# 2000 Emilia-Romagna regional election

The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.
Vasco Errani (Democrats of the Left), who had replaced Pier Luigi Bersani in 1999, was re-elected President, defeating Gabriele Cané, the candidate of Forza Italia.

## Electoral system

Regional elections in Emilia-Romagna 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 | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Previous result | Previous result | Candidate |
| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Votes (%) | Seats | Candidate |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democrats of the Left | 43.0 | 20 | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Communist Refoundation Party | 7.6 | 3 | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Italian People's Party – Italian Renewal – UPR | 5.6 | 2 | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Federation of the Greens | 3.2 | 1 | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Italian Republican Party | 1.3 | – | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | The Democrats | — | — | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Party of Italian Communists | — | — | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Italian Democratic Socialists | — | — | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Union of Democrats for Europe | — | — | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Forza Italia | 18.2 | 7 | Gianfranco Morra |
| | Centre-right coalition | | National Alliance | 10.3 | 4 | Gianfranco Morra |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Northern League Emilia-Romagna (LNE+LNR) | 3.4 | 1 | Gianfranco Morra |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Christian Democratic Centre | 2.3 | 1 | Gianfranco Morra |
| | Centre-right coalition | | United Christian Democrats | — | — | Gianfranco Morra |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Others | — | — | Gianfranco Morra |
| | Bonino List | Bonino List | Bonino List | 1.3 | – | Sergio Stanzani |

## Results

16 April 2000 Emilia-Romagna regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 | | Democrats of the Left | 869,242 | 36.10 | 16 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 | | Communist Refoundation Party | 138,464 | 5.75 | 2 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 | | The Democrats | 113,132 | 4.70 | 2 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 | | Italian People's Party – Italian Renewal – Union for the Republic | 70,808 | 2.94 | 1 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 | | Federation of the Greens | 64,005 | 2.66 | 1 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 | | Party of Italian Communists | 49,686 | 2.06 | 1 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 | | Italian Democratic Socialists | 29,934 | 1.24 | – |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 | | Italian Republican Party | 21,625 | 0.90 | – |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 | | Union of Democrats for Europe | 1,363 | 0.06 | – |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,451,468 | 56.47 | 10 | Total | Total | 1,358,259 | 56.41 | 23 |
| | Gabriele Cané | 1,036,660 | 40.33 | 1 |
| | Gabriele Cané | 1,036,660 | 40.33 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 509,084 | 21.14 | 10 |
| | Gabriele Cané | 1,036,660 | 40.33 | 1 | | National Alliance | 274,420 | 11.40 | 4 |
| | Gabriele Cané | 1,036,660 | 40.33 | 1 | | Northern League Emilia-Romagna | 79,714 | 3.31 | 1 |
| | Gabriele Cané | 1,036,660 | 40.33 | 1 | | Christian Democratic Centre | 47,664 | 1.98 | 1 |
| | Gabriele Cané | 1,036,660 | 40.33 | 1 | | United Christian Democrats | 42,548 | 1.77 | – |
| | Gabriele Cané | 1,036,660 | 40.33 | 1 | | Socialist Party | 9,507 | 0.39 | – |
| | Gabriele Cané | 1,036,660 | 40.33 | 1 | | Governing Emilia Romagna | 8,094 | 0.34 | – |
| | Gabriele Cané | 1,036,660 | 40.33 | 1 | | The Liberals Sgarbi | 6,810 | 0.28 | – |
| | Gabriele Cané | 1,036,660 | 40.33 | 1 | Total | Total | 977.841 | 40.61 | 16 |
| | Sergio Stanzani | 70,655 | 2.75 | – | | Bonino List | 62,611 | 2.60 | – |
| | Carlo Rasmi | 11,447 | 0.45 | – | | Popular Action | 9,080 | 0.38 | – |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 2,570,230 | 100.00 | 11 | Total parties | Total parties | 2,407,791 | 100.00 | 39 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections ||||||||||
Popular vote
DS
36.10%
FI
21.14%
AN
11.40%
PRC
5.75%
Dem
4.70%
LN
3.31%
PPI–RI–UpR
2.94%
FdV
2.66%
Bonino List
2.60%
PdCI
2.06%
Others
7.34% :
President
Errani
56.47%
Cané
40.33%
Stanzani
2.75%
Rasmi
0.45% :