Centre left pulls ahead in Lazio governor's race
Centre right and centre left neck and neck in Lombardy
25 February, 17:10
(ANSA) - Rome, February 25 - The centre left's Nicola
Zingaretti was outstripping his rivals in the Lazio governor's
race, with 52-54% of the vote, a first exit poll by the Piepoli
Institute and public broadcaster RAI found on Monday.Home to Italy's capital Rome, Lazio saw center-right candidate Francesco Storace running a distant second with 28-30%, while centrist Giulia Buongiorno was garnering 7-9%.
In Lombardy, the region of Milan, the Piepoli-RAI exit poll found centre-left and centre-right governor candidates running neck and neck.
The centre-left's Umberto Ambrosoli and centre-right's Roberto Maroni had taken 42-44% of the vote each, while the centre candidate Gabriele Albertini had garnered an estimated 6-8%.
In the southern region of Molise, Piepoli-RAI saw the centre-left candidate Paolo Frattura ahead with 47-49% of vote.
The centre right's Michele Iorio had pulled in 26-28%, while the anti-establishment Five Star Movement's Antonio Federico saw 15-17%.
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