Mussolini's granddaughter wins second term in Rome municipal vote

FILE PHOTO: An Italian flag is drawn to half mast, as mayors across Italy stand in silence to honour the country's dead due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Campidoglio in Rome, Italy, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

ROME (Reuters) - A granddaughter of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini has won a second term as a city councillor in Rome with a much increased majority and said her success was down to her hard work, not to her family history.

Standing for the far-right Brothers of Italy party, Rachele Mussolini won more than 8,200 votes in the Oct. 3-4 municipal election, more than any other candidate and far more than the 657 votes she received in the previous ballot, in 2016.