Liguria goes to the polls Sunday and
Monday to elect a new governor in the first of three key tests
for the Italian government and opposition ahead of other
regional votes in Umbria and Emilia-Romagna on November 17-18.
Centre-right candidate, two-time and current Genoa Mayor Marco
Bucci, is facing former environment and justice minister Andrea
Orlando of the centre left, with pre-election polls saying the
race will be tight.
The Liguria election was called after two-term centre-right
governor Giovanni Toti quit amid a graft probe.
Premier Giorgia Meloni's rightwing coalition of her Borhers of
Italy (FdI), Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo
Salvini's League, and Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister
Antonio Tajani's post-Berlusconi Forza Italia (FI) are hoping to
edge the three-part competition 2-1 as they bid to hold on to
former leftwing fief Umbria but are virtually resigned to losing
the still 'red' Emilia Romagna in three weeks time.
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