2019 European Parliament election in Sardinia

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The European Parliament election of 2019 took place in Italy on 26 May 2019.

In Sardinia the League, which included the Sardinian Action Party, came first with 27.7% of the vote (country-level result 34.3%), slightly ahead of the Five Star Movement (25.7%) and the Democratic Party (24.3%). Forza Italia came a distant fourth (7.8%), ahead of Brothers of Italy (6.2%), The Left (2.2%), More Europe (2.1%) and Green Europe (1.6%). No Sardinian candidate was elected to the European Parliament, due to the strength of Sicilians in the Islands constituency. [1]

Results

PartyVotes%
League 135,49627.7
Five Star Movement 126,30125.7
Democratic Party 119,26024.3
Forza Italia 38,3897.8
Brothers of Italy 30,6816.2
The Left 10,7102.2
More Europe 10,2692.1
Green Europe 7,8631.6
others12,4852.5
Total491,454100.00

Source: Ministry of the Interior

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References

  1. "Europee: Sardegna fuori dall'europarlamento. La Corsica con 330mila abitanti elegge un rappresentante | Cagliari - Vistanet". 28 May 2019.