2000 Piedmontese regional election

The Piedmontese regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.

2000 Piedmentese regional election
16 April 2000
All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Piedmont
Turnout71.96% ( 11.02%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Enzo Ghigo Livia Turco
Party Forza Italia Democrats of the Left
Alliance House of Freedoms The Olive Tree
Last election 33 seats, 39.7% 18 seats, 35.2%
Seats won 40 18
Seat change 7
Popular vote 1,249,840 953,163
Percentage 51.8% 39.5%
Swing 1.0%[1] 3.7%
President before election

Enzo Ghigo
FI

 President-elect

Enzo Ghigo
FI

Politics of Piedmont

Enzo Ghigo (Forza Italia) was re-elected for the second time in a row President, defeating Livia Turco (Democrats of the Left). His re-election resulted in a landslide, as this time he was supported also by Lega Nord Piemont.

Forza Italia was confirmed as the largest party in the region with an historic 30.8% of the vote, while the Democrats of the left were the second largest party with 17.7%. Piedmont was confirmed as a stronghold of Bonino List, whose leader Emma Bonino was candidate for president and took 5.7% of the vote.

Electoral law

Piedmont used for the first time the national Tatarella Law to elect its Council. Forty-seven councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists; remained seats and votes are grouped at regional level where a Hare quota is used, and then distributed to provincial party lists.

Parties and candidates
Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
The Olive Tree Democrats of the Left 21.7 11 Livia Turco
Communist Refoundation Party 9.3 4
Italian People's Party – UDEUR – Italian Renewal 6.2 3
Federation of the Greens 2.7 1
Pensioners' Party 1.6 1
The Democrats N/A N/A
Party of Italian Communists N/A N/A
Italian Democratic Socialists N/A N/A
House of Freedoms Forza Italia 26.7 14 Enzo Ghigo
National Alliance 11.2 6
Northern League Piedmont 9.9 5
Christian Democratic Centre 3.0 1
United Christian Democrats N/A N/A
Others N/A N/A
Bonino List 1.6 – Emma Bonino

Results
16 April 2000 Piedmontese regional election results
Candidates Votes  % Seats Parties Votes  % Seats
Enzo Ghigo 1,249,840 51.78 12
Forza Italia 626,907 30.78 17
National Alliance 241,864 11.88 6
Northern League Piedmont 153,935 7.56 3
United Christian Democrats 48,707 2.39 1
Christian Democratic Centre 43,827 2.15 1
Socialist Party 16,283 0.80 –
The Liberals Sgarbi 5,725 0.28 –
Christian Democratic Party 2,139 0.11 –
Total 1,139,387 55.95 28
Livia Turco 953,163 39.49 1
Democrats of the Left 360,826 17.72 9
Communist Refoundation Party 112,489 5.52 2
The Democrats 86,349 4.24 2
Italian People's Party–UDEUR–Italian Renewal 74,888 3.68 1
Party of Italian Communists 41,930 2.06 1
Federation of the Greens 41,853 2.06 1
Italian Democratic Socialists 36,788 1.81 1
Pensioners' Party 15,964 0.78 –
Total 771,087 37.87 17
Emma Bonino 138,632 5.74 – Bonino List 90,796 4.46 2
Alessandra Calvo 62,288 2.58 –
Autonomists for Europe 26,639 1.31 –
Greens Greens 8,498 0.42 –
Total 35,137 1.73 –
Antonio Tevere 9,624 0.40 – Humanist Party – – –
Total candidates 2,413,547 100.00 13 Total parties 2,036,407 100.00 47
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

References
  1. The swing comes from the combined result of the Pole of Freedoms (39.7%) and Lega Nord (11.1%) in the 1995 regional election.
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