The Venetian regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.
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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
editRegional 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
edit| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Pole for Freedoms | Forza Italia | 24.0 | 15 | Giancarlo Galan | ||
| Northern League – Venetian 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 Socialists – Italian Republican Party | 0.5 | – | ||||
| Cacciari List (incl. PPI, Dem, RI) | — | — | ||||
| Party of Italian Communists | — | — | ||||
| Bonino List | 1.2 | – | Marco Cappato
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| Venetians of Europe | — | — | Fabrizio Comencini
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| Marco Polo Front | — | — | Fabio Padovan
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Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seat | ||
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| Giancarlo Galan | 1,484,585 | 54.96 | 6 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 696,358 | 30.38 | 17 | ||||||
| Northern League – Venetian 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 Socialists – Italian 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
editAfter 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 | ||
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| 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
edit- ^ The swing comes from the combined result of the Pole of Freedoms (38.2%) and Lega Nord (17.5%) in the 1995 regional election.