| Election Name: | 2000 Apulian regional election |
| Country: | Apulia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1995 Apulian regional election |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Next Election: | 2005 Apulian regional election |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
| Seats For Election: | All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia |
| Election Date: | April 16, 2000 |
| Leader1: | Raffaele Fitto |
| Party1: | Forza Italia |
| Alliance1: | Pole for Freedoms |
| Color1: | 0A6BE1 |
| Last Election1: | 38 seats, 49.8% |
| Seats1: | 28 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,194,370 |
| Percentage1: | 54.0% |
| Swing1: | 4.2% |
| Leader2: | Giannicola Sinisi |
| Party2: | The Democrats (Italy) |
| Alliance2: | The Olive Tree (Italy) |
| Color2: | EF3E3E |
| Last Election2: | 25 seats, 45.9% |
| Seats2: | 22 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 986,782 |
| Percentage2: | 43.5% |
| Swing2: | 2.4% |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | Elected President |
| Before Election: | Salvatore Distaso |
| Before Party: | Ind. |
| After Election: | Raffaele Fitto |
| After Party: | FI |
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).
| 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 | ||||||||||