2000 Italian regional elections

2000 Italian regional elections

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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 16 April 2000 were won by the Pole for Freedoms coalition, led by Silvio Berlusconi.

Due to the electoral defeat suffered by The Olive Tree coalition, D'Alema resigned as Prime Minister of Italy.^[1]

Overall results

Regional councils

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
	Pole for Freedoms	12,538,710	49.33	372 / 736
	The Olive Tree	10,871,852	42.78	337 / 736
	Others	2,004,321	7.88	27 / 736
Total		25,414,883	100	736 / 736
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Presidents of the regions

Region	Former president	Alliance		Elected president	Alliance		Details
Piedmont	Enzo Ghigo		Pole for Freedoms	Enzo Ghigo		Pole for Freedoms	Details
Liguria	Giancarlo Mori		The Olive Tree	Sandro Biasotti		Pole for Freedoms	Details
Lombardy	Roberto Formigoni		Pole for Freedoms	Roberto Formigoni		Pole for Freedoms	Details
Veneto	Giancarlo Galan		Pole for Freedoms	Giancarlo Galan		Pole for Freedoms	Details
Emilia Romagna	Vasco Errani		The Olive Tree	Vasco Errani		The Olive Tree	Details
Tuscany	Vannino Chiti		The Olive Tree	Claudio Martini		The Olive Tree	Details
Umbria	Bruno Bracalente		The Olive Tree	Maria Rita Lorenzetti		The Olive Tree	Details
Marche	Vito D'Ambrosio		The Olive Tree	Vito D'Ambrosio		The Olive Tree	Details
Lazio	Piero Badaloni		The Olive Tree	Francesco Storace		Pole for Freedoms	Details
Abruzzo	Antonio Falconio		The Olive Tree	Giovanni Pace		Pole for Freedoms	Details
Molise	Marcello Veneziale		The Olive Tree	Giovanni Di Stasi		The Olive Tree	Details
Campania	Andrea Losco		The Olive Tree	Antonio Bassolino		The Olive Tree	Details
Basilicata	Raffaele Dinardo		The Olive Tree	Filippo Bubbico		The Olive Tree	Details
Apulia	Salvatore Distaso		Pole for Freedoms	Raffaele Fitto		Pole for Freedoms	Details
Calabria	Luigi Meduri		The Olive Tree	Giuseppe Chiaravalloti		Pole for Freedoms	Details

Summary by region

Piedmont

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Enzo Ghigo		FI	1,249,840	51.8		Pole	1,139,387	55.9	40
Livia Turco		DS	953,163	39.5		Olive Tree	771,087	37.9	18
Emma Bonino		LB	138,632	5.7		Bonino List	90,796	4.5	2
Others			71,912	3.0		Others	35,137	1.7	0

Lombardy

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Roberto Formigoni		FI	3,355,803	62.4		Pole	2,995,439	65.8	51
Mino Martinazzoli		PPI	1,692,474	31.5		Olive Tree	1,294,434	28.4	26
Benedetto Della Vedova		LB	178,406	3.3		Bonino List	154,396	3.4	3
Others			153,898	2.86		Others	111,377	2.4	0

Veneto

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Giancarlo Galan		FI	1,484,585	55.0		Pole	1,382,963	60.3	37
Massimo Cacciari		Dem.	1,032,255	38.2		Olive Tree	769,534	33.6	23
Others			184,310	6.7		Others	139,860	6.1	0

Liguria

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Sandro Biasotti		FI	475,308	50.7		Pole	451,500	51.1	24
Giancarlo Mori		PPI	431,743	46.1		Olive Tree	406,889	46.1	16
Others			30,196	3.2		Others	24,435	2.8	0

Emilia-Romagna

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Vasco Errani		DS	1,451,468	56.5		Olive Tree	1,358,259	56.4	33
Gabriele Cané		FI	1,036,660	40.3		Pole	977.841	40.6	17
Others			82,102	3.2		Others	71,691	3.0	0

Tuscany

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Claudio Martini		DS	1,029,142	49.3		Olive Tree	984,897	50.3	32
Altero Matteoli		AN	839,001	40.0		Pole	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

Umbria

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Maria Rita Lorenzetti		DS	286,588	56.4		Olive Tree	279,194	57.9	20
Maurizio Ronconi		CCD	199,215	39.2		Pole	187,867	39.0	10
Others			22,266	4.4		Others	14,943	3.1	0

Marche

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Vito D'Ambrosio		DS	429,288	49,9		Olive Tree	406,865	50.2	25
Maurizio Bertucci		FI	380,116	44.2		Pole	367,421	45.4	15
Others			50,630	5.9		Others	35,531	4.4	0

Lazio

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Francesco Storace		AN	1,553,562	51.3		Pole	1,449,719	53.2	38
Piero Badaloni		Ind.	1,392,190	46.0		Olive Tree	1,208,665	44.4	22
Others			83,049	2.7		Others	65,936	2.4	0

Abruzzo

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Giovanni Pace		AN	382,353	49.3		Pole	364,776	49.3	26
Antonio Falconio		PPI	378,739	48.8		Olive Tree	363,718	49.1	17
Others			15,049	1.9		Others	12,227	1.6	0

Molise

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Giovanni Di Stasi		DS	101,295	49.0		Olive Tree	95,859	47.9	18
Michele Iorio		FI	100,365	48.6		Pole	100.854	50.4	12
Others			4,988	2.4		Others	3,515	1.7	0

Campania

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Antonio Bassolino		DS	1,654,777	54.2		Olive Tree	1,537,893	53.6	35
Antonio Rastrelli		AN	1,350,621	44.2		Pole	1,297,460	45.2	22
Others			48,656	1.6		Others	32,339	1.1	0

Basilicata

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Filippo Bubbico		DS	227,919	63.2		Olive Tree	243.660	69,7	21
Nicola Pagliuca		FI	126,530	35.1		Pole	102.061	29,2	9
Others			6,389	1.7		Others	3,699	1.1	0

Apulia

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Raffaele Fitto		FI	1,194,370	54.0		Pole	1,109,270	54.3	38
Giannicola Sinisi		Dem	961,642	43.4		Olive Tree	892,923	43.7	22
Others			57,119	2.6		Others	40,576	2.0	0

Calabria

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Giuseppe Chiaravalloti		FI	545,186	49.8		Pole	533,075	50.1	26
Nuccio Fava		PPI	532,222	48.7		Olive Tree	521,922	49.0	17
Others			16,253	1.5		Others	9,749	0.9	0

References

External links

• Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive