2000 Emilia-Romagna regional election

The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.

2000 Emilia-Romagna regional election

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All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna
Turnout79.72% (Decrease8.58%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Vasco Errani Gabriele Cané
Party DS FI
Alliance The Olive Tree Pole for Freedoms
Seats won 33 17
Seat change Decrease1 Increase5
Popular vote 1,451,468 1,036,660
Percentage 56.5% 40.3%
Swing Increase2.7% Increase8.3%

Seat totals by Province. As this is a PR election, seat totals are determined by popular vote in each province.

President before election

Vasco Errani
DS

President-elect

Vasco Errani
DS

Vasco Errani (Democrats of the Left), who had replaced Pier Luigi Bersani in 1999, was re-elected President, defeating Gabriele Cané, the candidate of Forza Italia

Electoral system

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Regional elections in Emilia-Romagna were ruled by the "Tatarella law" (approved in 1995), which provided for a mixed electoral system: four fifths of the regional councilors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation, using the largest remainder method with a droop quota and open lists, while the residual votes and the unassigned seats were grouped into a "single regional constituency", where the whole ratios and the highest remainders were divided with the Hare method among the provincial party lists; one fifth of the council seats instead was reserved for regional lists and assigned with a majoritarian system: the leader of the regional list that scored the highest number of votes was elected to the presidency of the Region while the other candidates were elected regional councilors.

A threshold of 3% had been established for the provincial lists, which, however, could still have entered the regional council if the regional list to which they were connected had scored at least 5% of valid votes.

The panachage was also allowed: the voter can indicate a candidate for the presidency but prefer a provincial list connected to another candidate.

Parties and candidates

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Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-left coalition Democrats of the Left 43.0 20 Vasco Errani
Communist Refoundation Party 7.6 3
Italian People's PartyItalian RenewalUPR 5.6 2
Federation of the Greens 3.2 1
Italian Republican Party 1.3
The Democrats
Party of Italian Communists
Italian Democratic Socialists
Union of Democrats for Europe
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia 18.2 7 Gianfranco Morra
National Alliance 10.3 4
Northern League Emilia-Romagna (LNE+LNR) 3.4 1
Christian Democratic Centre 2.3 1
United Christian Democrats
Others
Bonino List 1.3 Sergio Stanzani

Results

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16 April 2000 Emilia-Romagna regional election results
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Vasco Errani 1,451,468 56.47 10
Democrats of the Left 869,242 36.10 16
Communist Refoundation Party 138,464 5.75 2
The Democrats 113,132 4.70 2
Italian People's PartyItalian RenewalUnion for the Republic 70,808 2.94 1
Federation of the Greens 64,005 2.66 1
Party of Italian Communists 49,686 2.06 1
Italian Democratic Socialists 29,934 1.24
Italian Republican Party 21,625 0.90
Union of Democrats for Europe 1,363 0.06
Total 1,358,259 56.41 23
Gabriele Cané 1,036,660 40.33 1
Forza Italia 509,084 21.14 10
National Alliance 274,420 11.40 4
Northern League Emilia-Romagna 79,714 3.31 1
Christian Democratic Centre 47,664 1.98 1
United Christian Democrats 42,548 1.77
Socialist Party 9,507 0.39
Governing Emilia Romagna 8,094 0.34
The Liberals Sgarbi 6,810 0.28
Total 977.841 40.61 16
Sergio Stanzani 70,655 2.75 Bonino List 62,611 2.60
Carlo Rasmi 11,447 0.45 Popular Action 9,080 0.38
Total candidates 2,570,230 100.00 11 Total parties 2,407,791 100.00 39
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
Popular vote
DS
36.10%
FI
21.14%
AN
11.40%
PRC
5.75%
Dem
4.70%
LN
3.31%
PPIRIUpR
2.94%
FdV
2.66%
Bonino List
2.60%
PdCI
2.06%
Others
7.34%
President
Errani
56.47%
Cané
40.33%
Stanzani
2.75%
Rasmi
0.45%

References

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