2000 Apulian regional election
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All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Raffaele Fitto Giannicola Sinisi
Party Forza Italia Democrats
Alliance Pole for Freedoms The Olive Tree
Last election 38 seats, 49.8% 25 seats, 45.9%
Seats won 28 22
Seat change Steady Decrease3
Popular vote 1,194,370 986,782
Percentage 54.0% 43.5%
Swing Increase4.2% Decrease2.4%
President before election

Salvatore Distaso
Ind.

Elected President

Raffaele Fitto
FI

Politics of Apulia

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

Raffaele Fitto (Forza Italia) was elected President, defeating Giannicola Sinisi (Italian People's Party).

Results

16 April 2000 Apulian regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Raffaele Fitto 1,194,370 53.97 12
Forza Italia 584,147 28.60 15
National Alliance 315,762 15.46 8
Christian Democratic Centre 86,734 4.25 2
United Christian Democrats 41,448 2.03 1
Christian Democratic Party 23,461 1.15 –
The Liberals Sgarbi 23,301 1.14 –
Socialist Party 23,055 1.13 –
Tricolour Flame 6,689 0.33 –
The Clover 4,673 0.23 –
Total 1,109,270 54.30 26
Giannicola Sinisi 961,642 43.45 1
Democrats of the Left 319,631 15.65 8
Italian People's Party 126,903 6.21 3
The Democrats 124,160 6.08 3
Italian Democratic Socialists 92,194 4.51 2
Communist Refoundation Party 72,689 3.56 1
Union of Democrats for Europe 56,724 2.78 1
Federation of the Greens 36,637 1.79 1
Party of Italian Communists 34,567 1.69 1
Italian Renewal 29,418 1.44 1
Total 892,923 43.71 21
Giancarlo Cito 29,317 1.32 – Southern Action League 18,839 0.92 –
Danilo Quinto 27,802 1.26 – Bonino List 21,737 1.06 –
Total candidates 2,213,131 100.00 13 Total parties 2,042,769 100.00 47
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
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