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Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria | ||
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Elected Presidents: Pole for Freedoms The Olive Tree |
The Italian regional elections of 16 April 2000 were won by the Pole for Freedoms coalition, led by Silvio Berlusconi.
Due to the electoral defeat suffered by The Olive Tree coalition, D'Alema resigned as Prime Minister of Italy. [1]
Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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Pole for Freedoms | 12,538,710 | 49.33 | 372 / 736 | ||
The Olive Tree | 10,871,852 | 42.78 | 337 / 736 | ||
Others | 2,004,321 | 7.88 | 27 / 736 | ||
Total | 25,414,883 | 100 | 736 / 736 | ||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Enzo Ghigo | FI | 1,249,840 | 51.8 | Pole | 1,139,387 | 55.9 | 40 | ||||
Livia Turco | DS | 953,163 | 39.5 | Olive Tree | 771,087 | 37.9 | 18 | ||||
Emma Bonino | LB | 138,632 | 5.7 | Bonino List | 90,796 | 4.5 | 2 | ||||
Others | 71,912 | 3.0 | Others | 35,137 | 1.7 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Roberto Formigoni | FI | 3,355,803 | 62.4 | Pole | 2,995,439 | 65.8 | 51 | ||||
Mino Martinazzoli | PPI | 1,692,474 | 31.5 | Olive Tree | 1,294,434 | 28.4 | 26 | ||||
Benedetto Della Vedova | LB | 178,406 | 3.3 | Bonino List | 154,396 | 3.4 | 3 | ||||
Others | 153,898 | 2.86 | Others | 111,377 | 2.4 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Giancarlo Galan | FI | 1,484,585 | 55.0 | Pole | 1,382,963 | 60.3 | 37 | ||||
Massimo Cacciari | Dem. | 1,032,255 | 38.2 | Olive Tree | 769,534 | 33.6 | 23 | ||||
Others | 184,310 | 6.7 | Others | 139,860 | 6.1 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Sandro Biasotti | FI | 475,308 | 50.7 | Pole | 451,500 | 51.1 | 24 | ||||
Giancarlo Mori | PPI | 431,743 | 46.1 | Olive Tree | 406,889 | 46.1 | 16 | ||||
Others | 30,196 | 3.2 | Others | 24,435 | 2.8 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Vasco Errani | DS | 1,451,468 | 56.5 | Olive Tree | 1,358,259 | 56.4 | 33 | ||||
Gabriele Cané | FI | 1,036,660 | 40.3 | Pole | 977.841 | 40.6 | 17 | ||||
Others | 82,102 | 3.2 | Others | 71,691 | 3.0 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Claudio Martini | DS | 1,029,142 | 49.3 | Olive Tree | 984,897 | 50.3 | 32 | ||||
Altero Matteoli | AN | 839,001 | 40.0 | Pole | 794,555 | 40.6 | 16 | ||||
Niccolò Pecorini | PRC | 159,862 | 7.7 | PRC | 131,471 | 6.7 | 2 | ||||
Others | 62,308 | 3.0 | Others | 47,218 | 2.4 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Maria Rita Lorenzetti | DS | 286,588 | 56.4 | Olive Tree | 279,194 | 57.9 | 20 | ||||
Maurizio Ronconi | CCD | 199,215 | 39.2 | Pole | 187,867 | 39.0 | 10 | ||||
Others | 22,266 | 4.4 | Others | 14,943 | 3.1 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Vito D'Ambrosio | DS | 429,288 | 49,9 | Olive Tree | 406,865 | 50.2 | 25 | ||||
Maurizio Bertucci | FI | 380,116 | 44.2 | Pole | 367,421 | 45.4 | 15 | ||||
Others | 50,630 | 5.9 | Others | 35,531 | 4.4 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Francesco Storace | AN | 1,553,562 | 51.3 | Pole | 1,449,719 | 53.2 | 38 | ||||
Piero Badaloni | Ind. | 1,392,190 | 46.0 | Olive Tree | 1,208,665 | 44.4 | 22 | ||||
Others | 83,049 | 2.7 | Others | 65,936 | 2.4 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Giovanni Pace | AN | 382,353 | 49.3 | Pole | 364,776 | 49.3 | 26 | ||||
Antonio Falconio | PPI | 378,739 | 48.8 | Olive Tree | 363,718 | 49.1 | 17 | ||||
Others | 15,049 | 1.9 | Others | 12,227 | 1.6 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Giovanni Di Stasi | DS | 101,295 | 49.0 | Olive Tree | 95,859 | 47.9 | 18 | ||||
Michele Iorio | FI | 100,365 | 48.6 | Pole | 100.854 | 50.4 | 12 | ||||
Others | 4,988 | 2.4 | Others | 3,515 | 1.7 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Antonio Bassolino | DS | 1,654,777 | 54.2 | Olive Tree | 1,537,893 | 53.6 | 35 | ||||
Antonio Rastrelli | AN | 1,350,621 | 44.2 | Pole | 1,297,460 | 45.2 | 22 | ||||
Others | 48,656 | 1.6 | Others | 32,339 | 1.1 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Filippo Bubbico | DS | 227,919 | 63.2 | Olive Tree | 243.660 | 69,7 | 21 | ||||
Nicola Pagliuca | FI | 126,530 | 35.1 | Pole | 102.061 | 29,2 | 9 | ||||
Others | 6,389 | 1.7 | Others | 3,699 | 1.1 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Raffaele Fitto | FI | 1,194,370 | 54.0 | Pole | 1,109,270 | 54.3 | 38 | ||||
Giannicola Sinisi | Dem | 961,642 | 43.4 | Olive Tree | 892,923 | 43.7 | 22 | ||||
Others | 57,119 | 2.6 | Others | 40,576 | 2.0 | 0 |
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Giuseppe Chiaravalloti | FI | 545,186 | 49.8 | Pole | 533,075 | 50.1 | 26 | ||||
Nuccio Fava | PPI | 532,222 | 48.7 | Olive Tree | 521,922 | 49.0 | 17 | ||||
Others | 16,253 | 1.5 | Others | 9,749 | 0.9 | 0 |
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