| Election Name: | 1994 Sardinian regional election |
| Country: | Sardinia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Election: | 1989 Sardinian regional election |
| Previous Year: | 1989 |
| Next Election: | 1999 Sardinian regional election |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Seats For Election: | All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia 41 seats needed for a majority |
| Election Date: | 12 and 26 June 1994 |
| Turnout: | 74.3% |
| Candidate1: | Federico Palomba |
| Party1: | Democratic Party of the Left |
| Alliance1: | Progressives |
| Color1: | EF1C27 |
| Seats1: | 29 |
| Popular Vote1: | 289,718 |
| Percentage1: | 42.7% |
| Candidate2: | Ovidio Marras |
| Party2: | Forza Italia |
| Alliance2: | Pole |
| Color2: | 0087DC |
| Seats2: | 28 |
| Popular Vote2: | 248,145 |
| Percentage2: | 36.7% |
| Candidate3: | Gian Mario Selis |
| Party3: | Italian People's Party (1994) |
| Alliance3: | Centrist coalition |
| Color3: | B6CCFB |
| Seats3: | 13 |
| Popular Vote3: | 140,588 |
| Percentage3: | 20.7% |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | Elected President |
| Before Election: | Antonello Cabras |
| Before Party: | Italian Socialist Party |
| After Party: | Democratic Party of the Left |
The Sardinian regional election of 1994 took place on 12 and 26 June 1994.
The election took place under the provision of a new electoral law, which created a new system under which for the first time ever voters could express an indirect choice for the President through voting the candidate's coalition.
The election was won on the second round by the Progressives' coalition and Federico Palomba (PDS) was elected President of the Region for the 1994–1999 term. Although he didn't manage to win a majority of seats in the Regional Council, he was able to form a government with the external support of centrist and regionalist parties.
As had happened for the March 1994 national election, also in Sardinia a new electoral system was introduced. The proportional representation established after the end of World War II had been abolished and a new majoritarian system based on different pre-electoral coalition was introduced.
For the first time ever Sardinians were asked to choice directly the President of the Region. If no candidates received at least 50% of votes, the top three candidates could go to a second round after two weeks. In this case, the candidate who received more votes would have been elected president.
The election of the Regional Council was based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote. 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 was used, and then distributed to provincial party lists. Sixteen councillors were instead elected at-large using a general ticket: parties were required to group in alliances, and the alliance which received a plurality of votes elected some candidates, its leader becoming the President of Sardinia. Also in this case, the number of the seats for each party was determined proportionally.
| Candidates | I round | II round | Regional seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||
| width=150px rowspan=5 align=left | Federico Palomba | 259.485 | 29.8 | 289,718 | 42.7 | 8 | 168,062 | 18.1 | 13 | ||
| Communist Refoundation Party | 55,156 | 5.6 | 4 | ||||||||
| 48,404 | 5.2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 26,969 | 0.9 | – | |||||||||
| Progressives | 274,591 | 31.8 | 21 | ||||||||
| width=150px rowspan=4 align=left | Ovidio Marras | 265.131 | 30.5 | 248,145 | 36.7 | 6 | 195,206 | 21.1 | 14 | ||
| 102,594 | 11.1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 14,240 | 1.5 | – | |||||||||
| Pole | 312,040 | 33.7 | 22 | ||||||||
| width=150px rowspan=3 align=left | Gian Mario Selis | 133.286 | 15.3 | 140,588 | 20.7 | 2 | 149,725 | 16.2 | 11 | ||
| 8,467 | 0.9 | – | |||||||||
| Centrist coalition | 158,192 | 17.1 | 11 | ||||||||
| width=1px bgcolor= | Massimo Fantola | 129.761 | 14.9 | - | - | - | 85,721 | 9.2 | 6 | ||
| width=1px bgcolor= | Pasqualina Crobu | 59.277 | 6.8 | - | - | - | Sardinian Action Party | 47,000 | 5.1 | 4 | |
| width=150px rowspan=6 align=left | Gianfranco Pintore | 23.368 | 2.7 | - | - | - | Sardinia Nation | 10.984 | 1.2 | – | |
| Sardinian Autonomous Movement | 8.106 | 0.9 | – | ||||||||
| Sardinia in Europe | 3.526 | 0.4 | – | ||||||||
| Sardinian League | 2.041 | 0.2 | – | ||||||||
| League Sardinia | 1.092 | 0.1 | – | ||||||||
| SN & allies | 25,749 | 2.8 | – | ||||||||
| Total | 870,308 | 100 | 678,451 | 100 | 16 | 926,752 | 100.00 | 64 | |||
| Turnout | 74.3 | ||||||||||
| Source: Regional Council of Sardinia | |||||||||||