted) Bersani's centre-left - 30.97 percent Berlusconi's centre-right - 27.69 percent Grillo's 5-Star Movement - 25.6 percent Monti's centrist coalition - 10.45 percent Senate (73 percent of votes counted) Bersani's centre-left - 32.29 Berlusconi's centre-right - 29.96 Grillo's 5-Star Movement - 23.86 Monti's centrist coalition - 9.2 percent ?Chamber of Deputies (39.6 percent of votes counted)? Bersani's centre-left - 31.62 percent Berlusconi's centre-right - 27.02 percent Grillo's 5-Star Movement - 25.6 percent Monti's centrist coalition - 10.4 percent State television RAI's first projection for Chamber of Deputies Bersani's centre-left - 29.1 percent Berlusconi's centre-right - 28.6 percent Grillo's 5-Star Movement - 26.3 percent Reuters: Conflicting early forecasts of the result of Italy's election on Monday raised the spectre of deadlock in parliament that could paralyse a new government and re-ignite the euro zone crisis. Officials from both centre and left warned that such gridlock could make Italy ungovernable and force new elections. Opinion polls have long pointed to the centre-left of Pier Luigi Bersani winning the lower house, but projections from RAI state television showed Silvio Berlusconi's centre right in front in the Senate - which has equal lawmaking power - but unable to form a majority. Here's an interesting study on the meteoric rise of Beppe Grillo's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, the kind of people who voted for him and social media in politics carried out by Demos Milan's stock exchange closed up 0.73 percent. But the spread between the Italian 10-year bond and German 10-year bond has widened again to 280 points from narrowing earlier to 255. Here's a look at predictions of the breakdown of Senate seats from John Hooper at the Guardian: Major candidates Pier Luigi Bersani Pierluigi Bersani was born in Bettola, in the province of Piacenza, on September 29, 1951. After graduating in philosophy and a brief stint as a teacher, he devoted himself full-time to political activity. Elected regional councillor in Emilia Romagna in the ranks of the Italian Communist Party in 1993, he was then President of the Region of Emilia-Romagna and re-elected in 1995. He resigned a year later to become a member of the Prodi government as Minister of Industry, and later Minister of Transport and Navigation. In 2001 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time, and became a member of the National Secretariat of the DS and appointed Treasurer of the party. After a brief period in the European Parliament, in 2006 he was appointed Minister of Economic Development in the second Prodi government and launched the controversial package on liberalisation. Among the protagonists of the birth of the Partito Democratico (Democratic Party), in December 2012 - at the party primary ballot - he was chosen by 60% of voters as candidate to run for prime minister. Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi was born in Milan on September 29, 1936. He started his business career in construction, but soon expanded to the telecommunications sector (Mediaset), publishing (Mondadori), finance (Mediolanum) and sports (AC Milan), setting up a business empire controlled by the family company, Fininvest. In 1993, he launched the centre-right political movement "Forza Italia," which merged in 2008 with Popolo della Libertà. He has been prime minister four times; his last tenure began in 2008 and ended in 2011 following international and domestic pressure on him to step down amid corruption trials, sex scandals, political divisions and indecision in the face of economic and financial crisis. This ushered in a period of technocratic government, led by Mario Monti. According to American magazine Forbes, with a personal fortune estimated at 5.9 billion US dollars, in 2012 Berlusconi was the sixth richest man in Italy and 169th richest person in the world. His centre-right People of Freedom party (PdL) have teamed up the the Northern League. Mario Monti Mario Monti was born in Varese on March 19, 1943. He graduated in 1965 in Economics at the Bocconi University of Milan. In 1969, at just 26 years old, he became a professor at the University of Trento; 16 years later he was appointed Professor of Economics at the Bocconi University in Milan, where he became director of the Institute of Economics. He spent nearly a decade (1995-2004) as a European Commissioner, responsible first for Internal Market, Services, Customs and Taxation then for Competition. In addition to numerous managerial positions in private companies (Fiat, General, BCI), Monti has held leading roles in several government and parliamentary committees. In 1999 he entered the centre-left government, and between 2005 and 2011 became International Advisor to Goldman Sachs. On November 9, 2011 he was appointed senator for life by President Giorgio Napolitano. On November 13, 2011 following the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi, he was tasked by Napolitano with forming a new government. He is representing a group of centrist politicians. Beppe Grillo Giuseppe Piero Grillo (Beppe Grillo) was born in Genoa on July 21, 1948. He is primarily known as a comedian, media personality and politician. During the 1980s, his biting and outspoken political satire earned him a ban from Rai television in 1986; he accused Bettino Craxi's Socialists of being thieves. He continued to work in theatre and in the 90s organized debates on the banking system and the environment. In 2005, he launched a blog which became one of the most popular in the country. In 2007 he proclaimed "V Day" (Vaffa day, or "Fuck You day") in Bologna (Piazza Maggiore) as part of a campaign against the so-called "old italian politics," an event that drew thousands of supporters. In 2009 he launched the "5 Star Movement " in the Emerald Theatre (Teatro Smeraldo) in Milan, which ran in the administrative elections of 2010, 2011 and 2012, with ever more consistent results. A vote for him is being seen as a protest vote.