2019 Sardinian regional election

The 2019 Sardinian regional election took place on 24 February 2019. The election was for all 59 elected seats of the Regional Council of Sardinia as well as the President of the Region who, along with the second placed presidential candidate, would also become members of the Regional Council.

2019 Sardinian regional election
24 February 2019
All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia
Turnout53.8% ( 1.5%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Candidate Christian Solinas Massimo Zedda Francesco Desogus
Party Sardinian Action Progressive Camp Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left None
Seats won 36 18 6
Seat change 12 18 new
Popular vote 364,059 250,797 85,342
Percentage 47.8% 32.9% 11.2%
Swing 8.2% 11.5% new
The map shows the winning candidate by each Comune.
President before election

Francesco Pigliaru
PD

 Elected President

Christian Solinas
PSd'Az

Politics of Sardinia

This was the first Sardinian regional election with the participation of League and M5S. The incumbent President (Francesco Pigliaru, PD) did not run for a second term.

The ballot resulted in the election of Christian Solinas, the centre-right candidate, as President of the Regional Council with 47.8% of the votes. The centre-left candidate, Cagliari Mayor Massimo Zedda, came in second with 33 percent. The Five Star Movement candidate, Francesco Desogus, received 11 percent of the vote.

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