2000 Italian regional elections

The Italian regional elections of 16 April 2000 were won by the House of Freedoms coalition, led by Silvio Berlusconi.

2000 Italian regional elections

April 16, 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:   The House of Freedoms   The Olive Tree

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

Results by region

Piedmont

Regional election 2000: Piedmont

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	House of Freedoms	Enzo Ghigo	1,249,840	51.8	+12.1	40	+7
	The Olive Tree	Livia Turco	953,163	39.5	+4.3	18	±0
	Radicals	Emma Bonino	138,632	5.7	+3.7	2	+2
	Independent	Francesca Calvo	62,288	2.6	+2.6	0	±0
	Humanist	Antonio Tevere	9,624	0.4	+0.4	0	±0
Turnout			2,641,647	72.0

Lombardy

Regional election 2000: Lombardy

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	House of Freedoms	Roberto Formigoni	3,355,803	62.4	+21.3	51	-3
	The Olive Tree	Mino Martinazzoli	1,692,474	31.5	+4.1	26	+7
	Radicals	Benedetto Della Vedova	178,406	3.3	+0.5	3	+3
	Italian Communists	Nerio Nesi	110,202	2.1	+2.1	0	±0
	Humanist	Giorgio Carlo Schultze	43,696	0.8	+0.8	0	±0
Turnout			5,742,208	75.6

Veneto

Regional election 2000: Veneto

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	House of Freedoms	Giancarlo Galan	1,484,585	55.0	+16.8	37	+1
	The Olive Tree	Massimo Cacciari	1,032,255	38.2	+5.9	23	+5
	Independent	Fabrizio Comencini	71,878	2.7	+2.7	0	±0
	Radicals	Marco Cappato	66,457	2.5	+1.1	0	±0
	Independent	Fabio Padovan	45,975	1.7	+1.7	0	±0
Turnout			2,910,001	75.6

Liguria

Regional election 2000: Liguria

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	House of Freedoms	Sandro Biasotti	475,308	50.7	+12.7	24	+10
	The Olive Tree	Giancarlo Mori	431,743	46.1	+5.7	16	-11
	Radicals	Marco Tarantino	24,168	2.6	+0.9	0	±0
	Humanist	Irene Menghini	6,028	0.6	+0.6	0	±0
Turnout			1,012,539	70.5

Emilia-Romagna

Regional election 2000: Emilia-Romagna

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	The Olive Tree	Vasco Errani	1,451,468	56.5	+2.7	33	-1
	House of Freedoms	Gabriele Canè	1,036,660	40.3	+8.3	17	+5
	Radicals	Sergio Augusto Stanzani Ghedini	70,655	2.7	+1.1	0	±0
	Independent	Carlo Rasmi	11,447	0.4	+0.4	0	±0
Turnout			2,738,319	79.7

Tuscany

Regional election 2000: Tuscany

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	The Olive Tree	Claudio Martini	1,029,142	49.3	-0.8	32	-1
	House of Freedoms	Altero Matteoli	836,001	40.0	+4.0	16	+3
	Communist Refoundation	Niccolò Pecorini	159,862	7.7	-4.7	2	-2
	Radicals	Gianfranco Dall'Alba	49,358	2.4	+1.0	0	±0
	Humanist	Paolo Vecchi	12,950	0.6	+0.6	0	±0
Turnout			2,263,992	74.6

Umbria

Regional election 2000: Umbria

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	The Olive Tree	Maria Rita Lorenzetti	286,588	56.4	-3.5	20	+2
	House of Freedoms	Maurizio Ronconi	199,215	39.2	+0.2	10	-2
	Tricolour Flame	Fulvio Carlo Maiorca	12,232	2.4	+2.4	0	±0
	Radicals	Elisabetta Chiacchella	10,034	2.0	+1.0	0	±0
Turnout			547,773	76.8

Marche

Regional election 2000: Marche

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	The Olive Tree	Vito D'Ambrosio	429,288	49.9	-1.7	25	-1
	House of Freedoms	Maurizio Bertucci	380,116	44.2	+5.3	15	+3
	Radicals	Marcello Crivellini	20,441	2.4	+1.3	0	±0
	Republican Party	Luciana Sbarbati	19,083	2.2	+2.2	0	±0
	Independent	Enrico Buoncompagni	11,106	1.3	+1.3	0	±0
Turnout			938,848	74.3

Lazio

Regional election 2000: Lazio

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	House of Freedoms	Francesco Storace	1,553,562	51.3	+3.3	38	+15
	The Olive Tree	Piero Badaloni	1,392,190	46.0	-2.1	22	-15
	Radicals	Rita Bernardini	65,587	2.2	±0	0	±0
	Humanist	Marina Larena	9,880	0.3	+0.3	0	±0
	Independent	Severino Antinori	7,582	0.2	+0.2	0	±0
Turnout			3,212,420	71.6

Abruzzo

Regional election 2000: Abruzzo

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	House of Freedoms	Giovanni Pace	382,353	49.3	+2.1	26	+11
	The Olive Tree	Antonio Falconio	378,739	48.8	+0.6	17	-9
	Radicals	Luigino Del Gatto	9,380	1.2	-0.9	0	±0
	Tricolour Flame	Paolo Vecchioli	5,699	0.7	+0.7	0	±0
Turnout			835,348	70.6

Molise

Regional election 2000: Molise

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	The Olive Tree	Giovanni Di Stasi	101,295	49.0	-1.5	18	±0
	House of Freedoms	Angelo Michele Iorio	100,365	48.6	-0.9	12	±0
	Tricolour Flame	Saturnino Carruzzelli	2,797	1.3	+1.3	0	±0
	Radicals	Donato De Renzis	2,191	1.1	+1.1	0	±0
Turnout			219,319	67.3

Campania

Regional election 2000: Campania

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	The Olive Tree	Antonio Bassolino	1,654,777	54.2	+14.9	38	+18
	House of Freedoms	Antonio Rastrelli	1,350,621	44.2	-3.7	22	-14
	Radicals	Marco Pannella	39,325	1.3	-0.3	0	±0
	Independent	Vittorio Granillo	9,331	0.3	+0.3	0	±0
Turnout			3,317,112	69.5

Basilicata

Regional election 2000: Basilicata

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	The Olive Tree	Filippo Bubbico	227,919	63.2	+8.3	21	+3
	House of Freedoms	Nicola Pagliuca	126,530	35.1	-0.4	9	-1
	Independent	Bonaventura Postiglione	3,465	1.0	+1.0	0	±0
	Radicals	Maurizio Bolognetti	2,924	0.8	-0.1	0	±0
Turnout			387,543	72.7

Apulia

Regional election 2000: Apulia

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	House of Freedoms	Raffaele Fitto	1,194,370	54.0	+4.2	38	±0
	The Olive Tree	Giannicola Sinisi	961,642	43.5	-2.4	22	-3
	Southern Action League	Giancarlo Cito	29,317	1.3	+1.3	0	±0
	Radicals	Pasquale Quinto	27,802	1.3	-0.9	0	±0
Turnout			2,423,500	70.2

Calabria

Regional election 2000: Calabria

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	House of Freedoms	Giuseppe Chiaravalloti	545,186	49.9	+5.8	26	+1
	The Olive Tree	Nuccio Fava	532,222	48.7	+10.8	17	+4
	Independent	Francesco Saverio Corbelli	9,840	0.9	+0.9	0	±0
	Radicals	Antonio Marzano	6,413	0.6	-0.2	0	±0
Turnout			1,176,428	64.6

References

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

External links

• Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive