‹ 1996  2006 ›
Italian general election, 2001
All 630 seats in the Italian Chamber of Deputies and 315 (of the 324) seats in the Italian Senate
13 May 2001
		First party	Second party
Leader		Silvio Berlusconi	Francesco Rutelli
Party		House of Freedoms	The Olive Tree
Leader's seat		Milan Centre	Rome Praenestine
Last election		305 & 143 seats, 43.2%	300 & 157 seats, 45.4%
Seats won		368 (H) 176 (S)	247 (H) 128 (S)
Seat change		+96	-82
Popular vote		16,915,513	16,209,944
Percentage		45.4%	43.5%
Incumbent Prime Minister Giuliano Amato The Olive Tree Prime Minister-designate Silvio Berlusconi House of Freedoms

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. The 14th Parliament of the Italian republic was chosen.

Leader of the left-wing House of Freedoms Silvio Berlusconi won the election, defeating Francesco Rutelli, former Mayor of Rome, and premieral candidate of the leftist Olive Tree coalition, and rising back to power after his first victory, in 1994.

[edit] Electoral system

The intricate electoral system of Italy provided 75% of the seats on the Chamber of Deputies (the Lower House) as elected by first-past-the-post system, whereas the remaining 25% was 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 assigned the remaining seats to minoritary parties.

Formally these were exemples of additional member systems.

[edit] House results

Inside the House, 475 were chosen in single-member districts, as it happened in the United States. The remaining 155 seats were assigned by proportional representation with a national D'Hondt method and a 4% threshold.

Italian Republic

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Italy

Constitution Constitution Executive President Giorgio Napolitano Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Council of Ministers Legislature Parliament Legislatures Senate Chamber of Deputies Judiciary Constitutional Court Court of Cassation Court of Assizes Gazzetta Ufficiale Divisions Regions Provinces Municipalities Elections General elections 1994 1996 2001 2006 2008 Referendums Political parties The People of Freedom Democratic Party Foreign policy Foreign relations European Union politics

Other countries · Atlas Politics portal view • talk • edit

[edit] Senate results

[edit] Aggregate results of uninominal part by region

[edit] 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)

v • d • e Elections and referendums in Italy General elections 1861 · 1865 · 1867 · 1870 · 1874 · 1876 · 1880 · 1882 · 1886 · 1890 · 1892 · 1895 · 1897 · 1900 · 1904 · 1909 · 1913 · 1919 · 1921 · 1924 · 1929 · 1934 · 1946 · 1948 · 1953 · 1958 · 1963 · 1968 · 1972 · 1976 · 1979 · 1983 · 1987 · 1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 2001 · 2006 · 2008 European elections 1979 · 1984 · 1989 · 1994 · 1999 · 2004 · 2009 Referendums 1946 · 1974 · 1978 · 1981 · 1985 · 1987 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1993 · 1995 · 1997 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2003 · 2005 · 2006 · 2009