2019 Sardinian regional election

The 2019 Sardinian regional election took place on 24 February 2019.[2] The election was for all 59 elected seats of the Regional Council of Sardinia as well as the President of the Region who, along with the second placed presidential candidate, would also become members of the Regional Council.

2019 Sardinian regional election
24 February 2019
All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia
Turnout53.8% ( 1.5%)[1]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Candidate Christian Solinas Massimo Zedda Francesco Desogus
Party Sardinian Action Independent Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-right coalition Centre-left coalition None
Seats won 36 18 6
Seat change 12 18 new
Percentage 47.8% 32.9% 11.2%
Swing 8.2% 11.5% new
The map shows the winning candidate by each Comune.
President before election

Francesco Pigliaru
PD

 Elected President

Christian Solinas
PSd'Az

Sardinia
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This was the first Sardinian regional election with the participation of Lega and M5S. The incumbent President (Francesco Pigliaru, PD) did not run for a second term.

The ballot resulted in the election of Christian Solinas, the centre-right candidate, as President of the Regional Council with 47.8% of the votes.[3] The centre-left candidate, Cagliari Mayor Massimo Zedda, came in second with 33 percent.[4] The Five Star Movement candidate, Francesco Desogus, received 11 percent of the vote.[4]

Electoral law

The candidate who obtains a plurality of the votes is elected President of Sardinia. If the elected candidate obtains at least 25% of the votes, the majority of the seats on the board are guaranteed on the lists who support him.[5] The law provides for a single round, with a list vote, the possibility of expressing a preference within the chosen list, and voting for the presidential candidate, on a single card. It is possible to vote for a list and for a candidate who is not connected to each other (Article 9). The candidate who has obtained the relative majority is elected president (Article 1, paragraph 4). To the lists connected to the president-elect, a majority prize may be awarded in the following measure: 60% of the seats if the president-elect obtained a percentage of preference above 40%; 55% of the seats if the elected president has obtained a percentage of preferences between 25% and 40%, while no majority prize is awarded if the president is elected with less than 25% (Article 13). The law provides for a 10% threshold for coalitions, and 5% for non-coalitized lists (Article 1, paragraph 7). No barriers are foreseen for the lists within the coalitions that have exceeded 10%.[6]

Campaign

On 13 February certain groups of dairy farmers within the region announced an ultimatum that if the decrease in prices is not prevented then they would block entrances to the polling stations on election day.[7][8][9][10][11]

Parties and candidates
Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Progressives of Sardinia Democratic Party (PD) 22.1 18
Massimo Zedda
Christian Popular Union–Italian Socialist Party (UPC–PSI) 3.1[lower-alpha 1] 2[lower-alpha 2]
Progressive Camp (CP) N/A N/A
Free and Equal Sardinia (LeU) N/A N/A
We, Sardinia N/A N/A
Sardinia in Common (incl. Futura, POS, +Eu, FdV, Sardinian Radicals) N/A N/A
Common Future N/A N/A
Communist Project for Sardinia (PCpS) N/A N/A
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (FI) 18.5 10
Christian Solinas
Union of the Centre (UdC) 7.6 4
Sardinian Reformers (RS) 6.0 3
Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az) 4.7 3
Brothers of Italy (FdI) 2.8 1
Sardinian Democratic Union (UDS) 2.6 1
Fortza Paris (FP) 0.7 –
League (Lega) N/A N/A
Energies for Italy (EpI) (incl. ALI, PRI and PLI) N/A N/A
Sardinia20Twenty N/A N/A
Civic Movement of Sardinia (MCS) N/A N/A
Five Star Movement (M5S) N/A N/A
Francesco Desogus
Free Sardinians (incl. ProgReS and Unidos) 5.6[lower-alpha 3] –
Mauro Pili
Self-determination (ADN) (incl. RM, iRS and SN) 3.4[lower-alpha 4] 3[lower-alpha 5]
Andrea Murgia
Party of Sardinians (PdS) 2.7 2
Paolo Maninchedda
Communist Refoundation–Italian Communists–Sardinian Left (PRC–PCI–SS) 2.0 2
Vindice Lecis
  1. 1.7 % of the vote to UPC, 1.4 % of the vote to PSI.
  2. 1 seat to UPC, 1 seat to PSI.
  3. 2.8 % of the vote to ProgReS, 2.8 % of the vote to Unidos.
  4. 2.6 % of the vote to RM, 0.8 % of the vote to iRS.
  5. 2 seats to RM, 1 seat to iRS.

Opinion polls

  Exit poll

Date Polling firm Zedda Solinas Desogus Pili Others Lead
24 Feb 2019 Election Result 32.9 47.8 11.2 2.3 5.8 14.9
24 Feb 2019 Consorzio Opinio 35.0–39.0 36.5–40.5 13.5–17.5 N/A N/A 1.5
29 Jan 2019 SWG 31.0 35.0 24.0 5.0 5.0 4.0
26 Nov 2018 Euromedia 29.3 43.7 27.0 N/A N/A 14.4
Oct 2018 SWG 29.0 38.0 28.0 N/A 5.0 9.0

Results
24 February 2019 Sardinia regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Christian Solinas 364,059 47.78 1 League 81,421 11.40 8
Sardinian Action Party 70,434 9.86 7
Forza Italia 57,430 8.04 5
Sardinian Reformers 36,299 5.08 4
Brothers of Italy 33,716 4.72 3
Sardinia20Twenty 29,473 4.12 3
Union of the Centre 26,948 3.77 3
Civic Movement of Sardinia 11,689 1.63 1
Fortza Paris 11,611 1.62 1
Sardinian Democratic Union 7,828 1.09 –
Energies for Italy 3,505 0.49 –
Total 370,354 51.87 35
Massimo Zedda 250,797 32.92 1 Democratic Party 96,235 13.47 8
Free and Equal Sardinia 27,077 3.79 2
Progressive Camp 22,671 3.17 2
We, Sardinia 20,011 2.80 2
Common Future 18,750 2.62 2
Sardinia in Common 17,566 2.46 1
Christian Popular Union–Italian Socialist Party 9,275 1.30 –
Communist Project for Sardinia 3,075 0.43 –
Total 214,660 30.06 17
Francesco Desogus 85,342 11.20 – Five Star Movement 69,573 9.74 6
Paolo Maninchedda 25,559 3.35 – Party of Sardinians 26,216 3.67 –
Mauro Pili 17,593 2.31 – Free Sardinians 15,234 2.13 –
Andrea Murgia 13,955 1.83 – Self-determination 13,657 1.91 –
Vindice Lecis 4,528 0.59 – Communist Refoundation–Italian Communists–Sardinian Left 4,308 0.60 –
Invalid votes 30,440 –
Total candidates 790,709 100.00 2 Total parties 706,020 100.00 58
Registered voters 1,470,401 53.77
Source: Autonomous Region of Sardinia – Results (1,833 of 1,840 President; 1,825 of 1,840 Lists); Seats
Popular vote
PD
 
 13.47%
Lega
 
 11.40%
PSd'Az
 
 9.86%
M5S
 
 9.74%
FI
 
 8.04%
RS
 
 5.08%
FdI
 
 4.72%
S2020
 
 4.13%
LeU
 
 3.79%
UdC
 
 3.77%
PdS
 
 3.67%
CP
 
 3.17%
Noi
 
 2.80%
FC
 
 2.62%
SiC
 
 2.46%
Others
 
 11.28%
President
Solinas
 
 47.78%
Zedda
 
 32.91%
Desogus
 
 11.20%
Maninchedda
 
 3.35%
Pili
 
 2.31%
Murgia
 
 1.83%
Lecis
 
 0.59%

Voter turnout
Region Time
12:00 19:00 22:00
Sardinia 16.77% 43.78% 53.77%
Province Time
12:00 19:00 22:00
Cagliari 18.58% 45.25% 55.52%
Nuoro 15.78% 43.36% 53.18%
Oristano 14.85% 41.87% 51.25%
Sassari 16.04% 44.28% 54.65%
Medio Campidano 15.30% 40.41% 50.85%
Carbonia Iglesias 16.61% 42.00% 51.35%
Ogliastra 16.24% 44.46% 54.26%
Olbia Tempio 16.28% 43.47% 52.73%
Source: Autonomous Region of Sardinia – Turnout

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