2000 Venetian regional election

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

2000 Venetian regional election

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All 60 seats to the Regional Council
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Giancarlo Galan Massimo Cacciari
Party Forza Italia Democrats
Alliance Pole for Freedoms The Olive Tree
Seats won 37 23
Seat change Decrease 8 Increase 3
Popular vote 1,484,585 1,032,255
Percentage 54.96% 38.22%
Swing Decrease 0.72%[1] Increase 5.87%


President before election

Giancarlo Galan
Forza Italia

Subsequent President

Giancarlo Galan
Forza Italia

Giancarlo Galan (Forza Italia, Pole for Freedoms) was re-elected for the third time President of the Region by a landslide over the centre-left candidate Massimo Cacciari (The Democrats).

Forza Italia, this time in alliance also with the Northern League, had its best result ever and was by far the largest party in the election, receiving 30.3% of the regional vote.

Electoral system

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Regional elections in Veneto 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
Pole for Freedoms Forza Italia 24.0 15 Giancarlo Galan
Northern LeagueVenetian League 16.7 9
National Alliance 10.7 6
Christian Democratic Centre 3.6 3
United Christian Democrats
Socialist Party
The Liberals Sgarbi
Venetian Democratic Union
The Olive Tree Democrats of the Left 16.5 9 Massimo Cacciari
Communist Refoundation Party 5.0 2
Federation of the Greens 4.0 2
Italian Democratic SocialistsItalian Republican Party 0.5
Cacciari List (incl. PPI, Dem, RI)
Party of Italian Communists
Bonino List 1.2
Marco Cappato
Venetians of Europe
Fabrizio Comencini
Marco Polo Front
Fabio Padovan

Results

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16 April 2000 Venetian regional election results
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seat
Giancarlo Galan 1,484,585 54.96 6
Forza Italia 696,358 30.38 17
Northern LeagueVenetian League 274,472 11.97 6
National Alliance 225,194 9.82 5
United Christian Democrats 102,967 4.49 2
Christian Democratic Centre 53,580 2.34 1
Socialist Party 16,249 0.71
The Liberals Sgarbi 12,413 0.54
Venetian Democratic Union 1,730 0.08
Total 1,382,963 60.33 31
Massimo Cacciari 1,032,255 38.22 1
Cacciari List 312,347 13.63 9
Democrats of the Left 282,644 12.33 8
Communist Refoundation Party 68,375 2.98 2
Federation of the Greens 53,464 2.33 1
Italian Democratic SocialistsItalian Republican Party 29,355 1.28 1
Party of Italian Communists 23,349 1.02 1
Total 769,534 33.57 22
Fabrizio Comencini 71,878 2.66 Venetians of Europe 56,448 2.46
Marco Cappato 66,457 2.36 Bonino List 54,844 2.39
Fabio Padovan 45,975 1.70 Marco Polo Front 28,568 1.25
Total candidates 2,701,150 100.00 7 Total parties 2,292,357 100.00 53
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Aftermath

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After the election, Giancarlo Galan formed his second government, while Enrico Cavaliere (Liga Veneta) was elected President of the Regional Council. Forza Italia had the lion share in the government, including the posts of President, Vice President and Minister of Health.


Second Galan government
Office Name Party
President Giancarlo Galan FI
Vice President Fabio Gava FI
Minister of Budget, International Relations Luca Bellotti (until 10 April 2001)
Maria Luisa Coppola (since 18 September 2001)
AN
Minister of Security and Immigration Raffaele Zanon AN
Minister of Health Fabio Gava FI
Minister of Industry Marino Finozzi LV
Minister of Social Affairs Antonio De Poli UDC
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Giancarlo Conta FI
Minister of Public Works Massimo Giorgetti AN
Minister of Environment and Transport Renato Chisso FI
Minister of Culture and Venetian Identity Ermanno Serrajotto LV
Minister of Tourism and Mountain Affairs Floriano Pra FI
Minister of Occupation and Local Affairs Raffaele Grazia FI
Minister of Territorial Affairs Antonio Padoin UDC

Source: Veneto Region

References

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  1. ^ The swing comes from the combined result of the Pole of Freedoms (38.2%) and Lega Nord (17.5%) in the 1995 regional election.