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 allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-left coalition Democrats of the Left 43.0 20 Vasco Errani Communist Refoundation Party 7.6 3 Italian People's Party – Italian Renewal – UPR 5.6 2 Federation of the Greens 3.2 1 Italian Republican Party 1.3 – The Democrats Party of Italian Communists Italian Democratic Socialists Union of Democrats for Europe Centre-right coalition Forza Italia 18.2 7 Gianfranco Morra National Alliance 10.3 4 Northern League Emilia-Romagna (LNE+LNR) 3.4 1 Christian Democratic Centre 2.3 1 United Christian Democrats OthersBonino List 1.3 – Sergio Stanzani
Results + Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Vasco Errani1,451,46856.4710 Democrats of the Left869,24236.1016 Communist Refoundation Party138,4645.752 The Democrats113,1324.702 Italian People's Party – Italian Renewal – Union for the Republic70,8082.941 Federation of the Greens64,0052.661 Party of Italian Communists49,6862.061 Italian Democratic Socialists29,9341.24– Italian Republican Party21,6250.90– Union of Democrats for Europe1,3630.06–Total1,358,25956.4123 Gabriele Cané1,036,66040.331 Forza Italia509,08421.1410 National Alliance274,42011.404 Northern League Emilia-Romagna 79,7143.311 Christian Democratic Centre47,6641.981 United Christian Democrats42,5481.77– Socialist Party9,5070.39– Governing Emilia Romagna8,0940.34– The Liberals Sgarbi6,8100.28–Total977.84140.6116 Sergio Stanzani70,6552.75– Bonino List62,6112.60– Carlo Rasmi11,4470.45– Popular Action9,0800.38– Total candidates2,570,230100.0011 Total parties2,407,791100.0039Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
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