Sardigna Natzione Indipendentzia ("For the Independence of the Sardinian Nation"), also known as Sardigna Natzione or SN, is a minor

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and

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political party in Sardinia,

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. Its long-time leader is Bustianu Cumpostu.

History

The party was founded by Anghelu Caria in 1994, in continuity with the

Independentist Sardinian Party The Independentist Sardinian Party (''Partidu Sardu Indipendentista'', PSIn) was a minor separatist and democratic-socialist political party in Sardinia, Italy. The party was founded in 1984 by Anghelu Caria and won 1.5 and 2.1% respectively i ...

(PSIn), of which Caria had been founder and leader. After Caria's sudden death, Bustianu Cumpostu was elected new leader by defeating Gavino Sale, who would lead the party's left-wing faction for five years, before leaving in 2001. In the 1996 general election SN won 4.3% in single-seat constituencies (11.6% in

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and 9.6% in Iglesias), despite being present only in ten constituencies out of fourteen, and 2.3% for proportional representation, due to competition from the

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(PSd'Az), which gained 3.8%. In the 1999 Sardinian regional election SN had its best result ever, as Cumpostu received 5.8% of the vote for president, while the PSd'Az gained 8.3% with

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. However, as Cumpostu did not surpass the 6% threshold and the party list stopped at 1.8%, the party did not get into the Regional Council. Both for the 2001 general election and the 2004 regional election SN formed an alliance with the PSd'Az. This led Sale, who refused any collaboration with not parties being considered not fully committed to independence, and his faction to leave the party in 2001 to form

Independence Republic of Sardinia Independence Republic of Sardinia (, iRS) is a regionalist, Sardinian nationalist, left-wing nationalist Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism ...

(iRS). In the election the Sardist electorate was very fragmented (also because of the presence of the

Union of Sardinians The Union of Sardinians – Nationalist Project (''Unione dei Sardi – Progetto Nazionalitario'', UdS–PN), previously known as Sardinian Democratic Union (''Unione Democratica Sarda'', UDS) was a regionalist, Sardinian nationalist and Christi ...

, UDS, which ran on a "nationalist" platform) and most of SN former voters voted Sale for President (1.9%) and the iRS party list (0.7%), while only a minority voted for SN (0.4%). SN won 1.1% of the vote in the 2006 general election and 0.7% in

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. In the 2009 regional election the party formed a "nationalist" left-wing alliance with

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, a

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party, and other minor separatist groups, but gained only 0.5%, while Sale (iRS) 3.1%. In the 2014 regional election the party unsuccessfully sought to join the coalition led by

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(centred on Project Republic of Sardinia), in list with alike separatist parties, and finally decided not to take part to the election.

Popular support

The electoral results of SN in

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since 1994 are shown in the table below.

Leadership

*Coordinator: Anghelu Caria (1994–1996), Bustianu Cumpostu (1996–present)

References

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External links

Official website
Political parties in Sardinia Sardinian nationalist parties Separatism in Italy Secessionist organizations in Europe Political parties established in 1994