1999 Sardinian regional election

1999 Sardinian regional election
← 1994 13 and 27 June 1999 2004 →
All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia
Turnout66.3% (Decrease8.0%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Mauro Pili Gian Mario Selis
Party Forza Italia PPI
Alliance Pole for Freedoms The Olive Tree
Seats won 37 37
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 5
Popular vote 369,164 318,122
Percentage 53.7% 46.3%
Swing Increase 17.0% Decrease 7.1%[1]
President before election

Federico Palomba
PDS

Elected President

Mauro Pili
Forza Italia

Politics of Sardinia

The Sardinian regional election of 1999 took place on 13 and 27 June 1999.

The centre-right coalition led by Mauro Pili won the election but was short of a clear majority; Pili, who was appointed President of the Region was not able to form a majority and was soon replaced by the defeated candidate, Gian Mario Selis, who was not able to win the confidence vote of the Regional Council himself. The former President Mario Floris was asked to form a government avoiding a new regional election.

Results

Regional council election
Summary of the 1999 Sardinia Regional Council election results
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) DS 122,675 14.2 10
Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) PPI 87,566 10.2 7
Democratic Federation (Federazione Democratica) FD 49,584 5.8 4
The Democrats (I Democratici) Dem 46,857 5.8 4
Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani) SDI 43,250 5.0 3
Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) PRC 31,713 3.7 2
Party of Italian Communists (Comunisti Italiani) PdCI 18,257 2.1 0
The Greens (I Verdi) FdV 15,833 1.8 0
The Olive Tree (Selis) 415,735 48.6 30
Forza Italia FI 169,470 19.7 13
National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) AN 85,201 9.9 7
Sardinian Reformers (Riformisti Sardi) RS 38,259 4.4 3
Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico) CCD 34,866 4.0 3
New Movement (Nuovo Movimento) NM 28,771 3.3 2
Pole for Freedoms (Pili) 356,567 41.3 28
Sardinian Action Party (Partito Sardo d'Azione) PSdAz 38,422 4.5 3
Democratic Union for the Republic (Unione Democratica per la Repubblica) UDR 35,177 4.1 3
Sardinia Nation (Sardigna Natzione) SN 15,283 1.8 0
Total 861,184 100.00 64
Turnout 66.3
Source: Regional Council of Sardinia
President election
Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round Regional
seats
Votes % Votes %
Mauro Pili FI Pole for Freedoms 371,816 48.1 369,164 53.7 9
Gian Mario Selis PPI The Olive Tree 243,839 31.5 318,122 46.3 7
Franco Meloni PS'dAz 64,420 8.3
Mario Floris UDR 47,697 6.2
Bustiano Cumpostu SN 46,014 5.9
Total votes 772,979 100.00 687,286 100.00 16

References

  1. ^ The swing comes from the combined result of the Alliance of Progressives (42.7%) and Pact for Italy (20.7%) in the 1994 regional election.