2010 Sardinian provincial elections explained

The 2010 provincial elections of Sardinia took place on 30–31 May 2010. A run-off took place in Cagliari, Nuoro and Ogliastra on 12–13 June.

Six provinces were won by the centre-left, two by the centre-right, which gained Olbia-Tempio.

Results

Presidents

|- !align=left rowspan=2 valign=center bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|The People of Freedom and allies!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Democratic Party and allies!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Independence Republic of Sardinia!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|Others|-|align="left" bgcolor="lightblue"|candidate|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|1st round|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue"|2nd round|align="left" bgcolor="pink"|candidate|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|1st round|align="center" bgcolor="pink"|2nd round|align="left" bgcolor="lightgreen"|candidate|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|1st round|align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen"|2nd round|align="center" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1st round|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Cagliari|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Giuseppe Farris
(The People of Freedom)
Piergiorgio Massidda
(The People of Freedom)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|46.5%

9.0%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|47.6%|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Graziano Milia
(Democratic Party)
Federico Palomba
(Italy of Values)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|33.8%

6.6%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|52.4%|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Ornella Demuru
(IRS)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|2.7%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1.4%|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Carbonia-Iglesias|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Giuseppe Madeddu
(The People of Freedom)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|45.2%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Salvatore Cherchi
(Democratic Party)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|50.4%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Giovannino Sedda
(IRS)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|2.9%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1.5%|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Medio Campidano|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Efisio Meloni
(The People of Freedom)
Onorato Serra
(Fortza Paris)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|39.4%

1.7%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Fulvio Tocco
(Democratic Party)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|55.1%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Gabriele Littera
(IRS)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|2.9%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|2.6%|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Nuoro|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Luigi Crisponi
(Sardinian Reformers)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|38.4%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|48.7%|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Roberto Deriu
(Democratic Party)
Efisio Arbau
(Democratic Party)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|32.5%

23.9%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|51.3%|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Salvatore Bussa
(IRS)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|4.4%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|0.8%|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Ogliastra|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Sandro Rubiu
(The People of Freedom)
Gianfranco Lecca
(New PSI)
Giorgio Ladu
(Lega Nord Sardinia)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|43.8%

8.9%

3.0%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|49.0%|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Bruno Pilia
(Democratic Party)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|41.1%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|51.0%|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Nicola Cantalupo
(IRS)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|3.3%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|0.0%|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Olbia-Tempio|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Fedele Sanciu
(The People of Freedom)
Vittorio Chirco
(Lega Nord Sardinia)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|53.2%

1.6%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Gesuino Achenza
(Democratic Party)
Anna Murrighile
(Alliance for Italy)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|39.3%

3.6%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Gianmaria Bellu
(IRS)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|2.3%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|0.0%|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Oristano|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Massimiliano De Seneen
(The People of Freedom)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|59.7%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Gian Mario Tendas
(Democratic Party)
Ivano Cuccu
(Christian Popular Union)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|29.7%

3.1%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Sebastian Madau
(IRS)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|5.9%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|1.6%|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9" |Sassari|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|Mariano Mameli
(The People of Freedom)
Luigi Todini
(Lega Nord Sardinia)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|41.1%

0.8%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightblue"|-|align="left" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|Alessandra Giudici
(Democratic Party)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"|50.7%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="pink"||align="left" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|Gavino Sale
(IRS)|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|6.5%|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="lightgreen"|-|align="center" valign=top bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|0.9%|}Source: Ministry of the Interior

Parties

Province	UdC	PdL	LNS	MpA	UDS	FP	RS	PSdAz	RM	IRS	ParIS	UPC	IdV	PD	PSI	SEL	PRC
Cagliari	7.6	15.7	0.4	2.7	3.8	1.8	7.3	6.4	3.1	2.7	0.3	0.4	6.1	19.9	0.9	4.4	3.3
Carbonia-Iglesias	19.0	14.3	-	-	-	-	7.1	4.4	2.3	3.1	-	-	4.9	19.7	6.4	3.7	3.3
Medio Campidano	6.8	15.5	-	-	-	1.7	4.7	5.3	7.1	2.9	0.7	3.2	6.4	23.9	4.0	2.4	7.9
Nuoro	6.4	10.8	-	-	2.1	-	6.7	12.8	4.2	4.2	-	1.4	3.6	15.9	4.4	4.0	3.5
Ogliastra	12.3	20.9	2.9	3.2	-	1.9	5.1	4.8	1.4	3.3	-	2.2	6.0	20.2	2.0	2.0	3.1
Olbia-Tempio	9.7	21.8	1.5	-	-	-	8.9	6.7	2.4	2.2	-	6.2	7.4	21.0	-	-	2.5
Oristano	12.0	17.5	-	6.8	-	9.9	9.0	5.2	0.4	5.8	0.8	3.1	5.7	18.9	-	2.0	2.3
Sassari	8.2	16.7	0.9	3.6	2.5	-	3.4	6.9	-	5.8	0.4	10.7	9.2	21.6	-	-	5.1

Source: Ministry of the Interior