Piedmontese regional election, 2000

The Piedmontese regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.

Enzo Ghigo (Forza Italia) was re-elected for the second time in a row President, defeating Livia Turco (Democrats of the Left). His re-election resulted in a landslide, as this time he was supported also by Lega Nord Piemont.

Forza Italia was confirmed as the largest party in the region with an historic 30.8% of the vote, while the Democrats of the left were the second largest party with 17.7%. Piedmont was confirmed as a stronghold of Bonino List, whose leader Emma Bonino was candidate for President and took 5.7% of the vote.

Results

Candidates & parties	votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Enzo Ghigo	1,249,840	51.78	12	28
Forza Italia	626,907	30.78	→	17
National Alliance	241,864	11.88	→	6
Lega Nord Piemont	153,935	7.56	→	3
United Christian Democrats	48,707	2.39	→	1
Christian Democratic Centre	43,827	2.15	→	1
Socialist Party	16,283	0.80	→	0
The Liberals-Sgarbi	5,725	0.28	→	0
Christian Democratic Party	2,139	0.11	→	0
Livia Turco	953,163	39.49	1	17
Democrats of the Left	360,826	17.72	→	9
Communist Refoundation Party	112,489	5.52	→	2
The Democrats	86,349	4.24	→	2
PPI–UDEUR–RI	74,888	3.68	→	1
Party of Italian Communists	41,930	2.06	→	1
Federation of the Greens	41,853	2.06	→	1
Italian Democratic Socialists	36,788	1.81	→	1
Pensioners' Party	15,964	0.78	→	-
Emma Bonino	138,632	5.74	-	2
Bonino List	90,796	4.46	→	2
Alessandra Calvo	62,288	2.58	-	-
Autonomists for Europe	26,639	1.31	→	0
Greens Greens	8,498	0.42	→	0
Antonio Tevere	9,624	0.40	-	-
Humanist Party	-	-	→	-
Total	2,413,547	100.00	13	47

Source: Ministry of the Interior