Italian general election, 2001

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A national general election was held in Italy on May 13, 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. Leader of the House of Freedoms Silvio Berlusconi won the election, defeating Francesco Rutelli, former Mayor of Rome, and premieral candidate of the Olive Tree coalition, and rising back to power after his first victory, in 1994.

1 National results
2 Results: Chamber of Deputies
3 Results: Senate of the Republic
4 Results: Both chambers, uninominal part, grouped by Italian region
5 External links

National results

The intricate electoral system of Italy provided 75% of the seats on the Chamber of Deputies (the Lower House) as elected by uninominal system, whereas the remaining 25% is assigned on a proportional way with a minimum threshold of 4%.

The method used for the Senate was even more complicated: 75% of seats by uninominal method, and 25% by a special proportional method that actually assigns the remaining seats to minoritary parties.

Formally these were Additional member systems.

Results: Chamber of Deputies

e•d Breakdown of the 13 May 2001 Italian Chamber of Deputieselection results Coalitions and parties First past the post Proportional representation Total Votes % Seats Parties in coalition Seats Seats Party Votes % Seats House of Freedoms16,936,026 45.4 282 Forza Italia(liberal-conservative) 10,923,431 29.4 62 86 368 National Alliance(national-conservative) 4,463,205 12.0 24 Lega Nord(federalist) 1,464,301 3.9 - Whiteflower(CCD–CDU, christian-democratic) 1,194,040 3.2 - New Italian Socialist Party(social-democratic) 353,269 1.0 - Olive Tree16,118,124 43.2 184 Democrats of the Left(social democratic) 6,151,154 16.6 31 58 241 Democracy is Freedom – Daisy(centrist)

The Democrats (social-liberal)
PPI (christian-democratic)
Italian Renewal (liberal-centrist)
UDEUR (christian-democratic)

5,391,827 14.5 27 The Sunflower(Greens– SDI, ecologist/social-democratic) 805,340 2.2 - Party of Italian Communists(communist) 620,859 1.7 - Communist Refoundation Party(communist) - - - 1,868,659 5.0 11 11 11 South Tyrolese People's Party(christian-democratic) 364,291 1.0 8 200,059 0.5 - - 8 Valdotanian Union(liberal-centrist) 25,577 0.1 1 - - - - - 1 Italy of Values-List Di Pietro(populist-centrist) 1,487,287 4.0 - 1,433,729 3.9 - - - European Democracy(christian-democratic) 1,310,119 3.5 - 888,249 2.4 - - - List Bonino-Radical Party(libertarian) 457,117 1.2 - 832,213 2.2 - - - Liga Fronte Veneto(Venetist) 173,618 0.5 - 74,353 0.2 - - - Social Movement Tricolour Flame(neo-fascist) 121,527 0.3 - 143,963 0.4 - - - Other 258,379 0.8 - - 378,482 1.1 - - -

Results: Senate of the Republic

Summary of the 13 May 2001 Senate of Italyelection resultseditParties and coalitions Results FPP PR Total Votes % Seats Seats Seats House of Freedoms14,406,519 42.5% 152 24 176 Olive Tree13,106,860 38.7% 74 51 125 South Tyrolese People's Party301,812 0.9% 5 - 5 Communist Refoundation Party1,708,707 5.1% - 4 4 European Democracy (now defunct) 1,066,908 3.2% - 2 2 Italy of Values-List Di Pietro1,140,489 3.4% - 1 1 Lombardian Alliance-Authonomy308,559 0.9% - 1 1 Valdotanian Union32,429 0.1% 1 - 1 List Bonino-Radical Party677,725 2.0% - - - Fiamma Tricolore340,221 1.0% - - - Liga Fronte Veneto138,134 0.4% - - - Other 624,396 1.8% - - -

Results: Both chambers, uninominal part, grouped by Italian region

Region Seats by region Chamber of Deputies Senate of the Republic House of
Freedoms Olive TreeOther House of
Freedoms Olive TreeOther Piedmont20 16 - 12 5 - Aosta Valley- - 1 - - 1 Lombardy70 4 - 33 2 - Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol- - 8 1 - 5 Veneto30 7 - 16 1 - Friuli-Venezia Giulia8 2 - 5 - - Liguria5 9 - 2 4 - Emilia-Romagna2 30 - 1 14 - Tuscany2 27 - 1 13 - Umbria- 7 - - 5 - Marche2 10 - 2 4 - Latium24 19 - 15 6 - Abruzzo5 6 - 4 1 - Molise2 1 - 1 1 - Campania29 18 - 14 8 - Apulia22 12 - 15 1 - Basilicata- 5 - - 5 - Calabria11 6 - 6 2 - Sicily41 - - 20 - - Sardinia9 5 - 4 2 -

External links

Repubblica.it: About 2001 Election (in Italian)
Corriere della Sera: About 2001 Election (in Italian)
CNN.com: About 2001 Election
Minister of Internal Affairs of Italy: 2001 Election Results, Chamber of Deputies (in Italian)
Minister of Internal Affairs of Italy: 2001 Election Results, Senate of the Republic (in Italian)

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