Lombard regional election, 2000

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16 April 2000

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All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy

Turnout

75.59% (

8.65%)

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Roberto Formigoni	Mino Martinazzoli
Party	Forza Italia	The Olive Tree
Last election	54 seats, 41.6%	19 seats, 27.6%
Seats won	51	26
Seat change	3	7
Popular vote	3,355,803	1,692,474
Percentage	62.4%	31.5%
Swing	3.1%	3.9%

President before election

Roberto Formigoni
CDU/FI

President-elect

Roberto Formigoni
FI

Roberto Formigoni
CDU/FI

Roberto Formigoni
FI

The Lombard regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000. The 7th term of the Regional Council was chosen.

Roberto Formigoni (Forza Italia) was re-elected for the second time in a row President, defeating Mino Martinazzoli (Italian People's Party). His re-election resulted in a landslide, as this time he was supported also by Lega Nord.

Lombardy uses national Tatarella Law of 1995 to elect its Council. Sixty-four councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists; remained seats and votes are grouped at regional level where a Hare quota is used, and then distributed to provincial party lists.

Sixteen councillors are elected at-large using a general ticket: parties are grouped in alliances, and the alliance which receives a plurality of votes elects all its candidates, its leader becoming the President of Lombardy. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 8 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 72; if the winning alliance receives less than 50% of votes, special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.

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