2000 Italian regional elections

2000 Italian regional elections
16 April 2000
Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
Elected Presidents:
  Pole for Freedoms
  The Olive Tree

The Italian regional elections of 2000 were held on 16 April.

For the very first time, following the 1999 constitutional reform, the presidents of the Regions were directly elected by citizens. Alongside this change, a new provision was introduced: the President is elected for a five-year term, but if during the term they face a vote of no confidence, resign, or die, under the simul stabunt, simul cadent clause (literally, “they will stand together or they will fall together”), the regional council is also dissolved, and a snap election is called.

Following the electoral defeat suffered by the centre-left coalition, Massimo D'Alema resigned as Prime Minister.[1]

Coalitions

After losing the 1996 general election, Silvio Berlusconi was able to form a new centre-right coalition, once again including the Northern League in the alliance.

Overall results

Regional councils

Alliance Votes % Seats
Centre-right coalition
(House of Freedoms)		 12,538,710 49.33
381 / 736
Centre-left coalition
(The Olive Tree)		 10,871,852 42.78
348 / 736
Others 2,004,321 7.88
7 / 736
Total 25,414,883 100
736 / 736
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Presidents of the regions

Region Outgoing Elected Election
President Party Alliance President Party Alliance
Piedmont Enzo Ghigo FI Centre-right Enzo Ghigo FI Centre-right Details
Liguria Giancarlo Mori PPI Centre-left Sandro Biasotti FI Centre-right Details
Lombardy Roberto Formigoni FI Centre-right Roberto Formigoni FI Centre-right Details
Veneto Giancarlo Galan FI Centre-right Giancarlo Galan FI Centre-right Details
Emilia Romagna Vasco Errani DS Centre-left Vasco Errani DS Centre-left Details
Tuscany Vannino Chiti DS Centre-left Claudio Martini DS Centre-left Details
Umbria Bruno Bracalente DS Centre-left Maria Rita Lorenzetti DS Centre-left Details
Marche Vito D'Ambrosio DS Centre-left Vito D'Ambrosio DS Centre-left Details
Lazio Piero Badaloni Ind Centre-left Francesco Storace AN Centre-right Details
Abruzzo Antonio Falconio PPI Centre-left Giovanni Pace AN Centre-right Details
Molise Marcello Veneziale DS Centre-left Giovanni Di Stasi DS Centre-left Details
Campania Andrea Losco PPI Centre-left Antonio Bassolino DS Centre-left Details
Basilicata Raffaele Dinardo PPI Centre-left Filippo Bubbico DS Centre-left Details
Apulia Salvatore Distaso FI Centre-right Raffaele Fitto FI Centre-right Details
Calabria Luigi Meduri PPI Centre-left Giuseppe Chiaravalloti FI Centre-right Details

Summary by region

Piedmont

Main article: 2000 Piedmontese regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Enzo Ghigo FI 1,249,840 51.8 Centre-right 1,139,387 55.9 40
Livia Turco DS 953,163 39.5 Centre-left 771,087 37.9 18
Emma Bonino LB 138,632 5.7 LB 90,796 4.5 2
Others 71,912 3.0 Others 35,137 1.7 0
Voters: 2,641,647 — Turnout: 72.0%

Lombardy

Main article: 2000 Lombard regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Roberto Formigoni FI 3,355,803 62.4 Centre-right 2,995,439 65.8 51
Mino Martinazzoli PPI 1,692,474 31.5 Centre-left 1,294,434 28.4 26
Benedetto Della Vedova LB 178,406 3.3 LB 154,396 3.4 3
Others 153,898 2.86 Others 111,377 2.4 0
Voters: 5,742,208 — Turnout: 75.6%

Veneto

Main article: 2000 Venetian regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Giancarlo Galan FI 1,484,585 55.0 Centre-right 1,382,963 60.3 37
Massimo Cacciari Dem 1,032,255 38.2 Centre-left 769,534 33.6 23
Others 184,310 6.7 Others 139,860 6.1 0
Voters: 2,910,001 — Turnout: 75.6%

Liguria

Main article: 2000 Ligurian regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Sandro Biasotti FI 475,308 50.7 Centre-right 451,500 51.1 24
Giancarlo Mori PPI 431,743 46.1 Centre-left 406,889 46.1 16
Others 30,196 3.2 Others 24,435 2.8 0
Voters: 1,012,539 — Turnout: 70.5%

Emilia-Romagna

Main article: 2000 Emilia-Romagna regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Vasco Errani DS 1,451,468 56.5 Centre-left 1,358,259 56.4 33
Gabriele Cané FI 1,036,660 40.3 Centre-right 977.841 40.6 17
Others 82,102 3.2 Others 71,691 3.0 0
Voters: 2,738,319 — Turnout: 79.7%

Tuscany

Main article: 2000 Tuscan regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Claudio Martini DS 1,029,142 49.3 Centre-left 984,897 50.3 32
Altero Matteoli AN 839,001 40.0 Centre-right 794,555 40.6 16
Niccolò Pecorini PRC 159,862 7.7 PRC 131,471 6.7 2
Others 62,308 3.0 Others 47,218 2.4 0
Voters: 2,263,992 — Turnout: 74.6%

Umbria

Main article: 2000 Umbrian regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Maria Rita Lorenzetti DS 286,588 56.4 Centre-left 279,194 57.9 20
Maurizio Ronconi CCD 199,215 39.2 Centre-right 187,867 39.0 10
Others 22,266 4.4 Others 14,943 3.1 0
Voters: 547,733 — Turnout: 76.8%

Marche

Main article: 2000 Marche regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Vito D'Ambrosio DS 429,288 49.9 Centre-left 406,865 50.2 25
Maurizio Bertucci FI 380,116 44.2 Centre-right 367,421 45.4 15
Others 50,630 5.9 Others 35,531 4.4 0
Voters: 938,848 — Turnout: 74.3%

Lazio

Main article: 2000 Lazio regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Francesco Storace AN 1,553,562 51.3 Centre-right 1,449,719 53.2 38
Piero Badaloni Ind 1,392,190 46.0 Centre-left 1,208,665 44.4 22
Others 83,049 2.7 Others 65,936 2.4 0
Voters: 3,212,420 — Turnout: 71.6%

Abruzzo

Main article: 2000 Abruzzo regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Giovanni Pace AN 382,353 49.3 Centre-right 364,776 49.3 26
Antonio Falconio PPI 378,739 48.8 Centre-left 363,718 49.1 17
Others 15,049 1.9 Others 12,227 1.6 0
Voters: 835,348 — Turnout: 70.6%

Molise

Main article: 2000 Molise regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Giovanni Di Stasi DS 101,295 49.0 Centre-left 95,859 47.9 18
Michele Iorio FI 100,365 48.6 Centre-right 100,854 50.4 12
Others 4,988 2.4 Others 3,515 1.7 0
Voters: 219,319 — Turnout: 67.3%

Campania

Main article: 2000 Campania regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Antonio Bassolino DS 1,654,777 54.2 Centre-left 1,537,893 53.6 35
Antonio Rastrelli AN 1,350,621 44.2 Centre-right 1,297,460 45.2 22
Others 48,656 1.6 Others 32,339 1.1 0
Voters: 3,317,112 — Turnout: 69.5%

Basilicata

Main article: 2000 Basilicata regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Filippo Bubbico DS 227,919 63.2 Centre-left 243.660 69,7 21
Nicola Pagliuca FI 126,530 35.1 Centre-right 102.061 29,2 9
Others 6,389 1.7 Others 3,699 1.1 0
Voters: 387,543 — Turnout: 72.7%

Apulia

Main article: 2000 Apulian regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Raffaele Fitto FI 1,194,370 54.0 Centre-right 1,109,270 54.3 38
Giannicola Sinisi Dem 961,642 43.4 Centre-left 892,923 43.7 22
Others 57,119 2.6 Others 40,576 2.0 0
Voters: 2,423,500 — Turnout: 70.2%

Calabria

Main article: 2000 Calabrian regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Giuseppe Chiaravalloti FI 545,186 49.8 Centre-right 533,075 50.1 26
Nuccio Fava PPI 532,222 48.7 Centre-left 521,922 49.0 17
Others 16,253 1.5 Others 9,749 0.9 0
Voters: 1,176,428 — Turnout: 64.6%

References

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