# 2000 Venezia mayoral election, second round

[Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it.md) / [Veneto](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto.md) / [Venezia](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia.md), April 30, 2000

Paolo Costa won with 56.0% of the vote, 11.9 points ahead of Renato Brunetta. Renato Brunetta led the first round with 39.0%.

> Results are by municipality, from the Interior Ministry's open data file for this round of municipal elections; where the file reports polling sections, they are summed by municipality. The winner is the candidate the open data marks as elected mayor.

## Rounds

### [Round 1](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2000-04-16-local/sindaco.md), April 16, 2000

- Renato Brunetta, 39.0% (Advanced)
- Paolo Costa, 37.7% (Advanced)
- Gianfranco Bettin, 16.3%

### Second round, April 30, 2000

- Paolo Costa, 56.0% (Elected)
- Renato Brunetta, 44.0%

| Candidate or party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paolo Costa | 68,229 | 56.0% | Elected |
| Renato Brunetta | 53,686 | 44.0% |  |

Valid votes: 121,915

Turnout: 50.4% (124,370 of 246,962 registered)

## This race in other years

- [April 17, 2005](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2005-04-17-runoff/sindaco.md): Massimo Cacciari, 50.5%
- April 30, 2000: Paolo Costa, 56.0%
- [December 5, 1993](https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/1993-12-05-runoff/sindaco.md): Massimo Cacciari, 55.4%

## Also on the ballot in Italy on April 30, 2000

- [Local races across Italy](https://electionsarchive.com/it/2000-04-16-local.md) (52)

## Sources

- [Eligendo: archivio storico delle elezioni, open data](https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/eligendo/opendata.php), Ministero dell'Interno. License: No license stated. Data that Italian public bodies publish without a license are open by default (art. 52 of the Codice dell'amministrazione digitale).

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2000-04-30-runoff/sindaco and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/it/veneto/venezia/2000-04-30-runoff/sindaco.json.