2000 Lombard regional election

Regional elections in Italy 2000 Lombard regional election Lombardy legislative no 1995 Lombard regional election 1995 2005 Lombard regional election 2005 All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy 16 April 2000 75.59% ( 8.65%) 160x160px Roberto Formigoni Forza Italia (1994) Pole for Freedoms 0A6BE1 54 seats, 41.6% 51 3 3,355,803 62.4% 3.1%The swing comes from the combined result of the Pole of Freedoms (41.6%) and Lega Nord (17.7%) in the 1995 regional election. 160x160px Mino Martinazzoli Italian People's Party (1994) The Olive Tree (Italy) EF3E3E 19 seats, 27.6% 26 7 1,692,474 31.5% 3.9% File:Lombardia_2000_Coalizioni.png President President-elect Roberto Formigoni CDU/FI Roberto Formigoni FI The 2000 Lombard regional election took place on 16 April 2000. The 7th term of the Regional Council was chosen. Roberto Formigoni (Forza Italia) was re-elected for the second time in a row President, defeating Mino Martinazzoli (Italian People's Party). His re-election resulted in a landslide, as this time he was supported also by the Northern League. Electoral system Regional elections in Lombardy 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. Council apportionment According to the official 1991 Italian census, the 64 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation were so distributed between Lombard provinces.  BG   BS   CO   CR   LC   LO   MN   MI   PV   SO   VA  total 7 8 4 2 2 1 3 27 3 1 6 64 The allocation is not fixed. Remaining seats and votes after proportional distribution, are all grouped at regional level and divided by party lists. The consequent division of these seats at provincial level usually change the original apportionment. Only 43 seats were directly assigned at provincial level, and the final distribution between provinces changed in this way.  BG   BS   CO   CR   LC   LO   MN   MI   PV   SO   VA  total +2 = = = +1 +1 -1 +2 -1 +1 +2 +7 As it can be seen, the landslide victory of the Pole for Freedoms caused the distribution of seven more seats to the oppositions at provincial level. Bergamo and Varese received two new seats, Cremona and Lodi and Sondrio one each. Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Pole for Freedoms Forza Italia 29.2 28 Roberto Formigoni Northern League 17.7 12 National Alliance 10.0 8 Christian Democratic Centre 2.2 2 Pensioners' Party 1.4 – United Christian Democrats Others The Olive Tree The Olive Tree 26.4 17 Mino Martinazzoli Communist Refoundation Party 7.7 5 Italian Democratic Socialists – Liberals Bonino List 1.8 – Benedetto Della VedovaParty of Italian Communists Nerio Nesi Results The 1999 European election marked a turning point in relations between Forza Italia and the Northern League. Silvio Berlusconi's attempt to destroy the League by a media campaign aimed at shifting protesting votes to the Italian Radicals, succeeded only in part: the consensus of the federalist movement had fallen so sharply, but not enough to ensure the coalition of the Knight from possible disasters like the 1996 election. In addition, the assembly works in parliament had highlighted a growing programmatic convergence between the two major Lombard parties. And so, in view of the 2001 general election, Berlusconi and Umberto Bossi put aside the old, and even bloody quarrels, and formed a new coalition: the Pole for Freedoms, which found in the regional elections its first test. The combination of what were the major forces of regional politics, securing a safe and agile reappointment to the Communion and Liberation's incumbent President, Roberto Formigoni, which ensured stability of the Regional Cabinet that the new regulations wanted to coincide in term with the legislature. Forza Italia was confirmed as the largest party in the region with an historic 34% of the vote, while Lega Nord was the second largest party with 15%. The Olive Tree, an alliance comprising several centre-left parties including the Italian People's Party, the Democrats of the Left, The Democrats, the Federation of the Greens and Italian Renewal, which here run in a single list for the first time in Italian history, had a great shock losing a fifth of its votes, falling at only 20%. + 16 April 2000 Lombard regional election results300px|center Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seat Roberto Formigoni3,355,80362.378Forza Italia1,539,35933.7924Northern League – Lombard League702,47915.4210 National Alliance441,0879.686 United Christian Democrats111,1122.441 Christian Democratic Centre76,4231.681 Pensioners' Party71,9251.581 Socialist Party31,1780.68– The Liberals Sgarbi21,8760.48–Total2,995,43965.7543 Mino Martinazzoli1,692,47431.461 The Olive Tree918,34520.1619 Communist Refoundation Party289,5726.365 Italian Democratic Socialists–Liberals–Others86,5171.901Total1,294,43428.4125 Benedetto Della Vedova178,4063.32– Bonino List154,3963.393Nerio Nesi110,2022.05– Party of Italian Communists86,0271.89– Giorgio Schultze43,6960.81– Humanist Party25,3500.56– Total candidates5,380,581100.009 Total parties4,555,646100.0071Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of ElectionsPopular vote (party) #ddd 500px 350px FI Forza Italia (1994) 33.79 The Olive Tree Democratic Party of the Left 20.16 LN Lega Nord 15.42 AN National Alliance (Italy) 9.68 PRC Communist Refoundation Party 6.36 Bonino List gold 3.39 CDU United Christian Democrats 2.44 SDI–FdL–Others Italian Socialist Party 1.90 PdCI Party of Italian Communists 1.89 CCD Christian Democratic Centre 1.68 PP Pensioners' Party (Italy) 1.58 Others Other 1.71Popular vote (coalition) #ddd 500px 350px Centre-right Centre-right coalition 65.75 Centre-left Centre-left coalition 28.41 Bonino List gold 3.39 PdCI Party of Italian Communists 1.89 PU #F87431 0.81 Results by province thumb|right|350px|Election results map. Orange denotes municipalities won by Martinazzoli and Blue denotes those won by Formigoni. Province Roberto Formigoni Mino Martinazzoli Benedetto Della Vedova Turnout Milan 1,311,057 (60.01%) 724,518 (33.16%) 75,064 (3.44%) 73.38% Brescia 410,929 (62.24%) 220,489 (33.39%) 16,039 (2.43%) 78.34% Bergamo 400,883 (67.94%) 159,419 (27.02%) 16,367 (2.77%) 79.15% Varese 319,092 (67.06%) 124,027 (26.07%) 18,742 (3.94%) 74.05% Como 226,699 (69.81%) 81,712 (25.16%) 11,721 (3.61%) 75.71% Pavia 188,138 (62.02%) 92,449 (30.48%) 11,997 (3.96%) 77.28% Mantua 121,621 (53.08%) 88,549 (38.65%) 8,202 (3.58%) 77.40% Cremona 123,317 (59.72%) 70,621 (34.20%) 5,667 (2.74%) 79.51% Lecco 117,140 (62.06%) 62,995 (33.37%) 6,004 (3.18%) 78.66% Lodi 68,245 (58.21%) 41,716 (35.58%) 3,778 (3.22%) 78.38% Sondrio 68,682 (68.44%) 25,979 (25.89%) 4,825 (4.81%) 69.26% Results by capital city City Roberto Formigoni Mino Martinazzoli Benedetto Della Vedova Turnout Milan 435,304 (59.83%) 244,591 (33.62%) 26,177 (3.60%) 68.80% Brescia 67,017 (57.09%) 44,515 (37.92%) 3,337 (2.88%) 76.65% Bergamo 45,064 (62.11%) 23,506 (32.40%) 2,374 (3.27%) 77.10% Como 33,466 (66.37%) 13,798 (27.37%) 2,222 (4.41%) 72.76% Varese 31,297 (66.37%) 12,602 (26.73%) 1,988 (4.22%) 69.82% Pavia 27,578 (59.69%) 15,281 (33.07%) 1,809 (3.92%) 79.16% Cremona 24,833 (55.20%) 17,015 (37.82%) 1,447 (3.22%) 77.78% Mantua 14,621 (47.96%) 13,077 (42.90%) 1,312 (4.30%) 76.66% Lecco 16,800 (60.36%) 9,846 (35.37%) 808 (2.90%) 75.95% Lodi 15,151 (58.98%) 8,980 (34.96%) 836 (3.25%) 77.73% Sondrio 7,827(61.26%) 4,169 (32.63%) 645 (5.05%) 69.49% References Category:Regional elections in Lombardy Category:2000 elections in Italy