Centre-right candidate Marco Bucci
was shading the centre left's Andrea Orlando in the first two
projections of the Liguria gubernatorial race out Monday.
Bucci was on 49% and Orlando 47.5% in the first projection by
SWG for La7, while the centre-right man was ahead by 49.8% to
46.5% in an Opinio poll for Rai.
Bucci is a two-term and current mayor of Genoa while Orlando, a
senior figure in the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), is a
former environment and justice minister.
The vote is seen as a key test for the national government and
opposition ahead of others in Umbria and Emilia-Romagna on
November 17-18.
Premier Giorgia Meloni is banking on winning Liguria and keeping
Umbria to score a 2-1 victory in the three contests.
The polls are also seen as a test of the 'broad field'
centre-left aliance featuring the PD, the anti-establishment
5-Star Movement (M5S) and other elftwing and centrist forces.
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