Sicilian regional election, 2001

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The Sicilian regional election of 2001 was held on 24 June 2001.

The election was competed by three competitors: Salvatore Cuffaro, House of Freedoms candidate; Leoluca Orlando, candidate of The Olive Tree; and Sergio D'Antoni, leader of European Democracy. Cuffaro won by a landslide.

Results

Candidates & parties votes votes (%) seats
reg. list
seats
prov. lists
Salvatore Cuffaro 1,572,178 59.1 9 48
Forza Italia 628,020 25.1 20
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
CCDCDU 54,550 2.2 1
New Italian Socialist Party 69,697 2.8 2
Liberal Socialists 24,110 1.0 1
Italian Republican Party 22,456 0.9 1
others 9,224 0.4 -
Leoluca Orlando 972,010 36.6 1 28
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy 306,819 12.4 11
Democrats of the Left 253,533 10.1 10
Communist Refoundation Party 61,068 2.4 3
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
others 2,383 0.1 -
Sergio D'Antoni 114,799 4.3 - 4
European Democracy 113,664 4.5 4
Total 2,658,987 100.0 10 90

Source: Party of Italian Communists – Electoral Archive