Venetian regional election, 2000

The Venetian regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000. Giancarlo Galan (Forza Italia, House of Freedoms) was re-elected for the third time President of the Region by a landslide over the centre-left candidate Massimo Cacciari.

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

Results

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Summary of the 16 April 2000 Venetian Regional Council election results
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- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Candidates!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|Votes!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|%!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Parties!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|Votes!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|%!rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top"|Seats
-!rowspan="8" align="left" valign="top"|Giancarlo Galan
rowspan="8" valign="top"|1,484,585
rowspan="8" valign="top"|54.9
align="left"|Forza Italia
valign="top"|696,358
valign="top"|30.3
valign="top"|19
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align="left"|Liga Veneta-Lega Nord
valign="top"|274,472
valign="top"|12.0
valign="top"|7
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align="left"|National Alliance
valign="top"|225,194
valign="top"|9.8
valign="top"|6
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align="left"|United Christian Democrats
valign="top"|102,967
valign="top"|4.4
valign="top"|3
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align="left"|Christian Democratic Centre
valign="top"|53,580
valign="top"|2.3
valign="top"|2
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align="left"|Socialist Party
valign="top"|16,249
valign="top"|0.7
valign="top"|-
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align="left"|Sgarbi Liberals
valign="top"|12,413
valign="top"|0.5
valign="top"|-
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align="left"|Venetian Democratic Union
valign="top"|1,730
valign="top"|0.0
valign="top"|-
-!rowspan="6" align="left" valign="top"|Massimo Cacciari
rowspan="6" valign="top"|1,032,255
rowspan="6" valign="top"|38.2
align="left"|Together for Veneto
*Italian People's Party
*The Democrats
*Italian Renewal
valign="top"|312,347
valign="top"|13.6
valign="top"|10:6:4:-
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align="left"|Democrats of the Left
valign="top"|282,644
valign="top"|12.3
valign="top"|8
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align="left"|Communist Refoundation Party
valign="top"|68,375
valign="top"|2.9
valign="top"|2
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align="left"|Federation of the Greens
valign="top"|53,464
valign="top"|2.3
valign="top"|1
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align="left"|Italian Democratic Socialists (incl. PRI)
valign="top"|29,355
valign="top"|1.2
valign="top"|1
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align="left"|Party of Italian Communists
valign="top"|23,349
valign="top"|1.0
valign="top"|1
-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Fabrizio Comencini
rowspan="1" valign="top"|2.6
rowspan="1" valign="top"|71,878
align="left"|Veneti d'Europa
valign="top"|56,448
valign="top"|2.4
valign="top"|-
-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Marco Cappato
rowspan="1" valign="top"|66,457
rowspan="1" valign="top"|2.4
align="left"|Bonino List
valign="top"|54,844
valign="top"|2.3
valign="top"|-
-!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Fabio Padovan
rowspan="1" valign="top"|45,975
rowspan="1" valign="top"|1.2
align="left"|Fronte Marco Polo
valign="top"|28,568
valign="top"|1.2
valign="top"|-
- Source: [http://www.consiglio.regione.veneto.it:8080/elezioni2000/html/ELEZIONI_CRV.CRV_MENU.show_NOARGS Regional Council of Veneto]

Aftermath

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.