Venetian regional election, 2000

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

Giancarlo Galan (Forza Italia, House of 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 Liga Veneta, had its best result ever and was by far the largest party in the election, receiving 30.3% of the regional vote.

Results


Candidates	Regional lists			Provincial lists					Total
Candidates	votes	%	seats	Parties	votes	%	swing	seats	party	group
Giancarlo Galan	1,484,585	54.96	6	Forza Italia	696,358	30.38	+6.3	17	19	37
				Liga Veneta–Lega Nord	274,472	11.97	-4.7	6	7
				National Alliance	225,194	9.82	-0.9	5	6
				United Christian Democrats	102,967	4.49	new	2	3
				Christian Democratic Centre	53,580	2.34	-1.3	1	2
				Socialist Party	16,249	0.71	new	-	-
				The Liberals-Sgarbi	12,413	0.54	new	-	-
				Venetian Democratic Union	1,730	0.08	new	-	-
Massimo Cacciari	1,032,255	38.22	1	Together for Veneto Italian People's Party The Democrats Italian Renewal	312,347	13.63	new	9 6 3 -	10 6 4 -	23
				Democrats of the Left	282,644	12.33	-4.2	-	8
				Communist Refoundation Party	68,375	2.98	-2.1	-	2
				Federation of the Greens	53,464	2.33	-1.7	-	1
				SDI–PRI	29,355	1.28	new	-	1
				Party of Italian Communists	23,349	1.02	new	-	1
Fabrizio Comencini	71,878	2.66	-	Veneti d'Europa	56,448	2.46	new	-	-	-
Marco Cappato	66,457	2.39	-	Bonino List	54,844	2.39	+1.1	-	-	-
Fabio Padovan	45,975	1.70	-	Fronte Marco Polo	28,568	1.25	new	-	-	-
Total candidates	2,701,150	100.00	7	Total parties	2,292,357	100.00	=	53	60	60

Source: Regional Council of Veneto

Aftermath

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.

Galan III Government
Office	Name	Party
President	Giancarlo Galan	FI
Vice President	Fabio Gava	FI
Minister of Budget, International Relations	Luca Bellotti (until 10 April 2001) Maria Luisa Coppola (since 18 September 2001)	AN
Minister of Security and Immigration	Raffaele Zanon	AN
Minister of Health	Fabio Gava	FI
Minister of Industry	Marino Finozzi	LV
Minister of Social Affairs	Antonio De Poli	UDC
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce	Giancarlo Conta	FI
Minister of Public Works	Massimo Giorgetti	AN
Minister of Environment and Transport	Renato Chisso	FI
Minister of Culture and Venetian Identity	Ermanno Serrajotto	LV
Minister of Tourism and Mountain Affairs	Floriano Pra	FI
Minister of Occupation and Local Affairs	Raffaele Grazia	FI
Minister of Territorial Affairs	Antonio Padoin	UDC

Source: Veneto Region

Elections in Veneto

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