2001 Sicilian regional election

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.

2001 Sicilian regional election

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All 90 seats to the Sicilian Regional Assembly
Turnout63.5%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Salvatore Cuffaro Leoluca Orlando
Party CDU The Daisy
Alliance House of Freedoms The Olive Tree
Seats won 57 29
Popular vote 1,572,178 972,010
Percentage 59.1% 36.6%

President before election

Vincenzo Leanza
FI

President-elect

Salvatore Cuffaro
UDC

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

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24 June 2001 Sicilian regional election results
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Salvatore Cuffaro 1,572,178 59.1 9
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
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 22,110 0.9 1
Tricolour Flame 9,224 0.4
Total 1,629,250 65.3 48
Leoluca Orlando 972,010 36.6 1
Democrats of the Left 253,522 10.3 10
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy 199,303 8.0 7
The Daisy for Sicily 107,516 4.3 4
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
We Sicilians 2,382 0.1
Total 754,972 26.1 28
Sergio D'Antoni 114,799 4.3 European Democracy 113,664 4.5 4
Total candidates 2,658,987 100.00 10 Total parties 2,498,244 100.00 80
Source: Sicilian Region [dead link]