2000 Piedmontese regional election

2000 Piedmentese regional election
16 April 2000
All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Piedmont
Turnout71.96% ( 11.02%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Enzo Ghigo Livia Turco
Party Forza Italia DS
Alliance Pole for Freedoms The Olive Tree
Last election 33 seats, 39.7% 18 seats, 35.2%
Seats won 40 18
Seat change 7
Popular vote 1,249,840 953,163
Percentage 51.8% 39.5%
Swing 1.0% 3.7%
President before election

Enzo Ghigo
FI

 President-elect

Enzo Ghigo
FI

The 2000 Piedmontese regional election took place on 16 April 2000. Enzo Ghigo of Forza Italia (FI) was re-elected for the second time in a row as the president of Piedmont, defeating Livia Turco of the Democrats of the Left (DS). His re-election resulted in a landslide, as this time he was also supported also by Lega Nord (Northern League).

FI was confirmed as the largest party in the region with an historic 30.8% of the vote, while the DS 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.

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