2000 Italian regional elections
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
Presidents of the regions
Summary by region
Piedmont
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Molise
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
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
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
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
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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External links
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