2019 Sardinian regional election

This was the first Sardinian regional election with the participation of

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

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

Opinion polls

  Exit poll

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

Voter turnout

References