Sunday’s Italian election produced two winners, or no winner, depending on how you look at it. The populist Five Star Movement, led by 31-year-old Luigi di Maio, was the undisputed winner of the popular vote. With 32%, it swept aside the Democratic Party (PD), which failed to reach 19%.

The other big winner was the right-wing La Lega (the League). Although it polled slightly less than the PD, with over 17%, this was a huge increase on previous results, and a great personal victory for its young leader Matteo Salvini. But no one party or grouping reached the 40% necessary to form a stable parliamentary majority.