Several

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operate in

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

. No party has ever had the chance of gaining power alone and thus parties must work with each other to form

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s. The political parties are currently organized mainly in two

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s at the regional level: once centred on the

Sardinian Action Party The Sardinian Action Party ( sc, Partidu Sardu, it, Partito Sardo d'Azione, PSd'Az or PSdA) is a Sardinian nationalist, regionalist and separatist political party in Sardinia. While being traditionally part of the Sardinian centre-left, the p ...

and Lega Sardegna, the other around

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. Because of their ideological and political factionalism, the Sardinian nationalist parties have played a marginal role in the electoral scene.

Parties

Major parties

More than 10% in the 2019 regional election (or at least 10 regional councillors): *

(''Partito Democratico'') * League Sardegna (''Lega Sardegna'')

Medium parties

Between 4% and 15% in the 2014 regional election (or at least 5 regional councillors): *

(''Partidu Sardu - Partito Sardo d'Azione'') * Forward Italy (''Forza Italia'') *

Five Star Movement The Five Star Movement ( it, Movimento 5 Stelle , M5S) is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a comedian an ...

(''Movimento Cinque Stelle'') *

Sardinian Reformers The Sardinian Reformers ( it, Riformatori Sardi, RS) is a liberal-conservative and regionalist, Christian-democratic political party in Sardinia, led by Michele Cossa. The party, which has always been part of the centre-right at the Sardinian re ...

(''Riformatori Sardi'') *

Brothers of Italy Brothers of Italy ( it, Fratelli d'Italia, FdI) is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Italy. It is led by Giorgia Meloni, the incumbent Prime Minister of Italy and the first woman to serve in the position. Accor ...

(''Fratelli d'Italia'') * Sardinia 20Twenty (''Sardegna 20Venti'')

Minor parties

Between 1% and 4% in the 2014 regional election (or at least 1 regional councillor): * Free and Equal (''Liberi e Uguali'') ** Article One (''Articolo Uno'') **

Italian Left Italian Left ( it, Sinistra Italiana, SI) is a left-wing political party in Italy. SI was launched in November 2015 as a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies (full name: Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom), including Left Ecology Fr ...

(''Sinistra Italiana'') * Union of the Centre (''Unione di Centro'') *

Party of Sardinians The Party of Sardinians ( it, Partito dei Sardi, links=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partito_dei_sardi, translit=, label=, PdS) is a social-democratic, separatist political party in Sardinia. History In July 2012 Franciscu Sedda and Ornella D ...

(''Partito dei Sardi'') *

Progressive Camp The Progressive Camp ( it, Campo Progressista, CP) was a left-wing political party in Italy. Its leader was Giuliano Pisapia, a former member of the Chamber of Deputies (1996–2006) for the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) and later mayor of ...

(''Campo Progressista'') *Civic Movement of Sardinia (''Movimento Civico della Sardegna'') *We, Sardinia (''Noi, Sardegna'') *Common Future (''Futuro Comune'') *

Italy in Common Italia in Comune (IiC, English: ''Italy in Common'') is a green and progressive political party in Italy. It was founded in April 2018 by mayor of Parma Federico Pizzarotti, other former members of the Five Star Movement and local non-party inde ...

(''Italia in Comune'') *

Project Republic of Sardinia Project Republic of Sardinia ( sc, Progetu Repùblica de Sardigna, ProgReS) is a separatist political party in Sardinia, founded in January 2011 following a split from Independence Republic of Sardinia (iRS). The party's current secretary is L ...

(''Progetu Repùblica de Sardigna'') *

United United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...

(''Unidos'') *

Red Moors Red Moors ( it, Rossomori, RM) is a regionalist (separatist), social-democratic political party in Sardinia. The party was founded in 2009 as a left-wing split from the Sardinian Action Party (Psd'Az), after the Psd'Az had signed an electoral p ...

(''Rosso Mori'') *

Independence Republic of Sardinia Independence Republic of Sardinia ( sc, Indipendèntzia Repùbrica de Sardigna, iRS) was a Sardist, left-wing nationalist and social-democratic and non-violent separatist political party in Sardinia. The party, whose long-time leader is Gavino Sa ...

(''Indipendèntzia Repùbrica de Sardigna'') * Sardinia Nation Independence (''Sardigna Natzione Indipendentzia'') *

Forward Together Forward Together PAC is a leadership political action committee based in Alexandria, Virginia. The Committee's Honorary Chair is current Democratic U.S. Senator and former Governor of Virginia Mark Warner. Until October 2006, Warner was be ...

(''Fortza Paris'') * Sardinian Democratic Union (''Unione Democratica Sarda'') *

Christian Popular Union The Christian Popular Union ( it, Unione Popolare Cristiana, UPC) is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. The UPC was launched in August 2009 by Antonio Satta, a former Christian Democrat who had been the regional leader of UDEUR and ...

(''Unione Popolare Cristiana'') *

Italian Socialist Party The Italian Socialist Party (, PSI) was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy, whose history stretched for longer than a century, making it one of the longest-living parties of the country. Founded in Genoa in 1892, ...

(''Partito Socialista Italiano'')

Other regional parties

* The Base (''La Base Sardegna'')

Former regional parties

At least 1% in a regional, general or EP election in Sardinia (or at least 2 regional councillors): * Sardinian Socialist Action Party (''Partito Sardo d'Azione Socialista'') * Independentist Sardinian Party (''Partidu Sardu Indipendentista'') * New Movement (''Nuovo Movimento'') *

Sardinian People's Party The Sardinian People's Party (''Partito del Popolo Sardo'', PPS) was a political party in Sardinia. The PPS was founded in 2000 by a split of Italian People's Party. In the Regional Council of Sardinia three councilors joined the party: ''Pietri ...

(''Partito del Popolo Sardo'') * Democratic Federation (''Federazione Democratica'') *

Sardinia Project The Sardinia Project (''Progetto Sardegna'', PS) was a social-democratic regionalist political party active in Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 2003 and was led by Renato Soru Renato Soru (born 6 August 1957) is an Italian politician and entr ...

(''Progetto Sardegna'') * Sardinian Autonomist Populars (''Popolari Autonomisti Sardi'') *

Sardinia Tomorrow Nanni Campus (born Gianvittorio Campus, 3 September 1952) is an Italian academic and politician, Mayor of Sassari from 2000 to 2005 and again since 2019. Biography After graduating in Medicine at the University of Sassari, Campus began his care ...

(''Sardegna Domani'') *

A Manca pro s'Indipendèntzia ''A Manca pro s'Indipendentzia'' (aMpI, "To the Left for Independence" ) was a separatist and communist political party in Sardinia. Founded in July 2004, the party's goals were to make Sardinia gain its independence from the Roman rule, start a ...

(''A Manca pro s'Indipendentzia'') * United Independentist Front (''Fronte Indipendentista Unidu'') * Sardinia Free Zone Movement (''Movimento Sardegna Zona Franca'') * Sardinian Independentist Party (''Partidu Indipendentista Sardu'') * Free Sardinia (''Sardigna Libera'') *

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(''Soberania'')