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.

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

24 June 2001 Sicilian regional election results

File:Sicilian Regional Assembly 2001.svg
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
rowspan=12 bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Salvatore Cuffaro	1,572,178	59.1	9
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|					Forza Italia	628,020	25.1	20
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|					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
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|					New Italian Socialist Party	69,697	2.8	2
					Whiteflower	54,550	2.2	1
					Liberal Socialists	24,110	1.0	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|					Italian Republican Party	22,110	0.9	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|					Tricolour Flame	9,224	0.4	–
Total					1,629,250	65.3	48
rowspan=11 bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Leoluca Orlando	972,010	36.6	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|					Democrats of the Left	253,522	10.3	10
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|					Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy	199,303	8.0	7
					The Daisy for Sicily	107,516	4.3	4
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|					Communist Refoundation Party	61,068	2.4	3
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|					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