2000 Ligurian regional election

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

Sandro Biasotti (an independent close to Forza Italia) was elected president, defeating incumbent Giancarlo Mori (PPI).

Electoral system

Regional elections in Liguria 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

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Votes (%)	Seats	Candidate
	Centre-left coalition		Democrats of the Left	30.3	14	Giancarlo Mori
			Communist Refoundation Party	8.0	2
			Italian People's Party – UDEUR	5.7	3
			Federation of the Greens	2.9	1
			Italian Democratic Socialists – Italian Republican Party	—	—
			The Democrats	—	—
			Party of Italian Communists	—	—
			For Italy	—	—
	Centre-right coalition		Forza Italia	24.4	9	Sandro Biasotti
			National Alliance	11.2	4
			Northern League Liguria	6.5	2
			Christian Democratic Centre	2.7	1
			Pensioners' Party	1.6	–
			New Liguria	—	—
			United Christian Democrats	—	—
			Animalist Liguria	—	—
	Pannella List			1.5	–	Mario Tarantino
	Humanist Party			—	—	Irene Menghini

Results

16 April 2000 Ligurian regional election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seat

	Sandro Biasotti	475,308	50.71	8
						Forza Italia	240,789	27.27	10
						National Alliance	90,396	10.24	3
						Northern League Liguria	38,104	4.32	1
						New Liguria	24,943	2.83	1
						Christian Democratic Centre	22,959	2.60	1
						United Christian Democrats	15,837	1.79	–
						Animalist Liguria	11,984	1.36	–
						Pensioners' Party	6,488	0.73	–
					Total		451,500	51.14	16
	Giancarlo Mori	431,743	46.07	1
						Democrats of the Left	231,496	26.22	9
						Communist Refoundation Party	57,619	6.53	2
						Italian People's Party – UDEUR	37,351	4.23	1
						The Democrats	25,285	2.86	1
						Federation of the Greens	18,541	2.10	1
						Italian Democratic Socialists – Italian Republican Party	17,284	1.96	1
						Party of Italian Communists	16,507	1.87	–
						For Italy	2,806	0.32	–
					Total		406,889	46.09	15
	Mario Tarantino	24,168	2.58	–		Bonino List	20,962	2.37	–
	Irene Menghini	6,028	0.64	–		Humanist Party	3,473	0.39	–

Total candidates		937,247	100.00	9	Total parties		882,824	100.00	31
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

References

^ The swing comes from the combined result of Pole for Freedoms (38.0%) and Northern League (6.5%) in the 1995 regional election.
^ The swing comes from the combined result of The Olive Tree (42.4%) and PRC (8.6%) in the 1995 regional election.

[1] The swing comes from the combined result of Pole for Freedoms (38.0%) and Northern League (6.5%) in the 1995 regional election.

[2] The swing comes from the combined result of The Olive Tree (42.4%) and PRC (8.6%) in the 1995 regional election.

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