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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.
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| 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 ] | |||||||||
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