1999 Sardinian regional election

1999 Sardinian regional election

←  1994 13 and 27 June 1999 2004  →
All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia
Turnout	66.3% (8.0%)
Majority party Minority party   Candidate Mauro Pili Gian Mario Selis Party Forza Italia PPI Alliance Pole for Freedoms The Olive Tree Seats won 37 37 Seat change 9 5 Popular vote 369,164 318,122 Percentage 53.7% 46.3% Swing 17.0% 7.1% [1]
President before election Federico Palomba PDS Elected President Mauro Pili Forza Italia

The Sardinian regional election of 1999 took place on 13 and 27 June 1999.

The centre-right coalition led by Mauro Pili won the election but was short of a clear majority; Pili, who was appointed President of the Region was not able to form a majority and was soon replaced by the defeated candidate, Gian Mario Selis, who was not able to win the confidence vote of the Regional Council himself. The former President Mario Floris was asked to form a government avoiding a new regional election.

Results

Regional council election

Summary of the 1999 Sardinia Regional Council election results

Parties and coalitions				Votes	%	Seats
		Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra)	DS	122,675	14.2	10
		Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano)	PPI	87,566	10.2	7
		Democratic Federation (Federazione Democratica)	FD	49,584	5.8	4
		The Democrats (I Democratici)	Dem	46,857	5.8	4
		Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani)	SDI	43,250	5.0	3
		Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista)	PRC	31,713	3.7	2
		Party of Italian Communists (Comunisti Italiani)	PdCI	18,257	2.1	0
		The Greens (I Verdi)	FdV	15,833	1.8	0
The Olive Tree (Selis)				415,735	48.6	30
		Forza Italia	FI	169,470	19.7	13
		National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)	AN	85,201	9.9	7
		Sardinian Reformers (Riformisti Sardi)	RS	38,259	4.4	3
		Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico)	CCD	34,866	4.0	3
		New Movement (Nuovo Movimento)	NM	28,771	3.3	2
Pole for Freedoms (Pili)				356,567	41.3	28
	Sardinian Action Party (Partito Sardo d'Azione)		PSdAz	38,422	4.5	3
	Democratic Union for the Republic (Unione Democratica per la Repubblica)		UDR	35,177	4.1	3
	Sardinia Nation (Sardigna Natzione)		SN	15,283	1.8	0
Total				861,184	100.00	64
Turnout					66.3
Source: Regional Council of Sardinia

President election

Candidate		Party	Coalition	First round		Second round		Regional seats
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Mauro Pili	FI	Pole for Freedoms	371,816	48.1	369,164	53.7	9
	Gian Mario Selis	PPI	The Olive Tree	243,839	31.5	318,122	46.3	7
	Franco Meloni	PS'dAz		64,420	8.3
	Mario Floris	UDR		47,697	6.2
	Bustiano Cumpostu	SN		46,014	5.9
Total votes				772,979	100.00	687,286	100.00	16

References

1. The swing comes from the combined result of the Alliance of Progressives (42.7%) and Pact for Italy (20.7%) in the 1994 regional election.