2009 Sardinian regional election

The Sardinian regional election of 2009 took place on 15–16 February 2009.

2009 Sardinian regional election

15–16 February 2009

All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia
Turnout67.58% (3.4%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Ugo Cappellacci Renato Soru
Party PdL PD
Alliance Center-right
coalition
Center-left
coalition
Seats won 53 27
Seat change 23 24
Popular vote 502,084 415,600
Percentage 51.9% 42.9%
Swing 11.4% 7.2%

President before election

Carlo Mannoni
PD

Elected President

Ugo Cappellacci
PdL

The election was called few months before the natural end of the legislature because of the resignation of the incumbent President Renato Soru. Ugo Cappellacci, the centre-right candidate, defeated Soru by a large margin.

Electoral system

The electoral system used for this election was the national Tatarella Law of 1995, used by most of Italian regions to elect their Council. Sixty-four councillors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists; remained seats and votes were grouped at regional level where a Hare quota is used, and then distributed to provincial party lists.

Ten councillors were elected at-large using a general ticket: parties were grouped in alliances, and the alliance which received a plurality of votes elected all its candidates, its leader becoming the President of Sardinia.

Council apportionment

According to the official 2001 Italian census, the 64 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation were so distributed between Sardinian provinces.

 CA  CI  MC  NU  OG  OT  OR  SS total
21 5 4 7 2 5 7 13 64

It must be underlined that this allocation is not fixed. Remained seats and votes after proportional distribution, are all grouped at regional level and divided by party lists.

Results

15–16 February 2009 Sardinian regional election results
Candidate Regional lists Provincial lists Total
votes % seats Party votes % seats group
Ugo Cappellacci 502,084 51.88 9 The People of Freedom 248,654 30.11 25 53
Union of the Centre 75,451 9.13 7
Sardinian Reformers 56,056 6.78 5
Sardinian Action Party 35,428 4.29 4
United Sardinia 28,928 3.50 2
Together for the Autonomies 18,500 2.24 1
Renato Soru 415,600 42.94 1 Democratic Party 204,223 24.73 18 27
Italy of Values 41,321 5.00 3
Communist Refoundation Party 26,454 3.20 2
Red Moors 21,034 2.54 1
Party of Italian Communists 15,870 1.92 1
Left for Sardinia 13,508 1.63 1
Gavino Sale 29,640 3.06 - Independence Republic of Sardinia 17,141 2.07 0 -
Peppino Balia 15,037 1.55 - Italian Socialist Party 19,488 2.36 0 -
Gianfranco Sollai 5,316 0.55 - Sardinia Nation 3,695 0.44 0 -
Total candidates 967,677 100.00 10 Total parties 825,751 100.00 70 80

Source: Regional Council of Sardinia

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