2000 Tuscan regional election

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

1999 European election marked a turning point in relations between Forza Italia and the Northern League. In fact, the assembly works in Parliament had highlighted a growing programmatic convergence between the two parties. And so, in view of the 2001 general election, Berlusconi and Umberto Bossi put aside the old, and even bloody quarrels, and formed a new coalition: the House of Freedoms, which found in the regional elections, also in Tuscany, its first test. So the center-right candidate, Altero Matteoli, an important figure on the national landscape, was sustained also by the Northern League, which in 1995 had sustained Chiti.

The combination of what were the major forces of regional politics, securing an appointment to Claudio Martini, which ensured stability of the Regional Cabinet that the new regulations wanted to coincide in term with the legislature. Democrats of the Left was confirmed as the largest party in the region with 36% of the vote, while Forza Italia was the second largest party with 20%. The Olive Tree, an alliance comprising several centre-left parties including the Italian People's Party, the Democrats of the Left, The Democrats, the Federation of the Greens and Party of Italian Communists, had a reconfirmation but lost votes.

Like 1995 election, Communist Refoundation Party run lonely with its candidate.

16 April 2000 Tuscan regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Claudio Martini	1,029,142	49.30	10
						Democrats of the Left	708,750	36.20	17
						Italian People's Party	71,195	3.64	1
						The Democrats	64,606	3.30	1
						Party of Italian Communists	59,258	3.03	1
						Federation of the Greens	42,269	2.16	1
						Italian Democratic Socialists – Italian Republican Party	36,413	1.86	1
						Union of Democrats for Europe	2,406	0.12	–
					Total		984,897	50.30	22
	Altero Matteoli	839,001	40.05	1
						Forza Italia	395,946	20.22	8
						National Alliance	291,200	14.87	5
						United Christian Democrats	40,692	2.08	1
						Christian Democratic Centre	40,476	2.07	1
						Socialist Party	11,956	0.61	–
						Northern League Tuscany	11,256	0.57	–
						Tuscan Autonomist Movement	2,176	0.11	–
						The Liberals Sgarbi	853	0.04	–
					Total		794,555	40.58	15
	Niccolò Pecorini	159,862	7.66	–		Communist Refoundation Party	131,471	6.71	2
	Gianfranco Dell'Alba	49,358	2.36	–		Bonino List	40,496	2.07	–
	Paolo Vecchi	12,950	0.62	–		Humanist Party	6,722	0.34	–
Total candidates		2,087,313	100.00	11	Total parties		1,958,141	100.00	39
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections