1999 Sardinian regional election explained
| Election Name: | 1999 Sardinian regional election |
| Country: | Sardinia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Election: | 1994 Sardinian regional election |
| Previous Year: | 1994 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Sardinian regional election |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Seats For Election: | All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia |
| Election Date: | 13 and 27 June 1999 |
| Turnout: | 66.3% (8.0%) |
| Candidate1: | Mauro Pili |
| Party1: | Forza Italia |
| Alliance1: | Pole for Freedoms |
| Color1: | 0A6BE1 |
| Seats1: | 37 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 369,164 |
| Percentage1: | 53.7% |
| Swing1: | 17.0% |
| Candidate2: | Gian Mario Selis |
| Party2: | Italian People's Party (1994) |
| Alliance2: | The Olive Tree (Italy) |
| Seats2: | 37 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 318,122 |
| Percentage2: | 46.3% |
| Swing2: | 7.1%[1] |
| President |
| Posttitle: | Elected President |
| Before Election: | Federico Palomba |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party of the Left |
| After Election: | Mauro Pili |
| After Party: | Forza Italia |
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions! colspan="1" | Votes! colspan="1" | %! colspan="1" | Seats|-| style="background-color:pink" rowspan="8" || style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" | Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra)| DS| 122,675 || 14.2 || 10|-| style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" | Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano)| PPI| 87,566 || 10.2 || 7|-| style="background-color:pink" || style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Federation (Federazione Democratica)| FD| 49,584 || 5.8 || 4|-| style="background-color:orange" || style="text-align:left;" | The Democrats (I Democratici)| Dem| 46,857 || 5.8 || 4|-| style="background-color:purple" || style="text-align:left;" | Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani)| SDI| 43,250 || 5.0 || 3|-| style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" | Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista)| PRC| 31,713 || 3.7 || 2|-| style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" | Party of Italian Communists (Comunisti Italiani)| PdCI| 18,257 || 2.1 || 0|-| style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" | The Greens (I Verdi)| FdV| 15,833 || 1.8 || 0|- style="background-color:pink"| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | The Olive Tree (Selis)| 415,735 || 48.6 || 30|-| style="background-color:lightblue" rowspan="5" || style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" | Forza Italia | FI| 169,470 || 19.7 || 13|-| style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" | National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)| AN| 85,201 || 9.9 || 7|-| style="background-color:blue" || style="text-align:left;" | Sardinian Reformers (Riformisti Sardi) | RS| 38,259 || 4.4 || 3|-| style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico)| CCD| 34,866 || 4.0 || 3|-| style="background-color:grey" || style="text-align:left;" | New Movement (Nuovo Movimento)| NM| 28,771 || 3.3 || 2|- style="background-color:lightblue"| colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Pole for Freedoms (Pili)| 356,567 || 41.3 || 28|-| style="background-color:" || style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Sardinian Action Party (Partito Sardo d'Azione) | PSdAz| 38,422 || 4.5 || 3|-| style="background-color:orange" || style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Democratic Union for the Republic (Unione Democratica per la Repubblica) | UDR| 35,177 || 4.1 || 3|- for the| style="background-color:red" || style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Sardinia Nation (Sardigna Natzione) | SN| 15,283 || 1.8 || 0|-| colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- style="font-weight:bold;"| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Total| 861,184 || 100.00 || 64|-| colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Turnout | || 66.3 || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" ||-| colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | 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 | | | 64,420 | 8.3 |
| Mario Floris | | | 47,697 | 6.2 |
| Bustiano Cumpostu | | | 46,014 | 5.9 |
| Total votes | | 100.00 | | 100.00 | 16 | |
Notes and References
- 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.
