2000 Italian regional elections
legislative
Election name2000 Italian regional elections
CountryItaly
Ongoingno
Previous election1995 Italian regional elections
Previous year1995
Next election2005 Italian regional elections
Next year2005
Seats for electionPresidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
Election date16 April 2000

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

AllianceVotes%Seats
Centre-right coalition
(House of Freedoms)		12,538,71049.33
Centre-left coalition
(The Olive Tree)		10,871,85242.78
Others2,004,3217.88
Total25,414,883100
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Presidents of the regions

RegionOutgoingElectedElection
PresidentPartyAlliancePresidentPartyAlliance
PiedmontEnzo GhigoFICentre-rightEnzo GhigoFICentre-rightDetails
LiguriaGiancarlo MoriPPICentre-leftSandro BiasottiFICentre-rightDetails
LombardyRoberto FormigoniFICentre-rightRoberto FormigoniFICentre-rightDetails
VenetoGiancarlo GalanFICentre-rightGiancarlo GalanFICentre-rightDetails
Emilia-RomagnaVasco ErraniDSCentre-leftVasco ErraniDSCentre-leftDetails
TuscanyVannino ChitiDSCentre-leftClaudio MartiniDSCentre-leftDetails
UmbriaBruno BracalenteDSCentre-leftMaria Rita LorenzettiDSCentre-leftDetails
MarcheVito D'AmbrosioDSCentre-leftVito D'AmbrosioDSCentre-leftDetails
LazioPiero BadaloniIndCentre-leftFrancesco StoraceANCentre-rightDetails
AbruzzoAntonio FalconioPPICentre-leftGiovanni PaceANCentre-rightDetails
MoliseMarcello VenezialeDSCentre-leftGiovanni Di StasiDSCentre-leftDetails
CampaniaAndrea LoscoPPICentre-leftAntonio BassolinoDSCentre-leftDetails
BasilicataRaffaele DinardoPPICentre-leftFilippo BubbicoDSCentre-leftDetails
ApuliaSalvatore DistasoFICentre-rightRaffaele FittoFICentre-rightDetails
CalabriaLuigi MeduriPPICentre-leftGiuseppe ChiaravallotiFICentre-rightDetails

Summary by region

Piedmont

Main article: 2000 Piedmontese regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Enzo GhigoFI1,249,84051.8Centre-right1,139,38755.940
Livia TurcoDS953,16339.5Centre-left771,08737.918
Emma BoninoLB138,6325.7LB90,7964.52
Others71,9123.0Others35,1371.70
Voters: 2,641,647 — Turnout: 72.0%

Lombardy

Main article: 2000 Lombard regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Roberto FormigoniFI3,355,80362.4Centre-right2,995,43965.851
Mino MartinazzoliPPI1,692,47431.5Centre-left1,294,43428.426
Benedetto Della VedovaLB178,4063.3LB154,3963.43
Others153,8982.86Others111,3772.40
Voters: 5,742,208 — Turnout: 75.6%

Veneto

Main article: 2000 Venetian regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Giancarlo GalanFI1,484,58555.0Centre-right1,382,96360.337
Massimo CacciariDem1,032,25538.2Centre-left769,53433.623
Others184,3106.7Others139,8606.10
Voters: 2,910,001 — Turnout: 75.6%

Liguria

Main article: 2000 Ligurian regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Sandro BiasottiFI475,30850.7Centre-right451,50051.124
Giancarlo MoriPPI431,74346.1Centre-left406,88946.116
Others30,1963.2Others24,4352.80
Voters: 1,012,539 — Turnout: 70.5%

Emilia-Romagna

Main article: 2000 Emilia-Romagna regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Vasco ErraniDS1,451,46856.5Centre-left1,358,25956.433
Gabriele CanéFI1,036,66040.3Centre-right977.84140.617
Others82,1023.2Others71,6913.00
Voters: 2,738,319 — Turnout: 79.7%

Tuscany

Main article: 2000 Tuscan regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Claudio MartiniDS1,029,14249.3Centre-left984,89750.332
Altero MatteoliAN839,00140.0Centre-right794,55540.616
Niccolò PecoriniPRC159,8627.7PRC131,4716.72
Others62,3083.0Others47,2182.40
Voters: 2,263,992 — Turnout: 74.6%

Umbria

Main article: 2000 Umbrian regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Maria Rita LorenzettiDS286,58856.4Centre-left279,19457.920
Maurizio RonconiCCD199,21539.2Centre-right187,86739.010
Others22,2664.4Others14,9433.10
Voters: 547,733 — Turnout: 76.8%

Marche

Main article: 2000 Marche regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Vito D'AmbrosioDS429,28849.9Centre-left406,86550.225
Maurizio BertucciFI380,11644.2Centre-right367,42145.415
Others50,6305.9Others35,5314.40
Voters: 938,848 — Turnout: 74.3%

Lazio

Main article: 2000 Lazio regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Francesco StoraceAN1,553,56251.3Centre-right1,449,71953.238
Piero BadaloniInd1,392,19046.0Centre-left1,208,66544.422
Others83,0492.7Others65,9362.40
Voters: 3,212,420 — Turnout: 71.6%

Abruzzo

Main article: 2000 Abruzzo regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Giovanni PaceAN382,35349.3Centre-right364,77649.326
Antonio FalconioPPI378,73948.8Centre-left363,71849.117
Others15,0491.9Others12,2271.60
Voters: 835,348 — Turnout: 70.6%

Molise

Main article: 2000 Molise regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Giovanni Di StasiDS101,29549.0Centre-left95,85947.918
Michele IorioFI100,36548.6Centre-right100,85450.412
Others4,9882.4Others3,5151.70
Voters: 219,319 — Turnout: 67.3%

Campania

Main article: 2000 Campania regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Antonio BassolinoDS1,654,77754.2Centre-left1,537,89353.635
Antonio RastrelliAN1,350,62144.2Centre-right1,297,46045.222
Others48,6561.6Others32,3391.10
Voters: 3,317,112 — Turnout: 69.5%

Basilicata

Main article: 2000 Basilicata regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Filippo BubbicoDS227,91963.2Centre-left243.66069,721
Nicola PagliucaFI126,53035.1Centre-right102.06129,29
Others6,3891.7Others3,6991.10
Voters: 387,543 — Turnout: 72.7%

Apulia

Main article: 2000 Apulian regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Raffaele FittoFI1,194,37054.0Centre-right1,109,27054.338
Giannicola SinisiDem961,64243.4Centre-left892,92343.722
Others57,1192.6Others40,5762.00
Voters: 2,423,500 — Turnout: 70.2%

Calabria

Main article: 2000 Calabrian regional election
PresidentRegional council
CandidatePartyVotes%AllianceVotes%Seats
Giuseppe ChiaravallotiFI545,18649.8Centre-right533,07550.126
Nuccio FavaPPI532,22248.7Centre-left521,92249.017
Others16,2531.5Others9,7490.90
Voters: 1,176,428 — Turnout: 64.6%

References

  1. ^ D' Alema dà le dimissioni Il mio compito è finito