2001 Italian general election

The 2001 Italian general election was held in Italy on 13 May 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. The election was won by the centre-right coalition House of Freedoms led by Silvio Berlusconi, defeating Francesco Rutelli, former mayor of Rome, and leader of the centre-left coalition The Olive Tree, and rising back to power after Berlusconi's first victory in the 1994 Italian general election.

2001 Italian general election
13 May 2001
All 630 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
316 seats needed for a majority
315 seats in the Senate
163 seats needed for a majority
Registered49,256,295 (C) · 44,499,794 (S)
Turnout40,085,397 (C) · 81.4% (1.5 pp)
36,189,394 (S) · 81.3% (0.9 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Silvio Berlusconi Francesco Rutelli Fausto Bertinotti
Party Forza Italia The Daisy PRC
Alliance House of Freedoms The Olive Tree —
Leader since 18 January 1994 25 September 2000 22 January 1994
Leader's seat Milan (C) Rome (C) Piedmont (C)
Seats won 368 (C) / 176 (S) 241 (C) / 128 (S) 11 (C) / 4 (S)
Seat change 96 (C) / 33 (S) 82 (C) / 29 (S) 24 (C) / 6 (S)
Coalition vote 16,915,513 (C) (FPTP)
18,398,246 (C) (Prop)
14,406,519 (S)		 16,019,388 (C) (FPTP)
13,169,239 (C) (Prop)
13,106,860 (S)		 Did not run (C) (FPTP)
1,868,659 (C) (Prop)
1,708,707 (S)
Percentage 45.6% (C) (FPTP)
49.6% (C) (Prop)
42.5% (S)		 43.2% (C) (FPTP)
35.7% (C) (Prop)
38.7% (S)		 Did not run (C) (FPTP)
5.0% (C) (Prop)
5.0% (S)
Results of the single-member constituencies in the Chamber of Deputies (left) and Senate (right).
Prime Minister before election

Giuliano Amato
The Olive Tree

 Prime Minister after the election

Silvio Berlusconi
House of Freedoms

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