2009 Sardinian regional election

The Sardinian regional election of 2009 took place in Sardinia, Italy, on 15–16 February 2009.

2009 Sardinian regional election

15–16 February 2009
All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia
Turnout	67.58% (3.4%)
Majority party Minority party   Candidate Ugo Cappellacci Renato Soru Party People of Freedom Democratic Party Alliance Centre-right Centre-left 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	-	Unidade Indipendentista (incl. SNI and aMpI)	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 Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine