# 2014 Sardinian regional election

The Sardinian regional election of 2014 in Italy took place on 16 February 2014.
Francesco Pigliaru of the Democratic Party defeated the incumbent, Ugo Cappellacci of Forza Italia. The combined score of the highly fragmented Sardist parties was 26%.
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 novelist Michela Murgia, who received more than the 10% of votes, was not elected because of the new high electoral threshold.

## New electoral system

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.

## Results

2014 Sardinia regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 150,492 | 22.06 | 18 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | Left Ecology Freedom | 35,376 | 5.18 | 4 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | Party of Sardinians | 18,178 | 2.66 | 2 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | Red Moors | 13,892 | 2.63 | 2 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | Democratic Centre | 14,451 | 2.11 | 2 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | Communist Refoundation Party | 13,892 | 2.03 | 2 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | Christian Popular Union | 11,639 | 1.70 | 1 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | Italian Socialist Party | 9,518 | 1.39 | 1 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | Italy of Values – Greens | 7,551 | 1.10 | 1 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | Independence Republic of Sardinia | 5,599 | 0.82 | 1 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | | The Base | 4,897 | 0.71 | 1 |
| | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.45 | 1 | Total | Total | 289,573 | 42.45 | 35 |
| | Ugo Cappellacci | 292,395 | 39.65 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 126,327 | 18.52 | 10 |
| | Ugo Cappellacci | 292,395 | 39.65 | 1 | | Union of the Centre | 51,923 | 7.61 | 4 |
| | Ugo Cappellacci | 292,395 | 39.65 | 1 | | Sardinian Reformers | 41,060 | 6.02 | 3 |
| | Ugo Cappellacci | 292,395 | 39.65 | 1 | | Sardinian Action Party | 31,886 | 4.67 | 3 |
| | Ugo Cappellacci | 292,395 | 39.65 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 19,275 | 2.82 | 1 |
| | Ugo Cappellacci | 292,395 | 39.65 | 1 | | Union of Sardinians | 17,728 | 2.60 | 1 |
| | Ugo Cappellacci | 292,395 | 39.65 | 1 | | Sardinia Free Zone Movement | 11,150 | 1.63 | 1 |
| | Ugo Cappellacci | 292,395 | 39.65 | 1 | Total | Total | 299.349 | 43.89 | 23 |
| | Michela Murgia | 75,981 | 10.30 | – | | Project Republic of Sardinia | 18,845 | 2.76 | – |
| | Michela Murgia | 75,981 | 10.30 | – | | Gentes | 15,271 | 2.24 | – |
| | Michela Murgia | 75,981 | 10.30 | – | | Comunitades | 12,074 | 1.77 | – |
| | Michela Murgia | 75,981 | 10.30 | – | Total | Total | 46,190 | 6.77 | – |
| | Mauro Pili | 42,236 | 5.72 | – | | Unidos | 19,356 | 2.83 | – |
| | Mauro Pili | 42,236 | 5.72 | – | | Mauro Pili for President | 11,454 | 1.68 | – |
| | Mauro Pili | 42,236 | 5.72 | – | | Fortza Paris | 5,018 | 0.73 | – |
| | Mauro Pili | 42,236 | 5.72 | – | | Soberania | 1,231 | 0.18 | – |
| | Mauro Pili | 42,236 | 5.72 | – | Total | 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 | Invalid votes | 37,634 | – | | | | | | |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 737,305 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | Total parties | 682,022 | 100.00 | 58 |
| Registered voters | 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) ||||||||||
Popular vote
PD
22.06%
FI
18.52%
UdC
7.61%
RS
6.02%
SEL
5.18%
PSd'Az
4.67%
Unidos
2.83%
FdI
2.82%
Others
30.29% :
President
Pigliaru
42.45%
Cappellacci
39.65%
Murgia
10.30%
Pili
5.72%
Devias
1.03%
Sanna
0.82% :