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2001 Sicilian regional election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 2001 Sicilian regional election | |
| country | Sicily | |
| type | legislative | |
| ongoing | no | |
| previous_election | 1996 Sicilian regional election | |
| previous_year | 1996 | |
| next_election | 2006 Sicilian regional election | |
| next_year | 2006 | |
| seats_for_election | All 90 seats to the Sicilian Regional Assembly | |
| election_date | 24 June 2001 | |
| image1 | [[File:Cuffaro foto del18 sett.2006 044.jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader1 | Salvatore Cuffaro | |
| party1 | CDU | |
| alliance1 | House of Freedoms | |
| color1 | 0A6BE1 | |
| seats1 | 57 | |
| popular_vote1 | 1,572,178 | |
| percentage1 | 59.1% | |
| image2 | [[File:Leoluca Orlando crop.jpeg | 160x160px]] |
| leader2 | Leoluca Orlando | |
| party2 | The Daisy | |
| alliance2 | The Olive Tree | |
| color2 | EF3E3E | |
| seats2 | 29 | |
| popular_vote2 | 972,010 | |
| percentage2 | 36.6% | |
| title | President | |
| posttitle | President-elect | |
| before_election | Vincenzo Leanza | |
| before_party | FI | |
| after_election | Salvatore Cuffaro | |
| after_party | UDC | |
| turnout | 63.5% |
The 2001 Sicilian regional election was held on 24 June 2001. For the first time the president of Region was elected directly by the citizens.
The election was competed by three competitors: Salvatore Cuffaro, House of Freedoms candidate; Leoluca Orlando, candidate of The Olive Tree and former mayor of Palermo; and Sergio D'Antoni, leader of European Democracy. Cuffaro won by a landslide.
Results
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House of Freedoms}}" | Salvatore Cuffaro | 1,572,178 | 59.1 | 9 | ||||
| Forza Italia}}" | Forza Italia | 628,020 | 25.1 | 20 | ||||
| National Alliance (Italy)}}" | National Alliance | 281,704 | 11.3 | 8 | ||||
| Christian Democratic Centre | 223,420 | 8.9 | 6 | |||||
| United Christian Democrats | 215,047 | 8.6 | 6 | |||||
| New Sicily | 101,368 | 4.1 | 3 | |||||
| New Italian Socialist Party}}" | New Italian Socialist Party | 69,697 | 2.8 | 2 | ||||
| Whiteflower | 54,550 | 2.2 | 1 | |||||
| Liberal Socialists | 24,110 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||
| Italian Republican Party}}" | Italian Republican Party | 22,110 | 0.9 | 1 | ||||
| Tricolour Flame}}" | Tricolour Flame | 9,224 | 0.4 | – | ||||
| Total | 1,629,250 | 65.3 | 48 | |||||
| The Union (Italy)}}" | Leoluca Orlando | 972,010 | 36.6 | 1 | ||||
| Democrats of the Left}}" | Democrats of the Left | 253,522 | 10.3 | 10 | ||||
| The Daisy}}" | Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy | 199,303 | 8.0 | 7 | ||||
| The Daisy for Sicily | 107,516 | 4.3 | 4 | |||||
| Communist Refoundation Party}}" | Communist Refoundation Party | 61,068 | 2.4 | 3 | ||||
| Italian Socialist Party}}" | Italian Democratic Socialists | 46,903 | 1.9 | 1 | ||||
| Sicilian Spring | 29,564 | 1.2 | 1 | |||||
| Party of Italian Communists | 28,826 | 1.2 | 1 | |||||
| Italy of Values | 25,888 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||
| We Sicilians | 2,382 | 0.1 | – | |||||
| Total | 754,972 | 26.1 | 28 | |||||
| Sergio D'Antoni | 114,799 | 4.3 | – | European Democracy | 113,664 | |||
| Total candidates | 2,658,987 | 100.00 | 10 | Total parties | 2,498,244 | 100.00 | 80 | |
| Source: Sicilian Region |
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