Center left's Todde looks set to be new Sardinia governor. Tod de held at 0.4% lead after almost 1600 of some 1800 polling stations reported.
The final result is expected in the small hours of the morning in Sardinia. The election was seen as a test of whether the 'broad field' alliance between the PD and the M5S could compete at a national level with the dominant right wing alliance of FdI, the League and the Berlusconi Forza Italia.