2000 Emilia-Romagna regional election explained

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	Constituent lists	Previous result		Candidate
Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-left coalition			43.0	20	Vasco Errani
				7.6	3
				5.6	2
			Federation of the Greens	3.2	1
				1.3	–
			The Democrats
			Party of Italian Communists
	Centre-right coalition			18.2	7	Gianfranco Morra
				10.3	4
			Northern League Emilia-Romagna (LNE+LNR)	3.4	1
				2.3	1
			Others
	Bonino List			1.3	–	Sergio Stanzani

Results

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Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Vasco Errani	1,451,468	56.47	10
		Democrats of the Left	869,242	36.10	16
		Communist Refoundation Party	138,464	5.75	2
		The Democrats	113,132	4.70	2
		Italian People's Party – Italian Renewal – Union for the Republic	70,808	2.94	1
		Federation of the Greens	64,005	2.66	1
		Party of Italian Communists	49,686	2.06	1
		Italian Democratic Socialists	29,934	1.24	–
		Italian Republican Party	21,625	0.90	–
		Union of Democrats for Europe	1,363	0.06	–
Total		1,358,259	56.41	23
	Gabriele Cané	1,036,660	40.33	1
		Forza Italia	509,084	21.14	10
		National Alliance	274,420	11.40	4
			79,714	3.31	1
		Christian Democratic Centre	47,664	1.98	1
		United Christian Democrats	42,548	1.77	–
		Socialist Party	9,507	0.39	–
		Governing Emilia Romagna	8,094	0.34	–
		The Liberals Sgarbi	6,810	0.28	–
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		2,570,230	100.00	11	Total parties		2,407,791	100.00	39
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections