The Sardinian regional election of 1961 took place on 18 June 1961.
Two more seats were added.
After the election Efisio Corrias, the incumbent Christian Democratic President, formed a new government that included the Sardinian Action Party, a social-liberal regionalist party.
In 1963 the government was enlarged to the Italian Democratic Socialist Party.
[1] Sources: Regional Council of Sardinia and Istituto Cattaneo