Politics of Sardinia
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The Politics of Sardinia (Sardinia, Italy) takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council of Sardinia.
Legislative branch
[edit]The Regional Council of Sardinia (Consiglio Regionale della Sardegna) is composed of 60 members. The Assembly is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt vel simul cadent clause, also the Assembly will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.
Executive branch
[edit]The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 12.[1]
List of presidents
[edit]- Elected by the Regional Council (1949–1994)
№ | Name | Term of office | Political party | Legislature | ||
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1 | Luigi Crespellani | 31 May 1949 | 3 July 1953 | DC | I (1949) | |
3 July 1953 | 21 January 1954 | II (1953) | ||||
2 | Alfredo Corrias | 21 January 1954 | 21 June 1955 | DC | ||
3 | Giuseppe Brotzu | 21 June 1955 | 2 July 1957 | DC | ||
2 July 1957 | 13 November 1958 | III (1957) | ||||
4 | Efisio Corrias | 13 November 1958 | 3 July 1961 | DC | ||
3 July 1961 | 3 July 1965 | IV (1961) | ||||
3 July 1965 | 16 March 1966 | V (1965) | ||||
5 | Paolo Dettori | 16 March 1966 | 14 February 1967 | DC | ||
6 | Giovanni Del Rio | 14 February 1967 | 3 July 1969 | DC | ||
3 July 1969 | 2 February 1970 | VI (1969) | ||||
7 | Lucio Abis | 2 February 1970 | 5 January 1971 | DC | ||
8 | Antonio Giagu De Martini | 5 January 1971 | 11 February 1972 | DC | ||
9 | Pietro Soddu | 11 February 1972 | 18 March 1972 | DC | ||
10 | Salvator Angelo Spanu | 18 March 1972 | 7 December 1972 | DC | ||
(8) | Antonio Gagiu De Martini | 7 December 1972 | 10 December 1973 | DC | ||
(6) | Giovanni Del Rio | 10 December 1973 | 3 July 1974 | DC | ||
3 July 1974 | 8 May 1976 | VII (1974) | ||||
(9) | Pietro Soddu | 8 May 1976 | 31 July 1979 | DC | ||
11 | Mario Puddu | 31 July 1979 | 25 September 1979 | DC | VIII (1979) | |
12 | Alessandro Ghinami | 15 September 1979 | 7 October 1980 | PSDI | ||
(9) | Pietro Soddu | 7 October 1980 | 12 November 1980 | DC | ||
(11) | Mario Puddu | 12 November 1980 | 4 December 1980 | DC | ||
13 | Francesco Rais | 4 December 1980 | 18 May 1982 | PSI | ||
14 | Mario Melis | 18 May 1982 | 16 June 1982 | PSd'Az | ||
15 | Angelo Rojch | 16 June 1982 | 24 August 1984 | DC | ||
(14) | Mario Melis | 24 August 1984 | 8 August 1989 | PSd'Az | IX (1984) | |
16 | Mario Floris | 8 August 1989 | 13 November 1991 | DC | X (1989) | |
17 | Antonello Cabras | 13 November 1991 | 5 August 1994 | PSI |
- Directly-elected presidents (since 1994)[a]
N. | Portrait | President | Term of office | Tenure (Years and days) |
Party | Coalition | Legislature | ||
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18 | Federico Palomba (1937– ) |
5 August 1994 |
9 August 1999 |
5 years, 4 days | PDS | PDS–PRC–FD | XI (1994) | ||
19 | Mauro Pili (1966– ) |
9 August 1999 |
18 October 1999 |
70 days | FI | FI–AN–RS–CCD | XII (1999) | ||
20 | Gian Mario Selis (1944– ) |
18 October 1999 |
16 November 1999 |
29 days | PPI | PDS–PPI–FD–Dem–SDI–PRC | |||
(16) | Mario Floris (1937– ) |
16 November 1999 |
25 October 2001 |
1 year, 343 days | UDR | PDS–DL–UDR–FD–Dem–SDI–PRC | |||
(19) | Mauro Pili (1966– ) |
25 October 2001 |
28 August 2003 |
1 year, 307 days | FI | FI–AN–RS–CCD | |||
21 | Italo Masala (1937– ) |
28 August 2003 |
26 June 2004 |
303 days | AN | ||||
22 | Renato Soru (1957– ) |
26 June 2004 |
27 February 2009 |
4 years, 246 days | DS PD |
PD–PS–PRC–SDI–UDEUR–PdCI–IdV | XIII (2004) | ||
23 | Ugo Cappellacci (1960– ) |
27 February 2009 |
12 March 2014 |
5 years, 13 days | PdL FI |
PdL–UDC–RS–PSd'Az | XIV (2009) | ||
24 | Francesco Pigliaru (1954– ) |
12 March 2014 |
20 March 2019 |
5 years, 8 days | PD | PD–SEL–PdS–RM–CD–PRC– UPC–PSI–IdV–FdV–iRS–LB |
XV (2014) | ||
25 | Christian Solinas (1976– ) |
20 March 2019 |
20 March 2024 |
5 years, 0 days | PSd'AZ | Lega–PSd'Az–FI–RS–FdI–UDC | XVI (2019) | ||
26 | Alessandra Todde (1969– ) |
20 March 2024 |
Incumbent | 150 days | M5S | PD–M5S–AVS–OC–PP–SF–PSI | XVII (2024) |
Local government
[edit]This section needs to be updated.(December 2022) |
Provinces
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Municipalities
[edit]Sardinia is also divided in 377 comuni (municipalities), which have even more history, having been established in the Middle Ages when they were the main places of government.
Provincial capitals
[edit]Municipality | Inhabitants | Mayor | Party | Election | |
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Cagliari | 154,106 | Paolo Truzzu | Brothers of Italy | 2019 | |
Nuoro | 36,316 | Andrea Soddu | Independent | 2015 | |
Oristano | 31,750 | Andrea Lutzu | Forza Italia | 2017 | |
Sassari | 127,018 | Nanni Campus | Independent (centre-right) | 2019 |
Others with 25,000+ inhabitants
[edit]Municipality | Inhabitants | Mayor | Party | Election | |
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Quartu Sant'Elena | 70,453 | Graziano Ernesto Milia | Independent (centre-left) | 2020 | |
Olbia | 60,432 | Settimo Nizzi | Forza Italia | 2016 | |
Alghero | 43,964 | Mario Conoci | Sardinian Action Party | 2019 | |
Selargius | 28,666 | Pier Luigi Concu | Forza Italia | 2017 | |
Carbonia | 28,103 | Paola Massidda | Five Star Movement | 2016 | |
Assemini | 26,774 | Sabrina Licheri | Five Star Movement | 2018 | |
Iglesias | 26,678 | Mauro Usai | Independent (centre-left) | 2018 |
Political parties and elections
[edit]Latest regional election
[edit]The latest regional election took place on 25 February 2024. Alessandra Todde of the Five Star Movement, at the head of a centre-left coalition centred on the Democratic Party, narrowly defeated Paolo Truzzu of Brothers of Italy, who replaced incumbent president Christian Solinas of the Sardinian Action Party as standard-bearer of the centre-right coalition. In a fragmented party system, with the presence of several regional and/or Sardinian nationalist parties, the Democratic Party was narrowly ahead of Brothers of Italy as largest party.
Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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Alessandra Todde | 334,160 | 45.4 | 1 | Democratic Party | 95,285 | 13.8 | 11 | |||
Five Star Movement | 53,613 | 7.8 | 7 | |||||||
Greens and Left Alliance | 32,145 | 4.7 | 4 | |||||||
United for Alessandra Todde | 27,422 | 4.0 | 3 | |||||||
Shared Horizon | 20,984 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||||
Progressives | 20,868 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||||
Future Left | 20,574 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||||
Italian Socialist Party – SIE | 11,637 | 1.7 | 1 | |||||||
Fortza Paris | 6,068 | 0.9 | – | |||||||
Solidary Democracy | 4,692 | 0.7 | – | |||||||
Total | 293,288 | 42.5 | 36 | |||||||
Paolo Truzzu | 331,099 | 45.0 | 1 | Brothers of Italy | 93,921 | 13.6 | 7 | |||
Sardinian Reformers | 49,629 | 7.2 | 3 | |||||||
Forza Italia | 43,892 | 6.4 | 3 | |||||||
Sardinia in the Centre 2020 | 37,950 | 5.5 | 3 | |||||||
Sardinian Action Party | 37,341 | 5.4 | 3 | |||||||
Sardinia Alliance – PLI | 28,203 | 4.1 | 2 | |||||||
Lega Sardegna | 25,957 | 3.8 | 2 | |||||||
Union of the Centre | 19,237 | 2.8 | 1 | |||||||
Christian Democracy with Rotondi | 2,110 | 0.3 | – | |||||||
Total | 333,873 | 48.4 | 23 | |||||||
Renato Soru | 63,666 | 8.7 | – | Sardinia Project | 23,872 | 3.5 | – | |||
Vote Sardinia | 10,830 | 1.6 | – | |||||||
Action – More Europe – LDE – UPC | 10,577 | 1.5 | – | |||||||
Liberu | 4,993 | 0.7 | – | |||||||
Communist Refoundation Party | 4,534 | 0.7 | – | |||||||
Total | 54,569 | 7.9 | – | |||||||
Lucia Chessa | 7,261 | 1.0 | – | Sardigna R-Esiste | 4,067 | 0.6 | – | |||
Invalid votes | 21,412 | – | ||||||||
Total candidates | 736,186 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 690.401 | 100.00 | 58 | |||
Registered voters | 1.447.753 | |||||||||
Source: Autonomous Region of Sardinia – Results |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Until 2004, Presidents could resign or lose a vote of confidence, and be replaced by the Regional Council.