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%.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 +CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%SeatsFrancesco Pigliaru312,98242.451Democratic Party150,49222.0618Left Ecology Freedom35,3765.184Party of Sardinians18,1782.662Red Moors13,8922.632Democratic Centre14,4512.112Communist Refoundation Party13,8922.032Christian Popular Union11,6391.701Italian Socialist Party9,5181.391Italy of Values – Greens7,5511.101Independence Republic of Sardinia5,5990.821The Base4,8970.711Total289,57342.4535Ugo Cappellacci292,39539.651Forza Italia126,32718.5210Union of the Centre51,9237.614Sardinian Reformers41,0606.023Sardinian Action Party31,8864.673Brothers of Italy19,2752.821Union of Sardinians17,7282.601Sardinia Free Zone Movement11,1501.631Total299.34943.8923Michela Murgia75,98110.30–Project Republic of Sardinia18,8452.76–Gentes15,2712.24–Comunitades12,0741.77–Total46,1906.77–Mauro Pili42,2365.72–Unidos19,3562.83–Mauro Pili for President11,4541.68–Fortza Paris5,0180.73–Soberania1,2310.18–Total37.0595.43–Pierfranco Devias7,6261.03–United Independentist Front4,7720.70–Luigi Amedeo Sanna6,0850.82–Free Zone Movement5.0790.74–Invalid votes37,634–Total candidates737,305100.002Total parties682,022100.0058Registered voters1,480,33252.34Source: Autonomous Region of Sardinia – Results (1,828 of 1,836 President; 1,824 of 1,826 Lists)
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