Several Political parties

Political party

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operate in Sardinia

Politics of Sardinia

The Politics of Sardinia, Italy takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government...

, and historically they have been even more than today. No one party has ever had the chance of gaining power alone and thus parties must work with each other to form coalition government

Coalition government

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The political parties are currently organized into two political coalition

Political coalition

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s at the regional level: one centred around The People of Freedom

The People of Freedom

The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....

 and the other around the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Italy)

The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....

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Major parties

More than 20% in the 2009 regional election (or at least 15 regional deputies):

• The People of Freedom
  The People of Freedom
  The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
  
   (Il Popolo della Libertà)
• Democratic Party
  Democratic Party (Italy)
  The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
  
   (Partito Democratico)

Medium parties

Between 4% and 20% in the 2009 regional election (or at least 8 regional deputies):

• Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani)
• Sardinian Reformers
  Sardinian Reformers
  The Sardinian Reformers is a liberal and Christian-democratic political party in Sardinia based in Sardinia and led by Massimo Fantola....
  
   (Riformatori Sardi)
• Italy of Values
  Italy of Values
  Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give...
  
   (Italia dei Valori)
• Sardinian Action Party
  Sardinian Action Party
  The Sardinian Action Party is a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia, which has recently sided with The People of Freedom, the largest centre-right party in Italy.-History:...
  
   (Partito Sardo d'Azione)

Minor parties

Between 1% and 4% in the 2009 regional election (or at least 1 regional deputy):

• Sardinian Democratic Union
  Sardinian Democratic Union
  The Sardinian Democratic Union – Nationalist Project is a regionalist Christian-democratic political party in Sardinia...
  
   (Unione Democratica Sarda)
• Communist Refoundation Party
  Communist Refoundation Party
  The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....
  
   (Partito della Rifondazione Comunista)
• Red Moors
  Red Moors
  Red Moors is a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia.The party was founded in 2009 as a split from the Sardinian Action Party, after that the latter had signed an electoral pact with The People of Freedom, the main centre-right party in Italy.In the 2009 regional election the...
  
   (Rosso Mori)
• Socialist Party (Partito Socialista)
• Independence Republic of Sardinia
  Independence Republic of Sardinia
  Independence Republic of Sardinia is a social-democratic and non-violent separatist political party in Sardinia...
  
   (Indipendèntzia Repùbrica de Sardigna)
• Movement for Autonomy
  Movement for Autonomy
  The Movement for Autonomies is a regionalist Christian democratic political party in Italy. It demands economic development and greater autonomy for Sicily, mainly, and for other regions of Southern Italy...
  
   (Movimento per l'Autonomia)
• Sardinian People's Party
  Sardinian People's Party
  The Party of Sardinian People – Fortza Paris is a regionalist political party in Sardinia.The party's self-proclaimed ideology comprises "all what the 20th Century had it good", including Christian democracy, liberalism, social democracy and federalism, but it is basically a Christian-democratic...
  
   (Partito del Popolo Sardo)
• Party of Italian Communists
  Party of Italian Communists
  The Party of Italian Communists is a communist political party in Italy. Its long-time leader is Oliviero Diliberto.-Foundation and early years:...
  
   (Partito dei Comunisti Italiani)
• Movement for the Left
  Movement for the Left
  Movement for the Left was a socialist and communist political party in Italy, emerged by a split from the Communist Refoundation Party...
  
   (Movimento per la Sinistra)
• Democratic Left
  Democratic Left (Italy)
  Democratic Left was a democratic socialist political party in Italy.It was founded on 5 May 2007 by splinters of the Democrats of the Left centred around Fabio Mussi and Gavino Angius, who opposed the merger of the DS into the Democratic Party...
  
   (Sinisra Democratica)

Other regionalist parties

• Sardinia Nation
  Sardinia Nation
  Sardinia Nation is a minor separatist and democratic-socialist political party in Sardinia, Italy. Its leader is Bustianu Cumpostu.-History:...
  
   (Sardigna Natzione)
• To the Left for Independence
  To the Left for Independence
  To the Left for Independence is a separatist and communist Italian political party active in Sardinia....
  
   (A Manca pro s'Indipendentzia)

Former regionalist parties

• Sardinian Socialist Action Party
  Sardinian Socialist Action Party
  The Sardinian Socialist Action Party was a regionalist social-democratic political party active in Sardinia....
  
   (Partito Sardo d'Azione Socialista)
• Sardinian Independence Party
  Sardinian Independence Party
  The Sardinian Independence Party was a minor separatist and democratic-socialist political party in Sardinia, Italy....
  
   (Partidu Sardu Indipendentista)
• New Movement (Nuovo Movimento)
• Democratic Federation
  Democratic Federation (Sardinia)
  Democratic Federation was a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia, Italy.It was launched in 1994 basically by members of the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and the Italian Republican Party, after that these parties were severely damaged by the...
  
   (Federazione Democratica)
• Sardinia Project
  Sardinia Project
  The Sardinia Project was a social-democratic regionalist political party active in Sardinia, Italy.It was founded in 2003 and was led by Renato Soru, who was elected President of Sardinia at the head of a centre-left coalition in the 2004 regional election...
  
   (Progetto Sardegna)
• Sardinian Autonomist Populars
  Sardinian Autonomist Populars
  The Sardinian Autonomist Populars was a tiny regionalist Christian-democratic Italian political party based in Sardinia....
  
  (Popolari Autonomisti Sardi)