2000 Piedmontese regional election

2000 Piedmentese regional election

16 April 2000
All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Piedmont
Turnout	71.96% ( 11.02%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Enzo Ghigo Livia Turco Party Forza Italia DS 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% 3.7%
President before election Enzo Ghigo FI President-elect Enzo Ghigo FI

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

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

16 April 2000 Piedmontese regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
rowspan=10 bgcolor="Template:House of Freedoms/meta/color"|	Enzo Ghigo	1,249,840	51.78	12
bgcolor="Template:Forza Italia/meta/color" |					Forza Italia	626,907	30.78	17
bgcolor="Template:National Alliance (Italy)/meta/color" |					National Alliance	241,864	11.88	6
bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color" |					Lega Nord Piemont	153,935	7.56	3
					United Christian Democrats	48,707	2.39	1
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Centre (2002)/meta/color" |					Christian Democratic Centre	43,827	2.15	1
bgcolor="Template:New Italian Socialist Party/meta/color" |					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
rowspan=10 bgcolor="Template:The Olive Tree (Italy)/meta/color"|	Livia Turco	953,163	39.49	1
bgcolor="Template:Democrats of the Left/meta/color" |					Democrats of the Left	360,826	17.72	9
bgcolor="Template:Communist Refoundation Party/meta/color" |					Communist Refoundation Party	112,489	5.52	2
bgcolor="Template:The Democrats (Italy)/meta/color" |					The Democrats	86,349	4.24	2
bgcolor="Template:Italian People's Party (1994)/meta/color" |					PPI–UDEUR–RI	74,888	3.68	1
bgcolor="Template:Party of Italian Communists/meta/color" |					Party of Italian Communists	41,930	2.06	1
bgcolor="Template:Federation of the Greens/meta/color" |					Federation of the Greens	41,853	2.06	1
bgcolor="Template:Italian Socialist Party/meta/color" |					Italian Democratic Socialists	36,788	1.81	1
bgcolor="Template:Pensioners' Party (Italy)/meta/color" |					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