2001 Milan municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Milan on 13 May 2001 to elect the Mayor of Milan and the 60 members of the City Council.
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| Turnout | 82.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
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This election occurred the same day of the national general elections, a circumstance that mainly influenced also the local vote.
Electoral system
The same electoral system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy of cities with a population higher than 15,000. Under this system voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support, although it is not guaranteed.
The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.
Results
The incumbent mayor Gabriele Albertini heavily defeated his main centre-left opponent.
| Candidate | Party | Coalition | First round | ||
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| Votes | % | ||||
| Gabriele Albertini | FI | House of Freedoms | 499,020 | 57.54 | |
| Sandro Carlo Antoniazzi | DS | The Olive Tree | 264,217 | 30.47 | |
| Antonio Di Pietro | IdV | 45,667 | 5.27 | ||
| Milly Moratti | FdV | 36,189 | 4.17 | ||
| Arturo Testa | PP | 6,749 | 0.78 | ||
| Camilla Occhionorelli | DE | 3,965 | 0.46 | ||
| Attilio Carelli | MS-FT | 3,832 | 0.44 | ||
| Stefano Carluccio | LS | 3,108 | 0.36 | ||
| Giorgio Carlo Schultze | PU | 2,586 | 0.30 | ||
| Sergio Gozzoli | FN | 1,878 | 0.22 | ||
| Eligible voters | 1,091,046 | 100.00 | |||
| Did not vote | 193,191 | 17.71 | |||
| Voted | 897,855 | 82.29 | |||
| Blank or invalid ballots | 30,644 | 3.4 | |||
| Total valid votes | 867,211 | 96.6 | |||
Summary of the 2001 Milan City Council election results
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| Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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| Forza Italia | FI | 245,052 | 37.5% | 25 | ||
| National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) | AN | 66,389 | 10.1% | 7 | ||
| Lega Nord | LN | 28,623 | 4.4% | 3 | ||
| Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico) | CCD | 14,184 | 2.2% | 1 | ||
| Albertini coalition (Centre-right) | 354,248 | 54.2% | 36 | |||
| Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) | DS | 91,336 | 14.0% | 10 | ||
| The Daisy (La Margherita) | DL | 66,337 | 10.1% | 6 | ||
| Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 39,663 | 6.1% | 3 | ||
| Others | 21,053 | 3.2% | 1 | |||
| Antoniazzi coalition (Centre-left) | 218,389 | 33.4% | 20 | |||
| Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori) | IdV | 36,746 | 5.6% | 3 | ||
| Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) | FdV | 24,903 | 3.8% | 1 | ||
| Others | 19,704 | 2.8% | 0 | |||
| Total | 653,990 | 100% | 60 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 897,855 | 82.9% | ||||
| Registered voters | 1,091,046 | |||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||