Italians in second day of elections

Italians went to the polls for a second day of voting today in the southern region of Basilicata, where regional elections were delayed by two weeks because of a legal dispute over a party list.

Elections were held in 13 of Italy’s 20 regions on April 3 and 4. The centre right coalition of Premier Silvio Berlusconi won just two of the seats up for grabs, a stinging defeat that has thrown the government into crisis. Basilicata is held by the centre-left.