2000 Piedmontese regional election
The Piedmontese regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Piedmont |
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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.
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Enzo Ghigo | 1,249,840 | 51.78 | 12 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 626,907 | 30.78 | 17 | ||||||
| National Alliance | 241,864 | 11.88 | 6 | ||||||
| Lega Nord Piemont | 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 | ||||||
| PPI–UDEUR–RI | 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
- 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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