Evidently, because of surprising support among Italians overseas, the former oppositoin has a majority in the Senate as well as the Camera dei deputati.
The near final results showed that Mr. Prodi and his allies won 158 votes to 156 for Mr. Berlusconi's center-right coalition in the Senate. In the lower chamber of Parliament, the margin in votes was tight: 49.8 percent of the votes for Mr. Prodi, and 49.7 percent for Mr. Berlusconi.
By Italian elections law, changed last year by Mr. Berlusconi's government, the winner in the lower chamber automatically receives 340 of 630 seats, with 277 going to the runners- up.
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