2001 Milan municipal election

2001 Milan mayoral election
Turnout	82.3% 10.4 pp
Mayor before election; Gabriele Albertini ; FI	Elected Mayor; Gabriele Albertini ; FI

Last updated January 13, 2023

Municipal elections were held in Milan on 13 May 2001 to elect the Mayor of Milan and the 60 members of the City Council.

The municipal elections occurred on the same day of the national general election which was heavily won by Silvio Berlusconi's House of Freedoms, a circumstance that largely influenced also the local vote.^[1] In this election, the Mayor was elected for the first time for a five years term, in accordance to a new local administration Law approved in 2000.

Background

During his first 4-years term as Mayor, Gabriele Albertini usually referred himself as a "condominium administrator",^[2] underlining his soft attitude to the government of the city: Albertini's popularity was extremely high since his administration seemed more like the one of a manager heading an enterprise.^[3] Describing himself as a man of the civil society, he managed to identify and subdivide municipal affairs with the politically and economically closest interests, choosing trusted men for the top management jobs of large municipal companies and banks and creating a real network of alliances with the social and economical powers of the city, such as businessmen, stylists and bankers.^[3]

On the other side, moreover weakened by the national government's extreme unpopularity, the centre-left coalition was unable to find a way to fit into this system of power.^[4]

Campaign

As Albertini decided to conduct a low profile campaign, benefiting from Berlusconi's national campaign (Berlusconi himself was candidate in the constituency of Milan City Centre for the Chamber of Deputies), the semi-unknown centre-left candidate Sandro Antoniazzi struggled to emerge as a competitive contender to the office of Mayor.^[4] Moreover the centre-left coalition was deeply divided, with the Federation of the Greens (FdV) and Italy of Values (IdV) parties presenting their own mayoral candidates (respectively the environmentalist activist Milly Moratti and the notorious former magistrate Antonio Di Pietro).^[4]

On the contrary, the centre-right coalition was unified thanks to a new alliance between Berlusconi and the Lega Nord leader Umberto Bossi, even if Bossi repeatedly attacked the incumbent Mayor describing him as a "man of power" while his party was at the side of the people.^[5]

Voting system

The semipresidential voting system was the one used for all mayoral elections in Italy of cities with a population higher than 15,000 for the third time. 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.

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 losing party is determined proportionally.

Parties and candidates

This is a list of the major parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.

		Candidate
Federation of the Greens		Milly Moratti
Centre-left coalition (The Olive Tree)	Democrats of the Left	Sandro Antoniazzi
	The Daisy
	Communist Refoundation Party
	Party of Italian Communists
	Italian Democratic Socialists
Italy of Values		Antonio Di Pietro
Centre-right coalition (House of Freedoms)	Forza Italia	Gabriele Albertini
	National Alliance
	Northern League
	Christian Democratic Centre

Results

Summary of the 2001 Milan City Council and Mayoral election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Leader's seat		Votes	%	Seats

	Gabriele Albertini	499,020	57.54	–	Forza Italia	245,052	37.47	25
					National Alliance	66,389	10.15	7
					Northern League	28,623	4.38	3
					Christian Democratic Centre – United Christian Democrats	14,184	2.17	1
					Total	354,248	54.17	36
	Sandro Antoniazzi	264,217	30.47	Y	Democrats of the Left	91,336	13.97	8
					Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy	66,337	10.14	6
					Communist Refoundation Party	39,663	6.06	3
					Miracle in Milan	11,513	1.76	1
					Party of Italian Communists	5,990	0.92	–
					Italian Democratic Socialists	3,550	0.54	–
					Total	218,389	33.39	18
	Antonio Di Pietro	45,667	5.27	Y	Italy of Values	36,746	5.62	2
	Milly Moratti	36,189	4.17	Y	Federation of the Greens	17,570	2.69	1
					Moratti List	7,333	1.12	–
					Total	24,903	3.81	1
	Arturo Testa	6,749	0.78	–	Pensioners' Party	6,074	0.93	–
	Camilla Occhionorelli	3,965	0.46	–	European Democracy	3,434	0.53	–
	Attilio Carelli	3,832	0.44	–	Tricolour Flame	3,416	0.52	–
	Stefano Carluccio	3,108	0.36	–	Liberal Socialists	2,898	0.44	–
	Giorgio Schultze	2,586	0.30	–	Humanist Party	2,227	0.34	–
	Sergio Gozzoli	1,878	0.22	–	New Force	1,655	0.25	–
Total		867,211	100.00	3		653,990	100.00	57
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
Source: Ministry of the Interior

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↑ "Albertini, una sfida senza storia ancora sindaco col 60% dei voti" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
1 2 "La nomenklatura di Albertini" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 13 September 1999. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
1 2 3 "Milano, Albertini snobba i comizi e Antoniazzi lavora per i posteri" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 30 April 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
↑ "Bossi-Albertini, offese e scontro" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 10 January 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

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[Lastampa-1] 1 2 "Milano, per Albertini sindaco più voti che ai partiti del Polo" (in Italian). La Stampa. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

[2] "Albertini, una sfida senza storia ancora sindaco col 60% dei voti" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 14 May 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

[Albertini-3] 1 2 "La nomenklatura di Albertini" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 13 September 1999. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

[Antoniazzi-4] 1 2 3 "Milano, Albertini snobba i comizi e Antoniazzi lavora per i posteri" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 30 April 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

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