2019 Sardinian regional election

2019 Sardinian regional election

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All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia
Turnout	53.8% ( 1.5%) [1]
Majority party Minority party Third party   Candidate Christian Solinas Massimo Zedda Francesco Desogus Party Sardinian Action Progressive Camp Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-right Centre-left None Seats won 36 18 6 Seat change 12 18 new Popular vote 364,059 250,797 85,342 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

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.

This was the first Sardinian regional election with the participation of League 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
	Centre-left coalition		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 Sardinia (CPS)	—	—
			Free and Equal Sardinia (LeU)	—	—
			We, Sardinia	—	—
			Sardinia in Common (incl. Futura, Pos, +E, FdV, Sardinian Radicals)	—	—
			Common Future	—	—
			Communist Project for Sardinia (PCS)	—	—
	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
			Union of Sardinians (UDS)	2.6	1
			Fortza Paris (FP)	0.7	–
			League (Lega)	—	—
			Energies for Italy (EpI) (incl. ALI, PRI and PLI)	—	—
			Sardinia 20Twenty (S20V)	—	—
			Civic Sardinia (SC)	—	—
	Five Star Movement (M5S)			—	—	Francesco Desogus
	Free Sardinians (incl. ProgReS, Unidos and Free Sardinia)			5.6 [lower-alpha 3]	–	Mauro Pili
	Autodeterminatzione (ADN) (incl. RM, iRS and SNI)			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
						Sardinia 20Twenty	29,473	4.12	3
						Union of the Centre	26,948	3.77	3
						Civic Sardinia	11,689	1.63	1
						Fortza Paris	11,611	1.62	1
						Union of Sardinians	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 Sardinia	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	–		Autodeterminatzione	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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