1999 Sardinian regional election

1999 Sardinian regional election

← 1994 13 and 27 June 1999 2004 →
All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia
Turnout	66.3% (8.0%)
Majority party Minority party   Candidate Party Forza Italia People's Party Alliance Pole for Freedoms The Olive Tree Seats won 37 37 Seat change 9 5 Popular vote 369,164 318,122 Percentage 53.7% 46.3% Swing 17.0% 7.1%[1]
President before election Federico Palomba Democratic Party of the Left Elected President Mauro Pili Forza Italia

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The Sardinian regional election of 1999 took place on 13 and 27 June 1999.

The centre-right coalition led by 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, , who was not able to win the confidence vote of the Regional Council himself. The former President was asked to form a government avoiding a new regional election.

Results[]

Regional council election

Summary of the 1999 Sardinia Regional Council election results

Parties and coalitions				Votes	%	Seats
		Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra)	DS	122,675	14.2	10
		Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano)	PPI	87,566	10.2	7
		Democratic Federation (Federazione Democratica)	FD	49,584	5.8	4
		The Democrats (I Democratici)	Dem	46,857	5.8	4
		Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani)	SDI	43,250	5.0	3
		Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista)	PRC	31,713	3.7	2
		Party of Italian Communists (Comunisti Italiani)	PdCI	18,257	2.1	0
		The Greens (I Verdi)	FdV	15,833	1.8	0
The Olive Tree (Selis)				415,735	48.6	30
		Forza Italia	FI	169,470	19.7	13
		National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale)	AN	85,201	9.9	7
		Sardinian Reformers (Riformisti Sardi)	RS	38,259	4.4	3
		Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico)	CCD	34,866	4.0	3
		New Movement (Nuovo Movimento)	NM	28,771	3.3	2
Pole for Freedoms (Pili)				356,567	41.3	28
	Sardinian Action Party (Partito Sardo d'Azione)		PSdA	38,422	4.5	3
	Sardinian Democratic Union (Unione Democratica Sarda)		UDS	35,177	4.1	3
	Sardinia Nation (Sardigna Natzione)		SN	15,283	1.8	0
Total				861,184	100.00	64
Turnout					66.3
Source: Regional Council of Sardinia[permanent dead link]

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