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The Ligurian regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.
Sandro Biasotti (an independent close to Forza Italia) was elected president, defeating incumbent Giancarlo Mori (PPI).
Electoral system
Regional elections in Liguria 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 | Democrats of the Left | 30.3 | 14 | Giancarlo Mori | ||
| Communist Refoundation Party | 8.0 | 2 | ||||
| Italian People's Party – UDEUR | 5.7 | 3 | ||||
| Federation of the Greens | 2.9 | 1 | ||||
| Italian Democratic Socialists – Italian Republican Party | — | — | ||||
| The Democrats | — | — | ||||
| Party of Italian Communists | — | — | ||||
| For Italy | — | — | ||||
| Centre-right coalition | Forza Italia | 24.4 | 9 | Sandro Biasotti | ||
| National Alliance | 11.2 | 4 | ||||
| Northern League Liguria | 6.5 | 2 | ||||
| Christian Democratic Centre | 2.7 | 1 | ||||
| Pensioners' Party | 1.6 | – | ||||
| New Liguria | — | — | ||||
| United Christian Democrats | — | — | ||||
| Animalist Liguria | — | — | ||||
| Pannella List | 1.5 | – | Mario Tarantino | |||
| Humanist Party | — | — | Irene Menghini | |||
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandro Biasotti | 475,308 | 50.71 | 8 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 240,789 | 27.27 | 10 | ||||||
| National Alliance | 90,396 | 10.24 | 3 | ||||||
| Northern League Liguria | 38,104 | 4.32 | 1 | ||||||
| New Liguria | 24,943 | 2.83 | 1 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Centre | 22,959 | 2.60 | 1 | ||||||
| United Christian Democrats | 15,837 | 1.79 | – | ||||||
| Animalist Liguria | 11,984 | 1.36 | – | ||||||
| Pensioners' Party | 6,488 | 0.73 | – | ||||||
| Total | 451,500 | 51.14 | 16 | ||||||
| Giancarlo Mori | 431,743 | 46.07 | 1 | ||||||
| Democrats of the Left | 231,496 | 26.22 | 9 | ||||||
| Communist Refoundation Party | 57,619 | 6.53 | 2 | ||||||
| Italian People's Party – UDEUR | 37,351 | 4.23 | 1 | ||||||
| The Democrats | 25,285 | 2.86 | 1 | ||||||
| Federation of the Greens | 18,541 | 2.10 | 1 | ||||||
| Italian Democratic Socialists – Italian Republican Party | 17,284 | 1.96 | 1 | ||||||
| Party of Italian Communists | 16,507 | 1.87 | – | ||||||
| For Italy | 2,806 | 0.32 | – | ||||||
| Total | 406,889 | 46.09 | 15 | ||||||
| Mario Tarantino | 24,168 | 2.58 | – | Bonino List | 20,962 | 2.37 | – | ||
| Irene Menghini | 6,028 | 0.64 | – | Humanist Party | 3,473 | 0.39 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 937,247 | 100.00 | 9 | Total parties | 882,824 | 100.00 | 31 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | |||||||||