Prime Minister <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Mario+Monti&family=editorial&specificpeople=632091 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Mario Monti</a> casts his vote in a polling station on February 24, 2013 in Milan, Italy. Italians are heading to the polls today to vote in the elections, as the country remains in the grip of economic problems . Pier Luigi Bersani's centre-left alliance is believed to be a few points ahead of the centre-right bloc led by ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.