2014 Sardinian regional election

The Sardinian regional election of 2014 took place on 16 February 2014.

2014 Sardinian regional election

16 February 2014
All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia
Turnout	52.28% (15.3%)
Candidate Francesco Pigliaru Ugo Cappellacci Party PD FI Alliance Center-left coalition Center-right coalition Seats won 36 24 Seat change 9 29 Popular vote 312,982 292,395 Percentage 42.4% 39.6% Swing 0.5% 12.3%
President before election Ugo Cappellacci FI Elected President Francesco Pigliaru PD

Francesco Pigliaru of the Democratic Party defeated incumbent Ugo Cappellacci of Forza Italia. The combined score of the highly fragmented Sardist parties was 26%.[1]

The Five Star Movement did not take part to the election, after Beppe Grillo refused to concede the use of his party's symbol.

The notorious novelist Michela Murgia, who received more than the 10% of votes, wasn't elected because of the new high electoral threshold.

New electoral system

In 2013 Sardinian electoral law was changed once again.

While the President of Sardinia and the first leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 58 councillors, instead of 64 as it was before, are elected by party lists under a form of semi-proportional representation. The winning coalition receives a jackpot of additional seats, which are divided between all majority parties using the D'Hondt method, as it happens between the losing lists. Each party then distributes its seats to its provincial lists, where candidates are openly selected.

The electoral threshold is fixed at 10% for coalitions and 5% for single parties. No electoral threshold is fixed for those parties inside a coalition. The leader of the alliance which receives a plurality of votes and at least 25% of votes becomes the President of Sardinia.

Results

2014 Sardinia regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Francesco Pigliaru	312,982	42.45	1		Democratic Party	150,492	22.06	18
						Left Ecology Freedom	35,376	5.18	4
						Party of Sardinians	18,178	2.66	2
						Red Moors	13,892	2.63	2
						Democratic Centre	14,451	2.11	2
						Communist Refoundation Party	13,892	2.03	2
						Christian Popular Union	11,639	1.70	1
						Italian Socialist Party	9,518	1.39	1
						Italy of Values – Greens	7,551	1.10	1
						Independence Republic of Sardinia	5,599	0.82	1
						The Base	4,897	0.71	1
					Total		289,573	42.45	35
	Ugo Cappellacci	292,395	39.65	1		Forza Italia	126,327	18.52	10
						Union of the Centre	51,923	7.61	4
						Sardinian Reformers	41,060	6.02	3
						Sardinian Action Party	31,886	4.67	3
						Brothers of Italy	19,275	2.82	1
						Sardinian Democratic Union	17,728	2.60	1
						Sardinia Free Zone	11,150	1.63	1
					Total		299.349	43.89	23
	Michela Murgia	75,981	10.30	–		Project Republic of Sardinia	18,845	2.76	–
						Gentes	15,271	2.24	–
						Comunitades	12,074	1.77	–
					Total		46,190	6.77	–
	Mauro Pili	42,236	5.72	–		Unidos	19,356	2.83	–
						Mauro Pili for President	11,454	1.68	–
						Fortza Paris	5,018	0.73	–
						Soberania	1,231	0.18	–
					Total		37.059	5.43	–
	Pierfranco Devias	7,626	1.03	–		United Independentist Front	4,772	0.70	–
	Luigi Amedeo Sanna	6,085	0.82	–		Free Zone Movement	5.079	0.74	–
Invalid votes		37,634	–
Total candidates		737,305	100.00	2	Total parties		682,022	100.00	58
Registered voters		1,480,332	52.34
Source: Autonomous Region of Sardinia – Results (1,828 of 1,836 President; 1,824 of 1,826 Lists)

Popular vote PD   22.06% FI   18.52% UdC   7.61% RS   6.02% SEL   5.18% PSd'Az   4.67% Unidos   2.83% FdI   2.82% Others   30.29%

President Pigliaru   42.45% Cappellacci   39.65% Murgia   10.30% Pili   5.72% Devias   1.03% Sanna   0.82%

References

1. Galassia sardista al 26 per cento - La Nuova Sardegna