Sardinia Nation
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Sardinia Nation
Sardigna Natzione |
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| Leader | Bustianu Cumpostu |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | corso Garibaldi 108 08100 Nuoro |
| Newspaper | Indipendentzia.sar |
| Membership | unknown |
| Ideology |
Sardinian nationalism Separatism Democratic socialism |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
| European Parliament group | no MEPs |
| Website | |
| http://www.sardignanatzione.it | |
Sardinia Nation (Sardinian: Sardigna Natzione, SN) is a minor separatist and democratic-socialist political party in Sardinia, Italy. Its long-time leader is Bustianu Cumpostu.
The party was founded by Angelu Caria in 1994, in continuity with the Independentist Sardinian Party (PSIn), of which Carria had been long-time leader. After Carria's sudden death, Bustianu Cumpostu was elected new leader by defeating Gavino Sale.
In the 1996 general election SN won 4.3% in single-seat constituencies (11.6% in Tortolì 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 Sardinian Action Party (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 Franco Meloni. 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 fully separatist parties, and his faction to leave the party in 2001 to form Independence Republic of Sardinia (iRS). In the election the Sardist electorate was very fragmented (also because of the presence of the Sardinian Democratic Union, 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%).
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