| Election Name: | 2014 Sardinian regional election |
| Country: | Sardinia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2009 Sardinian regional election |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Next Election: | 2019 Sardinian regional election |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia |
| Election Date: | 16 February 2014 |
| Turnout: | 52.28% (15.3%) |
| Candidate1: | Francesco Pigliaru |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
| Alliance1: | Centre-left coalition (Italy) |
| Seats1: | 36 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 312,982 |
| Percentage1: | 42.4% |
| Swing1: | 0.5% |
| Candidate2: | Ugo Cappellacci |
| Party2: | Forza Italia (2013) |
| Alliance2: | Centre-right coalition (Italy) |
| Seats2: | 24 |
| Seat Change2: | 29 |
| Popular Vote2: | 292,395 |
| Percentage2: | 39.6% |
| Swing2: | 12.3% |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | Elected President |
| Before Election: | Ugo Cappellacci |
| Before Party: | FI |
| After Election: | Francesco Pigliaru |
| After Party: | PD |
The Sardinian regional election of 2014 took place on 16 February 2014.
Francesco Pigliaru of the Democratic Party defeated incumbent Ugo Cappellacci of Forza Italia. The combined score of the highly fragmented Sardist parties was 26%.[1]
The Five Star Movement did not take part to the election, after Beppe Grillo refused to concede the use of his party's symbol.
The notorious novelist Michela Murgia, who received more than the 10% of votes, wasn't elected because of the new high electoral threshold.
In 2013 Sardinian electoral law was changed once again.
While the President of Sardinia and the first leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 58 councillors, instead of 64 as it was before, are elected by party lists under a form of semi-proportional representation. The winning coalition receives a jackpot of additional seats, which are divided between all majority parties using the D'Hondt method, as it happens between the losing lists. Each party then distributes its seats to its provincial lists, where candidates are openly selected.
The electoral threshold is fixed at 10% for coalitions and 5% for single parties. No electoral threshold is fixed for those parties inside a coalition. The leader of the alliance which receives a plurality of votes and at least 25% of votes becomes the President of Sardinia.
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | Democratic Party | 150,492 | 22.06 | 18 | |||
| Left Ecology Freedom | 35,376 | 5.18 | 4 | |||||||
| Party of Sardinians | 18,178 | 2.66 | 2 | |||||||
| Red Moors | 13,892 | 2.63 | 2 | |||||||
| Democratic Centre | 14,451 | 2.11 | 2 | |||||||
| Communist Refoundation Party | 13,892 | 2.03 | 2 | |||||||
| Christian Popular Union | 11,639 | 1.70 | 1 | |||||||
| Italian Socialist Party | 9,518 | 1.39 | 1 | |||||||
| Italy of Values – Greens | 7,551 | 1.10 | 1 | |||||||
| Independence Republic of Sardinia | 5,599 | 0.82 | 1 | |||||||
| The Base | 4,897 | 0.71 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 289,573 | 42.45 | 35 | |||||||
| Ugo Cappellacci | 292,395 | 39.65 | 1 | Forza Italia | 126,327 | 18.52 | 10 | |||
| Union of the Centre | 51,923 | 7.61 | 4 | |||||||
| Sardinian Reformers | 41,060 | 6.02 | 3 | |||||||
| Sardinian Action Party | 31,886 | 4.67 | 3 | |||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 19,275 | 2.82 | 1 | |||||||
| Union of Sardinians | 17,728 | 2.60 | 1 | |||||||
| Sardinia Free Zone Movement | 11,150 | 1.63 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 299.349 | 43.89 | 23 | |||||||
| Michela Murgia | 75,981 | 10.30 | – | Project Republic of Sardinia | 18,845 | 2.76 | – | |||
| Gentes | 15,271 | 2.24 | – | |||||||
| Comunitades | 12,074 | 1.77 | – | |||||||
| Total | 46,190 | 6.77 | – | |||||||
| Mauro Pili | 42,236 | 5.72 | – | Unidos | 19,356 | 2.83 | – | |||
| Mauro Pili for President | 11,454 | 1.68 | – | |||||||
| Fortza Paris | 5,018 | 0.73 | – | |||||||
| Soberania | 1,231 | 0.18 | – | |||||||
| Total | 37.059 | 5.43 | – | |||||||
| Pierfranco Devias | 7,626 | 1.03 | – | United Independentist Front | 4,772 | 0.70 | – | |||
| Luigi Amedeo Sanna | 6,085 | 0.82 | – | Free Zone Movement | 5.079 | 0.74 | – | |||
| Invalid votes | 37,634 | – | ||||||||
| Total candidates | 737,305 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 682,022 | 100.00 | 58 | |||
| Registered voters | 1,480,332 | 52.34 | ||||||||
| Source: Autonomous Region of Sardinia – Results (1,828 of 1,836 President; 1,824 of 1,826 Lists) | ||||||||||