Less than 20% of eligible Italian voters cast their ballot in the first hours of parliamentary elections on Sunday, in what looks set to become a new historic low in voter turnout. Polls opened at 7 am (0500 GMT). At 12 pm, turnout stood at 19%, down on figures from the 2018 elections, which saw the lowest turnout ever recorded after World War II with some 73% overall, according to the Interior Ministry in Rome. Sunday’s election might end up even lower than that, with experts predicting a turnout of below 70%. Some 51.5 million people are eligible to vote in the parliamentary elections, with …