Francesco Pigliaru of the Democratic Party defeated the incumbent, Ugo Cappellacci of Forza Italia.

[1] The Five Star Movement did not take part to the election, after Beppe Grillo refused to concede the use of his party's symbol.

The novelist Michela Murgia, who received more than the 10% of votes, was not elected because of the new high electoral threshold.

The winning coalition receives a jackpot of additional seats, which are divided between all majority parties using the D'Hondt method, as it happens between the losing lists.

Each party then distributes its seats to its provincial lists, where candidates are openly selected.