Sardinian Democratic Union

The Sardinian Democratic Union – Nationalist Project (Unione Democratica Sarda – Progetto Nazionalitario, UDS) is a regionalist Christian-democratic political party in Sardinia.[1] Its leader is Mario Floris, a former Christian Democrat who was President of the Region from 1999 to 2001.

Sardinian Democratic Union

Unione Democratica Sarda
LeaderMario Floris
Founded1998
IdeologySardinian regionalism[1]
Christian democracy[1]
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional Council of Sardinia
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History

Origins

The party was founded in 1998 as Sardinian section of Democratic Union for the Republic of Francesco Cossiga, a Sardinian who had been Prime Minister and President of Italy. In the 1999 regional election Floris won 6.2% as candidate for president, while the party won 4.1% and three regional councillors.

Later evolution

In the 2004 regional election the UDS won 3.9% of the vote and two regional councillors. After that, the party became a stable regional ally of The People of Freedom (PdL). In the 2009 regional election, in coalition with the centre-right, the UDS won 3.5% of the vote and got two regional councillors elected (Floris and a member of the New Italian Socialist Party). In the 2010 provincial elections the party was strongest in the Province of Cagliari, where it won 3.8% of the vote.[2]

Since 2008 the party was for a while the regional section of the Alliance of the Centre, a small party that was later merged into PdL.[3]

In the 2014 regional election the UDS obtained 2.6% of the vote and Floris was once again re-elected to the Council.[4]

See also

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Sardinia/Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. Ministry of the Interior Archived 2010-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Prima Assemblea Nazionale dell'Alleanza di Centro per la Libertà | RadioRadicale.it
  4. Sardegna - Elezioni Regionali del 16 febbraio 2014 - la Repubblica.it

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