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Politics of Sardinia

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The Politics of Sardinia (Sardinia, Italy) takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council of Sardinia.

Legislative branch[edit]

The Regional Council of Sardinia (Consiglio Regionale della Sardegna) is composed of 60 members. The Assembly is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt vel simul cadent clause, also the Assembly will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.

Executive branch[edit]

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 12.^[1]

List of presidents[edit]

Elected by the Regional Council (1949–1994)

Directly-elected presidents (since 1994)^[a]

N.	Portrait	President	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	Party		Coalition	Legislature
18		Federico Palomba (1937– )	5 August 1994	9 August 1999	5 years, 4 days		PDS	PDS–PRC–FD	XI (1994)
19		Mauro Pili (1966– )	9 August 1999	18 October 1999	70 days		FI	FI–AN–RS–CCD	XII (1999)
20		Gian Mario Selis (1944– )	18 October 1999	16 November 1999	29 days		PPI	PDS–PPI–FD–Dem–SDI–PRC
(16)		Mario Floris (1937– )	16 November 1999	25 October 2001	1 year, 343 days		UDR	PDS–DL–UDR–FD–Dem–SDI–PRC
(19)		Mauro Pili (1966– )	25 October 2001	28 August 2003	1 year, 307 days		FI	FI–AN–RS–CCD
21		Italo Masala (1937– )	28 August 2003	26 June 2004	303 days		AN
22		Renato Soru (1957– )	26 June 2004	27 February 2009	4 years, 246 days		DS PD	PD–PS–PRC–SDI–UDEUR–PdCI–IdV	XIII (2004)
23		Ugo Cappellacci (1960– )	27 February 2009	12 March 2014	5 years, 13 days		PdL FI	PdL–UDC–RS–PSd'Az	XIV (2009)
24		Francesco Pigliaru (1954– )	12 March 2014	20 March 2019	5 years, 8 days		PD	PD–SEL–PdS–RM–CD–PRC– UPC–PSI–IdV–FdV–iRS–LB	XV (2014)
25		Christian Solinas (1976– )	20 March 2019	20 March 2024	5 years, 0 days		PSd'AZ	Lega–PSd'Az–FI–RS–FdI–UDC	XVI (2019)
26		Alessandra Todde (1969– )	20 March 2024	Incumbent	95 days		M5S	PD–M5S–AVS–OC–PP–PSI	XVII (2024)

Local government[edit]

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Provinces[edit]

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Municipalities[edit]

Sardinia is also divided in 377 comuni (municipalities), which have even more history, having been established in the Middle Ages when they were the main places of government.

Provincial capitals[edit]

Others with 25,000+ inhabitants[edit]

Political parties and elections[edit]

Latest regional election[edit]

The latest regional election took place on 25 February 2024. Alessandra Todde of the Five Star Movement, at the head of a centre-left coalition centred on the Democratic Party, narrowly defeated Paolo TruzzuofBrothers of Italy, who replaced incumbent president Christian Solinas of the Sardinian Action Party as standard-bearer of the centre-right coalition. In a fragmented party system, with the presence of several regional and/or Sardinian nationalist parties, the Democratic Party was narrowly ahead of Brothers of Italy as largest party.

25 February 2024 Sardinia regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Alessandra Todde	334,160	45.4	1		Democratic Party	95,285	13.8	11
						Five Star Movement	53,613	7.8	7
						Greens and Left Alliance	32,145	4.7	4
						United for Alessandra Todde	27,422	4.0	3
						Shared Horizon	20,984	3.0	3
						Progressives	20,868	3.0	3
						Future Left	20,574	3.0	3
						Italian Socialist Party – SIE	11,637	1.7	1
						Fortza Paris	6,068	0.9	–
						Solidary Democracy	4,692	0.7	–
					Total		293,288	42.5	36
	Paolo Truzzu	331,099	45.0	1		Brothers of Italy	93,921	13.6	7
						Sardinian Reformers	49,629	7.2	3
						Forza Italia	43,892	6.4	3
						Sardinia in the Centre 2020	37,950	5.5	3
						Sardinian Action Party	37,341	5.4	3
						Sardinia Alliance – PLI	28,203	4.1	2
						Lega Sardegna	25,957	3.8	2
						Union of the Centre	19,237	2.8	1
						Christian Democracy with Rotondi	2,110	0.3	–
					Total		333,873	48.4	23
	Renato Soru	63,666	8.7	–		Sardinia Project	23,872	3.5	–
						Vote Sardinia	10,830	1.6	–
						Action – More Europe – LDE – UPC	10,577	1.5	–
						Liberu	4,993	0.7	–
						Communist Refoundation Party	4,534	0.7	–
					Total		54,569	7.9	–
	Lucia Chessa	7,261	1.0	–		Sardigna R-Esiste	4,067	0.6	–
Invalid votes		21,412	–
Total candidates		736,186	100.00	2	Total parties		690.401	100.00	58
Registered voters		1.447.753
Source: Autonomous Region of Sardinia – Results

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References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Sardinia Region
• Regional Council of Sardinia
• Constitution of Sardinia