The Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has suffered her first regional election setback since taking power after a leftwing candidate was elected president of Sardinia.
Alessandra Todde, a politician with the Five Star Movement (M5S) who was backed by the Democratic party (PD), has become the island’s first female president, narrowly beating Paolo Truzzu, the rightwing candidate chosen by Meloni.
It was the first significant regional victory since 2015 for Italy’s leftwing parties, which have struggled to build a viable opposition to a coalition led by Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy.
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