In Sardinia, the No vote's victory is even broader . Sardinians rejected the Meloni government's reform, which suffered a resounding defeat on the island.
52.8% of Sardinians went to the polls, and the No vote won with a result close to 60%: to be precise, 59.44% against the 40.56% of the Yes vote.
The result mirrors that of the province of Cagliari (59.16%) . The No vote triumphs with enormous percentages in the Nuoro area (64.1%) . In the province of Sassari (61.5%) and in Medio Campidano (63.8%) the No vote also exceeds 60%. In the Oristano area, the opposition front prevails with 56.8%, in Sulcis with 59.6%. And it also prevails in Gallura, the only area where there is a neck-and-neck race, where the No vote obtains 50.77% .
The vote in the cities: in Cagliari No above 61%, in Oristano at 57.7%, in Nuoro at 69.4%, in Sassari at 63.7%, in Olbia at 52.5%, in Carbonia 65.8%, in Iglesias 60.3% .
The problem in Sassari
The data can be considered definitive, even if one section is missing: the records from Class 127 in Sassari, at the middle school on Via Monte Grappa, have been sent to the central office for completion. Something went wrong, and the Sassari polling station is one of two in all of Italy (the other is in Pisa) that hasn't completed the count.
Alessandra Todde – Governor
"The Constitution is safe and remains the guiding light for our actions. I am proud of the great result achieved in Sardinia," declared the President of the Region, Alessandra Todde , commenting on the referendum results.
Massimo Zedda – Mayor of Cagliari
"The fact that so many citizens participated in the vote is always a positive element for our democracy. With the victory of the No vote, Italians demonstrate that they care about the Constitution," declared Cagliari Mayor Massimo Zedda .
Silvio Lai – Secretary of the Sardinian Democratic Party
"The result emerging from Sardinia sends a clear, strong, and unequivocal political signal. The clear "No" vote demonstrates a conscious participation and a determined stance on the part of Sardinian citizens," stated MP Silvio Lai, regional secretary of the Democratic Party. "Sardinia rejects the government and right-wingers' claim to amend the Constitution to bend the justice system to the will of political power. This is a political defeat for President Meloni, who will now be unable to amend the electoral law for her own interests and will also have to give up the differentiated autonomy that would have divided the country into rich and poor regions," he added in a statement. "The referendum result cannot be interpreted solely in numerical terms, but expresses a profound orientation: the desire to defend principles, institutional balance, and a vision of democracy that the Sardinians felt was not adequately guaranteed by the referendum proposal."
Piero Comandini – President of the Regional Council
"The response we received from voters today is a positive and important result for everyone, regardless of how they voted. The people respond when the Constitution is called into question, and when they do so so clearly and comprehensively, the entire political system has a duty to listen and address their concerns," said Piero Comandini, President of the Regional Council.
(Unioneonline/L)