2000 Basilicata regional election

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

2000 Basilicata regional election

16 April 2000
All 30 seats to the Regional Council of Basilicata
Turnout	72.66% ( 5.93%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Filippo Bubbico Nicola Pagliuca Party Democrats of the Left Forza Italia Alliance The Olive Tree House of Freedoms Seats won 21 9 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 227,919 126,530 Percentage 63.2% 35.1% Swing 1.9%[1] 1.4%
Basilicata before election Angelo Raffaele Dinardo People's Party Basilicata-elect Filippo Bubbico Democrats of the Left

Filippo Bubbico (Democrats of the Left) was elected President, defeating Nicola Pagliuca (Forza Italia) by a landslide.

Results

Candidates & parties	votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Filippo Bubbico	227,919	63.16	3	18
Democrats of the Left	60,885	17.42	→	4
Italian People's Party	60,833	17.41	→	4
The Democrats	26,583	7.61	→	2
Union of Democrats for Europe	25,711	7.36	→	2
Italian Democratic Socialists	22,667	6.49	→	2
Federation of the Greens	16,555	4.74	→	1
Communist Refoundation Party	12,394	3.55	→	1
Italian Renewal	11,544	3.30	→	1
Party of Italian Communists	6,488	1.86	→	1
Nicola Pagliuca	126,530	35.07	1	8
Forza Italia	46,113	13.20	→	4
Christian Democratic Centre	23,449	6.71	→	3
National Alliance	21,115	6.04	→	1
Tricolour Flame	4,398	1.26	→	0
The Liberals-Sgarbi–Socialist Party	3,583	1.03	→	0
United Christian Democrats	3,403	0.97	→	0
Bonaventura Postiglione	3,465	0.96	-	-
New Project	2,348	0.67	→	0
Maurizio Bolognetti	2,924	0.81	-	-
Bonino List	1,351	0.39	→	0
Total	360,838	100.00	4	26

Source: Ministry of the Interior

Notes and references

1. The swing comes from the combined result of The Olive Tree (54.9%) and Communist Refoundation Party (6.4%) in the 1995 regional election.