The Italian referendum on constitutional reform - results timetable guide:

Exit polls will come around 11pm (Rome time) - that's 2200GMT

The first provisional results should come around 12am Rome time (2300GMT)

Regardless, Reuters report that the Prime Minster will speak around 2300GMT

Meanwhile, reports of high turnout:

  • unexpectedly large numbers turned out to vote, defying predictions of widespread absenteeism. By midday, 20 per cent of the 46 million Italians entitled to vote had already done so.