The Italian Senate voted Wednesday to expel former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from parliament after his conviction for tax fraud . The vote was 192 to 113 , with two abstentions . Analysts had predicted his ouster , with both the center-left Democratic Party and anti-establishment Five-Star Movement promising to vote against the 77-year-old billionaire media tycoon . The vote follows Berlusconi 's conviction on charges related to a vast tax fraud conspiracy at his Mediaset television empire . Berlusconi was convicted of tax evasion last October , sentenced to four years in prison and barred from public office for two years . The prison time was later reduced to one year of community service . The former PM had called on his supporters to protest in Rome ahead of the vote . He even asked senators to delay the ballot , claiming to have new evidence proving he did not commit tax fraud . Berlusconi , who served on and off as prime minister between 1994 and 2011 , has dominated the lively Italian political scene for the past two decades . Despite his expulsion from parliament , he is unlikely to disappear . `` He is not out of politics , he is out of government , '' James Walston , chairman of the International Relations Department at the American University of Rome , told CNN . `` He will cease being Sen . Berlusconi . '' The former Prime Minister could face other headaches . The expulsion from parliament means losing a partial immunity senators hold from prosecution , and he could face charges in other cases . For years , he has also been entangled in fraud , corruption and sex scandals that have often reached the Italian courts . At a news conference Tuesday , Berlusconi 's lawyers dismissed as `` an absolutely unreal possibility '' that he could face further criminal charges for other cases . Berlusconi was convicted of tax fraud in October last year over deals involving Mediaset , and the verdict was upheld in August . AMANPOUR EXPLAINS : Berlusconi turns Italy into a political Circus Maximus . Editors ' Note : This article has been edited to remove plagiarized content after CNN discovered multiple instances of plagiarism by Marie-Louise Gumuchian , a former CNN news editor .
Senate votes to eject former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi . He was convicted of tax fraud involving his Mediaset TV firm . Berlusconi pulled his party out of a coalition government Tuesday . The move came after the lower house voted by 285 to 119 in favor of removing him from office and setting up an election for early next year.