2014 Sardinian regional election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2014 Sardinian regional election
| country = Sardinia
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2009 Sardinian regional election
| previous_year = 2009
| next_election = 2019 Sardinian regional election
| next_year = 2019
| seats_for_election = All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia
| election_date = 16 February 2014
| turnout = 52.28% ({{decrease}}15.3%)
| image1 = 150x150px
| candidate1 = Francesco Pigliaru
| party1 = Democratic Party (Italy)
| alliance1 = Centre-left coalition (Italy)
| color1 = {{party color|Centre-left coalition (Italy)}}
| seats1 = 36
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 9
| popular_vote1 = 312,982
| percentage1 = 42.4%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 0.5%
| image2 = 150x150px
| candidate2 = Ugo Cappellacci
| party2 = Forza Italia (2013)
| alliance2 = Centre-right coalition (Italy)
| color2 = {{party color|Centre-right coalition (Italy)}}
| seats2 = 24
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 29
| popular_vote2 = 292,395
| percentage2 = 39.6%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 12.3%
| map_image = File:Sardegna_2014_Coalizioni.png
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| image_caption =
| title = President
| posttitle = Elected President
| before_election = Ugo Cappellacci
| before_party = FI
| after_election = Francesco Pigliaru
| after_party = PD
}}
{{politics of Sardinia}}
The Sardinian regional election of 2014 in Italy took place on 16 February 2014.
Francesco Pigliaru of the Democratic Party defeated the incumbent, Ugo Cappellacci of Forza Italia. The combined score of the highly fragmented Sardist parties was 26%.[http://lanuovasardegna.gelocal.it/regione/2014/02/19/news/galassia-sardista-al-26-per-cento-1.8701910 Galassia sardista al 26 per cento - La Nuova Sardegna]
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 novelist Michela Murgia, who received more than the 10% of votes, was not 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
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+{{nowrap|2014 Sardinia regional election results}} | colspan="10" |File:Sardinian_Regional_Council_2014.svg |
| colspan="2" |Candidates
!Votes !% !Seats ! colspan="2" |Parties !Votes !% !Seats |
|---|
| rowspan="12" bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}" |
| rowspan="12" align="left" |Francesco Pigliaru | rowspan="12" |312,982 | rowspan="12" |42.45 | rowspan="12" |1 | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}" | | align="left" |Democratic Party |150,492 |22.06 |18 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}" |
| align="left" |Left Ecology Freedom |35,376 |5.18 |4 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Party of Sardinians}}" |
| align="left" |Party of Sardinians |18,178 |2.66 |2 |
| style="background-color:#C71E2E" |
| align="left" |Red Moors |13,892 |2.63 |2 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Centre (Italy)}}" |
| align="left" |Democratic Centre |14,451 |2.11 |2 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}" |
| align="left" |Communist Refoundation Party |13,892 |2.03 |2 |
| bgcolor="#0078AA" |
| align="left" |Christian Popular Union |11,639 |1.70 |1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}" |
| align="left" |Italian Socialist Party |9,518 |1.39 |1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italy of Values}}" |
| align="left" |Italy of Values – Greens |7,551 |1.10 |1 |
| bgcolor="#D56666" |
| align="left" |Independence Republic of Sardinia |5,599 |0.82 |1 |
| bgcolor="#4E7451" |
| align="left" |The Base |4,897 |0.71 |1 |
| colspan="2" align="left" |Total
|289,573 |42.45 |35 |
| rowspan="8" bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}" |
| rowspan="8" align="left" |Ugo Cappellacci | rowspan="8" |292,395 | rowspan="8" |39.65 | rowspan="8" |1 | bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}" | | align="left" |Forza Italia |126,327 |18.52 |10 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" |
| align="left" |Union of the Centre |51,923 |7.61 |4 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Sardinian Reformers}}" |
| align="left" |Sardinian Reformers |41,060 |6.02 |3 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Sardinian Action Party}}" |
| align="left" |Sardinian Action Party |31,886 |4.67 |3 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}" |
| align="left" |Brothers of Italy |19,275 |2.82 |1 |
| bgcolor="orange" |
| align="left" |Union of Sardinians |17,728 |2.60 |1 |
| bgcolor="#2F1254" |
| align="left" |Sardinia Free Zone Movement |11,150 |1.63 |1 |
| colspan="2" align="left" |Total
|299.349 |43.89 |23 |
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="#008DDS" |
| rowspan="4" align="left" |Michela Murgia | rowspan="4" |75,981 | rowspan="4" |10.30 | rowspan="4" |– | bgcolor="{{party color|Project Republic of Sardinia}}" | | align="left" |Project Republic of Sardinia |18,845 |2.76 |– |
| bgcolor="#CB1418" |
| align="left" |Gentes |15,271 |2.24 |– |
| bgcolor="#008DDS" |
| align="left" |Comunitades |12,074 |1.77 |– |
| colspan="2" align="left" |Total
|46,190 |6.77 |– |
| rowspan="5" style="background-color:#011A50" |
| rowspan="5" align="left" |Mauro Pili | rowspan="5" |42,236 | rowspan="5" |5.72 | rowspan="5" |– | style="background-color:#011A50" | | align="left" |Unidos |19,356 |2.83 |– |
| style="background-color:#B50C0F" |
| align="left" |Mauro Pili for President |11,454 |1.68 |– |
| bgcolor="#DE0000" |
| align="left" |Fortza Paris |5,018 |0.73 |– |
| bgcolor="#FFF500" |
| align="left" |Soberania |1,231 |0.18 |– |
| colspan="2" align="left" |Total
|37.059 |5.43 |– |
| style="background-color:#ED1D20" |
| align="left" |Pierfranco Devias |7,626 |1.03 |– | style="background-color:#ED1D20" | | align="left" |United Independentist Front |4,772 |0.70 |– |
| style="background-color:#FFAF00" |
| align="left" |Luigi Amedeo Sanna |6,085 |0.82 |– | style="background-color:#FFAF00" | | align="left" |Free Zone Movement |5.079 |0.74 |– |
| colspan="10" | |
| colspan="2" |Invalid votes
| align="right" |37,634 | align="right" |– | colspan="6" | |
| colspan="2" align="left" |Total candidates
|737,305 |100.00 |2 | colspan="2" align="left" |Total parties |682,022 |100.00 |58 |
| colspan="2" align="left" |Registered voters
|1,480,332 |52.34 | colspan="6" | |
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [http://www.regione.sardegna.it/index.php?xsl=2187&s=1&v=9&c=11993&t=1&tb=11625&st=20&opt=votanti&t=1&tb=11625&st=20 Autonomous Region of Sardinia – Results] (1,828 of 1,836 President; 1,824 of 1,826 Lists) |
{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=515px|barwidth=350px|bars={{bar percent|PD|{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}|22.06}}
{{Bar percent|FI|{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}|18.52}}
{{bar percent|UdC|{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}|7.61}}
{{bar percent|RS|{{party color|Sardinian Reformers}}|6.02}}
{{bar percent|SEL|{{party color|Free and Equal (Italy)}}|5.18}}
{{bar percent|PSd'Az|{{party color|Sardinian Action Party}}|4.67}}
{{bar percent|Unidos|#011A50|2.83}}
{{bar percent|FdI|{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}|2.82}}
{{bar percent|Others|{{party color|Other}}|30.29}}}}{{bar box|title=President|titlebar=#ddd|width=515px|barwidth=350px|bars={{bar percent|Pigliaru|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|42.45}}
{{bar percent|Cappellacci|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|39.65}}
{{bar percent|Murgia|#008DD0|10.30}}
{{bar percent|Pili|#011A50|5.72}}
{{bar percent|Devias|#ED1D20|1.03}}
{{bar percent|Sanna|#FFAF00|0.82}}}}