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Slideshow Sponsored Links Bersani set for big win in Italian centre-left primary Tweet Share this Email Print Related News RPT-PREVIEW-Sharp young mayor, veteran party chief vie in Italy left vote Thu, Nov 29 2012 Berlusconi awaits left contest before comeback decision Mon, Nov 26 2012 Italy - Factors to watch on Nov 26 Mon, Nov 26 2012 Bersani leads after Italy center-left primary Sun, Nov 25 2012 Italy centre left picks candidate for next PM Sun, Nov 25 2012 Analysis & Opinion To see future electorate, look at California voters now Related Topics World » Sports » Italy » 1 of 8. Democratic Party (PD) leader Pier Luigi Bersani arrives to cast his vote at a polling station in Piacenza, northern Italy December 2, 2012. The two finalists in a primary to choose the centre-left candidate for prime minister in next year's Italian elections face judgement day on Sunday in a run-off primary after a bitter campaign. The contest will decide whether Bersani, 61, or Matteo Renzi, 37, stand in national elections early next year against a still-to-be-chosen centre-right candidate to take over from Prime Minister Mario Monti. Credit: Reuters/Alessandro Garofalo By Philip Pullella ROME | Sun Dec 2, 2012 3:27pm EST ROME (Reuters) - Pier Luigi Bersani was set to win a run-off primary by a huge margin on Sunday to become the Italian centre-left candidate for prime minister in national elections early next year, according to exit polls and early results. He has said repeatedly he would stick to the tough budget commitments made by technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti to Italy's European partners but seek to soften the impact on workers and the poor and put more emphasis on economic growth. An exit poll by the Peipoli Institute for state broadcaster RAI television showed Bersani, head of the Democratic Party, winning 61.5 percent against 38.5 percent for his rival, Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi. Another exit poll, by the SWG group, gave Bersani between 60 and 62 percent and Renzi between 38 and 40 percent. The exit polls were confirmed by official early results. With more than half of some 9,200 polling places reporting, Bersani had 60.8 percent to 39.2 percent for Renzi. Bersani, 61, looks set to stand in national elections, likely in March, against a still-to-be-chosen center-right candidate to take over from Monti. Renzi practically conceded defeat in a tweet in which he said "it was right to try". The exit poll was in line with pre-election expectations, which said the slow-speaking, bald, professorial Bersani would defeat Renzi, who bounces around platforms at rallies in open shirts and jeans. Markets have expressed some wariness over Bersani's alliance with a party called Left, Ecology and Freedom. Renzi had painted himself as a Kennedy-esque reformer, saying Italy's largest center-left party needed a big shakeup. He had accused the older generation of the Democratic Party of failing to present a credible alternative, allowing former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's center right to govern for so long. Monti, favorite of the business community, has said he will not be a candidate next year but might come back if the election does not provide a clear winner. Another possible future role for him is as president of the republic and guarantor that austerity reforms agreed with Italy's European partners continue. Italy's gross public debt is equivalent to 126 percent of national output, according to the IMF. Berlusconi's scandal-plagued right, forced from government by the financial crisis a year ago, is in disarray. Berlusconi said on Monday he would wait to see who wins the center-left primary before deciding whether to run himself. He has repeatedly changed his mind in the last few weeks on whether to do so. 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