Sardinia set to vote in key regional elections. Centre-right governor candidate Paolo Truzzu was neck and neckin opinion polls ahead of the vote.
Alessandra Todde, the candidate for the so-called 'broad field' alliance between the centre-left Democratic Parry and the populist leftwing 5-Star Movement (M5S) The latter is seen as a key indicator as to whether this alliance has a chance of beating the dominant right-centre-rightcoalition.