On Sunday 25 February, 1,447,761 Sardinians are called to vote to elect the president of the region and renew the regional council.
Of these, 709,840 are men and 737,921 are women.
The overall figure also includes the 112,221 voters residing outside Sardinia (registered with the Aire) of which 59,476 men and 52,745.
There are 1844 electoral sections into which the island is divided.
There are instead four aspiring governors, two women and two men: in alphabetical order
Lucia Chessa
for Sardigna R-esiste,
Renato Soru
with the Sardinian Coalition,
Alessandra Todde
for the broad camp supported by the Pd-M5s and
Paolo Truzzu
for the centre-right.
Around 1,400 candidates will have to compete for the 60 seats: 58 elected in the 8 electoral districts (Cagliari, Carbonia-Iglesias, Medio Campidano, Nuoro, Ogliastra, Olbia-Tempio, Oristano and Sassari) plus the presidential candidate who wins the elections and gubernatorial challenger came in second.
The councilor candidates appear on 26 lists: ten for Alessandra Todde (M5s-A Innantis, Pd, Avs, Uniti con Alessandra Todde, Progressisti-La base, Demos, Sinistra Futura, Psi, Orizzonte Comune and Fortza Paris);
nine for Paolo Truzzu with the centre-right Fdi, Lega, Forza Italia, Psd'Az, Riformatori, Udc, Alleanza Sardegna-Pli, Sardegna in the center 20Venti, Rotondi's DC).
There are five lists for Renato Soru and his Sardinian Coalition (Project Sardinia, +Europa-Azione con Soru, Rifondazione Comunista, Liberu and Vota Sardigna).
A list for Lucia Chessa, with Sardigna R-esiste.
For further information Agenzia ANSA THE SHEET: How to vote - News - Ansa.it The Sardinian electoral law provides for the vote to elect the president of the Region and to renew the regional council in a single day.
The consultation has been set for Sunday 25 February and voters will be able to go to the polls from 6am.
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