1979 Sardinian regional election

none The Sardinian regional election of 1979 took place on 17 June 1979. After the election Alessandro Ghinami, member of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party formed a government which included Christian Democracy and the Italian Socialist Party. However, as soon as in 1980 the Socialists and the Democratic Socialists switched sides and formed a new coalition with the Italian Communist Party and the Sardinian Action Party. The government was led by Socialist Francesco Rais (1980–1982) and Sardist Mario Melis (1982). In 1982 the Christian Democrats returned at the head of the regional government with Angelo Rojch as President, in coalition with the Socialists, the Democratic Socialists and the Italian Republican Party.http://www.consregsardegna.it/Manuale%20consiliare/Tomo%20II/Parte%20II/Giunte%20regionali.asp Giunte regionali 2009-02-07 2011-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722030858/http://www.consregsardegna.it/Manuale%20consiliare/Tomo%20II/Parte%20II/Giunte%20regionali.asp dead Results 400px Parties votes votes (%) seats Christian Democracy343,20837.732 Italian Communist Party238,88126.322 Italian Socialist Party101,42911.29 Italian Social Movement48,6955.44 Italian Democratic Socialist Party42,3044.74 Sardinian Action Party30,2383.33 Italian Republican Party29,7013.33 Radical Party28,0593.12 Italian Liberal Party18,0732.01 National Democracy9,1991.0- Proletarian Unity Party8,5890.9- Others10,9991.3- Total909,375100.080 Sources: Regional Council of Sardinia and Istituto Cattaneo References Category:Regional elections in Sardinia Category:1979 elections in Italy Category:June 1979 in Europe