| Election Name: | 2000 Venetian regional election |
| Country: | Veneto |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1995 Venetian regional election |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Next Election: | 2005 Venetian regional election |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
| Seats For Election: | All 60 seats to the Regional Council |
| Election Date: | 16 April 2000 |
| Leader1: | Giancarlo Galan |
| Party1: | Forza Italia |
| Alliance1: | Pole for Freedoms |
| Color1: | 0A6BE1 |
| Seats1: | 37 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,484,585 |
| Percentage1: | 54.96% |
| Swing1: | 0.72%[1] |
| Leader2: | Massimo Cacciari |
| Party2: | The Democrats (Italy) |
| Alliance2: | The Olive Tree (Italy) |
| Color2: | EF3E3E |
| Seats2: | 23 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,032,255 |
| Percentage2: | 38.22% |
| Swing2: | 5.87% |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent President |
| Before Election: | Giancarlo Galan |
| After Election: | Giancarlo Galan |
| Before Party: | Forza Italia |
| After Party: | Forza Italia |
The Venetian regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.
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.
Regional 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.
| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| Pole for Freedoms | 24.0 | 15 | Giancarlo Galan | ||||
| Northern League – Venetian League | 16.7 | 9 | |||||
| 10.7 | 6 | ||||||
| 3.6 | 3 | ||||||
| Venetian Democratic Union | |||||||
| The Olive Tree | Democrats of the Left | 16.5 | 9 | Massimo Cacciari | |||
| 5.0 | 2 | ||||||
| 4.0 | 2 | ||||||
| 0.5 | – | ||||||
| Cacciari List (incl. PPI, Dem, RI) | |||||||
| 1.2 | – | ||||||
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seat | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||
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.