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The Lazio regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.
Francesco Storace (National Alliance) was elected President, defeating incumbent Piero Badaloni (The Democrats).
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The Lazio regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.
Francesco Storace (National Alliance) was elected President, defeating incumbent Piero Badaloni (The Democrats).
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Francesco Storace | 1,553,562 | 51.29 | 12 | ||||||
| National Alliance | 629,452 | 23.10 | 12 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 585,182 | 21.48 | 11 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Centre | 126,567 | 4.65 | 2 | ||||||
| United Christian Democrats | 58,100 | 2.13 | 1 | ||||||
| Socialist Party | 16,599 | 0.61 | – | ||||||
| United Pensioners | 14,666 | 0.54 | – | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Party | 9,285 | 0.34 | – | ||||||
| The Liberals Sgarbi | 7,274 | 0.27 | – | ||||||
| Modern Democracy | 2,594 | 0.10 | – | ||||||
| Total | 1,449,719 | 53.21 | 26 | ||||||
| Piero Badaloni | 1,392,190 | 45.97 | 1 | ||||||
| Democrats of the Left | 543,041 | 19.93 | 10 | ||||||
| Communist Refoundation Party | 147,030 | 5.40 | 3 | ||||||
| The Democrats | 131,644 | 4.83 | 2 | ||||||
| Italian People's Party – Italian Renewal | 129,790 | 4.76 | 2 | ||||||
| Federation of the Greens | 85,494 | 3.14 | 1 | ||||||
| SDI – PRI | 61,290 | 2.25 | 1 | ||||||
| Party of Italian Communists | 59,976 | 2.20 | 1 | ||||||
| Union of Democrats for Europe | 50,400 | 1.85 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 1,208,665 | 44.37 | 21 | ||||||
| Rita Bernardini | 65,587 | 2.17 | – | Bonino List | 53,772 | 1.97 | – | ||
| Marina Larena | 9,880 | 0.33 | – | Humanist Party | 6,690 | 0.25 | – | ||
| Severino Antinori | 7,582 | 0.25 | – | Liberal Autonomy | 5,474 | 0.20 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 3,028,801 | 100.00 | 13 | Total parties | 2,724,320 | 100.00 | 47 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
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