Outgoing governor Marco Marsilio and challenger Luciano D'Amico are neck-and-neck in Abruzzo. First exit poll gives centre-right coalition between 49.7% and 53.7%.
The broad camp has placed a lot of bets on the possibility of convincing the undecided. All the national leaders, including a fair number of ministers, have arrived in the region to vote. In Sardinia the broad candidate, Alessandra Todde, was given at a clear disadvantage.