The centre-left Democratic Party (PD) leads Premier Giorgia Meloni's right wing Brothers of Italy (FdI) by 14,2% to 13.8% with 67.2% of the votes in Sardinian regional elections counted.
The leftwing populist 5-Star Movement (M5S) is third on 7.7%ahead of the centre-right post Berlusconi Forza Italia (FI)party on 7% and the rightwing League on 3.7%.
The Sardinian Action party, lead by outgoing and notrecandidated governor Christian Solinas, has 5.5%.
photo: PD leader Elly Schlein
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