2001 Sicilian regional election

2001 Sicilian regional election Sicily legislative no 1996 Sicilian regional election 1996 2006 Sicilian regional election 2006 All 90 seats to the Sicilian Regional Assembly 24 June 2001 160x160px Salvatore Cuffaro CDU House of Freedoms 0A6BE1 57 1,572,178 59.1% 160x160px Leoluca Orlando The Daisy The Olive Tree EF3E3E 29 972,010 36.6% President President-elect Vincenzo Leanza FI Salvatore Cuffaro UDC 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 + 24 June 2001 Sicilian regional election results300px|center Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Salvatore Cuffaro1,572,17859.19 Forza Italia628,02025.120 National Alliance281,70411.38 Christian Democratic Centre223,4208.96 United Christian Democrats215,0478.66 New Sicily101,3684.13 New Italian Socialist Party69,6972.82 Whiteflower54,5502.21 Liberal Socialists24,1101.01 Italian Republican Party22,1100.91 Tricolour Flame9,2240.4–Total1,629,25065.348 Leoluca Orlando972,01036.61 Democrats of the Left253,52210.310 Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy199,3038.07 The Daisy for Sicily107,5164.34 Communist Refoundation Party61,0682.43 Italian Democratic Socialists46,9031.91 Sicilian Spring29,5641.21 Party of Italian Communists28,8261.21 Italy of Values25,8881.01 We Sicilians2,3820.1–Total754,97226.128 Sergio D'Antoni114,7994.3– European Democracy113,6644.54 Total candidates2,658,987100.0010Total parties2,498,244100.0080 Source: Sicilian Region March 2019 Category:2001 elections in Italy Category:Regional elections in Sicily Category:June 2001 in Italy Category:2000s elections in Sicily