2024 Sardinian regional election

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All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Sardinia Turnout52.4% (Decrease 1.4%)

	Majority party	Minority party
	Alessandra Todde daticamera.jpg	PaoloTruzzuRAS (cropped).jpg
Candidate	Alessandra Todde	Paolo Truzzu
Party	Five Star Movement	Brothers of Italy
Alliance	Centre-left	Centre-right
Seats won	36	24
Seat change	Increase12	Decrease12
Popular vote	334,160	331,009
Percentage	45.4%	45.0%
Swing	Increase1.3%	Decrease2.8%

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The 2024 Sardinian regional election took place in Italy's Sardinia region on 25 February 2024. The election was for all 60 elected seats of the Regional Council of Sardinia, as well as the president of Sardinia, who automatically became a member of the Regional Council. The election was won by Alessandra Todde, who also became the first female president of Sardina. It was the first election of the 2024 Italian regional elections.

A member of the Five Star Movement, Todde led the centre-left coalition to a narrow win at 45.5% over the centre-right coalition and Brothers of Italy candidate Paolo Truzzu at 45.0%, with Renato Soru finishing a distant third at 8.7%. It was the first time since the 2015 Campania regional election that the centre-left coalition unseated a centre-right coalition regional president. Although Truzzu was not the incumbent president, having taken the place of Christian Solinas, the incumbent president since 2019 and member of the Sardinian Action Party, which is nationally allied with the League and affiliated to the centre-right coalition, it was still the centre-left coalition's first regional gain since 2015. It was the first election since the 2018 Lazio regional election where the winner of the presidential election did not win the plurality in the party vote due to split-ticket voting.

The election in Sardinia was called for 25 February 2024.^[1] In November 2023, the Democratic Party (PD) and the Five Star Movement (M5S) announced Alessandra Todde, former undersecretary at the Ministry for Economic Development during the second Conte government, as joint candidate for the centre-left coalition.^[2] Disappointment regarding the agreement between PD and M5S emerged among potential coalition partners, such Italia Viva and More Europe, who had always been sceptical about cooperation with M5S;^[2] dissent also came from within the party, with Renato Soru, former president of Sardinia, criticising the decision to not hold an internal primary to choose the candidate.^[3] These disagreements led Soru to formalize his candidacy as independent less than a week later, immediately obtaining the support of More Europe and Christian Popular Union,^[4] and later joined also by Action,^[5] the Communist Refoundation Party,^[6] a list of PD dissidents,^[7] and a coalition of independentist movements.^[8]

The centre-right coalition faced internal divisions, with the incumbent president Christian Solinas seeking re-election with the support of the Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az) and the League (Lega) but without the support of Brothers of Italy (FdI), whose regional coordinator had urging for a change of direction.^[9] During a meeting on 4 January 2024, a majority of the coalition members opted for Paolo Truzzu (FdI), the incumbent mayor of Cagliari, as candidate for the presidency, resulting in Solinas and the parties supporting his bid considering to break away from the coalition.^[10]

Coalition talks to reach a deal over a unitary candidacy went on unsuccessfully for a couple of weeks; the sudden news of Solinas being under investigation for corruption decreased significantly his chances of being a feasible candidate.^[11] The corruption charges, together with the other coalition partner's will to compromise with the League on other regional candidacies and on the introduction of a third mandate for regional governors, ultimately led the party to announcing its support to Truzzu's candidacy on 19 January 2014.^[12] Shortly after Lega's announcement, Solinas officially withdrew himself from the race, with PSd'Az choosing to endorse Truzzu.^[13]

The fourth candidate to join the race was Lucia Chessa, leader of the regionalist party Red Moors.^[14] Interest in running for the presidency was also expressed by Maria Rosaria Randaccio, with the support of the two Eurosceptic and anti-establishment movements Force of the People and Sardinia Free Zone;^[15] her bid was rejected by the electoral authority due to failing to gather the necessary signatures to take part in the election.^[16]

The candidate who obtains a plurality of the votes is elected president of Sardinia. If the elected candidate obtains at least 25% of the votes, the majority of the seats on the board are guaranteed on the lists who support them.^[17] The Sardinian electoral law provides for a single round, with a list vote, the possibility of expressing a preference within the chosen list, and voting for the presidential candidate, on a single card. It is possible to vote for a list and for a candidate who is not connected to each other (Article 9). The candidate who has obtained the relative majority is elected president (Article 1, paragraph 4). To the lists connected to the president-elect, a majority prize may be awarded in the following measure: 60% of the seats if the president-elect obtained a percentage of preference above 40%; 55% of the seats if the elected president has obtained a percentage of preferences between 25% and 40%, while no majority prize is awarded if the president is elected with less than 25% (Article 13). The law provides for a 10% threshold for coalitions, and 5% for non-coalitized lists (Article 1, paragraph 7). No barriers are foreseen for the lists within the coalitions that have exceeded 10%.^[18]

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
Centre-right coalition	Lega Sardegna (Lega)	11.4	8	Paolo Truzzu
	Sardinian Action Party (PSd'Az)	9.9	8
	Forza Italia (FI)	8.0	5
	Sardinian Reformers (RS)	5.1	4
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	4.7	3
	Sardinia in the Centre 2020 (incl. IaC–NM, S20V)	4.1	3
	Union of the Centre (UdC)	3.8	3
	Sardinia Alliance – PLI	—	—
	Christian Democracy with Rotondi (DCR)	—	—
Centre-left coalition	Democratic Party (PD)	13.5	8	Alessandra Todde
	Five Star Movement (M5S) (incl. AI! and GP)	9.7	6
	Progressives – The Base (P–LB)	3.2	2
	Fortza Paris (FP)	1.6	1
	Italian Socialist Party – SiE (PSI–SiE)	1.2	0
	Solidary Democracy (DemoS) (incl. S50)	—	—
	Future Left (SF) (incl. OS)	—	—
	Greens and Left Alliance (incl. EV, SI, Pos, SS)	—	—
	Shared Horizon (OC) (incl. ScN)	—	—
	United Civic List for Todde President	—	—
Sardinian Coalition	Action – More Europe – LDE – UPC (incl. IV)	—	—	Renato Soru
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	—	—
	Vote Sardinia (incl. IRS, ProgReS, ScS)	—	—
	Sardinia Project (PS)	—	—
	Liberu	—	—
Sardigna R-Esiste (incl. Red Moors)			—	—	Lucia Chessa

2024 Sardinian election debates
Date	Organizers	Moderators	P  Present  N  Not present				Sources
			Truzzu	Todde	Soru	Chessa
1 February 2024	Rai 3	Maria Spigonardo	P	P	P	P	[19]
7 February 2024	Diocese of Nuoro	Antonio Mura	P	P	P	P	[20]
9 February 2024	Coldiretti	Battista Cualbu	P	P	P	N	[21]

Date	Polling firm	Truzzu	Todde	Soru	Chessa	Lead
31 Jan–1 Feb 2024	Bidimedia	46.0	41.9	11.9	0.6	4.1

Date	Polling firm	Centre-right									Centre-left										Sardinian coalition					SRE	Others	Lead
		FdI	Lega	PSd'Az	FI	RS	SaC 20V	UdC	SA–PLI	DcR	PD	M5S	UpAT	AVS+	P–LB	SF	OC	PSI	FP	Demos	Action+	PS	Liberu	VS	PRC
31 Jan–1 Feb 2024	Bidimedia	23.1	6.4	5.4	4.1	3.3	2.9	1.9	0.8	0.6	15.6	10.0	3.4	3.4	2.9	2.2	1.9	0.8	0.5	0.4	3.7	3.5	1.2	0.8	0.6	0.8	—	7.5
Oct 2023	Piepoli	17.5	8	7	7	—					15	17	—	1	1	—		1	—	1	—					—	5.3	0.7

Christian Solinas

Date	Polling firm	Approve	Disapprove	Undecided
Lab2101	8–13 Dec 2023	50	50
Lab2101	Aug 2023	49.8	50.2
Noto	Jul 2023	35	65
SWG	May 2023	20	80
Lab2101	10–23 Aug 2022	53.6	46.4
Noto	Jul 2022	39.5	60.5
SWG	May 2022	28	72
Lab2101	25-29 Apr 2022	54.3	45.7
Lab2101	19-22 Dec 2021	57.9	42.1
Noto	Jul 2021	43	57
Noto	Jul 2020	48	52

25 February 2024 Sardinia regional election results

Results by party Results by coalition
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
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
				Progressive Party	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
				League	25,957	3.8	1
				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

Popular vote PD   13.8% FdI   13.6% M5S   7.8% RS   7.2% FI   6.4% SaC   5.5% PSd'Az   5.4% AVS   4.7% AS–PLI   4.1% UpT   4.0% Lega   3.8% PS   3.5% OC   3.0% PP   3.0% SF   3.0% UDC   2.8% Others   8.7%

President Todde   45.4% Truzzu   45.0% Soru   8.6% Chessa   1.0%

Region	Time
	12:00	19:00	22:00
Sardinia	18.4%	44.1%	52.4%
Province	Time
	12:00	19:00	22:00
Cagliari	19.4%	43.8%	52.5%
Nuoro	19.5%	47.9%	56.4%
Oristano	17%	43.1%	51.1%
Sassari	17.9%	45.5%	53.8%
Medio Campidano	16.4%	39.9%	48%
Carbonia Iglesias	18%	42.2%	49.6%
Ogliastra	17.5%	43.6%	53%
Olbia Tempio	17.9%	43.5%	51.2%
Source: Intenzioni di voto