2001 Rome municipal election

Following the end of the parliamentary legislature, Rutelli was chosen to lead the centre-left coalition in the 2001 general election and resigned as Mayor of Rome on 8 January 2001, just two days after the end of the Great Jubilee.[1]

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants. 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 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.

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

Summary of the 2001 Rome City Council and Mayoral election results

Candidates		1st round		2nd round		Leader's seat	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Walter Veltroni	800,275	48.35	871,930	52.17	–		Democrats of the Left	238,092	17.64	15
								Veltroni List	146,463	10.85	9
								The Daisy	111,315	8.25	7
								Communist Refoundation Party	61,728	4.57	3
								Federation of the Greens	31,698	2.35	2
								Party of Italian Communists	15,462	1.15	–
								Italian Democratic Socialists	9,244	0.68	–
								Total	614,002	45.49	36[lower-alpha 1]
	Antonio Tajani	746,846	45.12	799,363	47.83	Y		National Alliance	283,922	21.04	11
								Forza Italia	259,514	19.23	10
								Christian Democratic Centre – United Christian Democrats	41,148	3.05	1
								Tajani List	37,393	2.77	1
								New Italian Socialist Party	8,268	0.61	–
								Italian Republican Party	3,136	0.23	–
								Liberal Party – Greens Greens	2,958	0.22	–
								Pensioners and Disabled	1,985	0.15	–
								Modern Democracy	1,584	0.12	–
								Active Democracy	1,025	0.08	–
								Total	640,933	47.49	23
	Sergio D'Antoni	40,025	2.42	–	–	–		European Democracy	28,905	2.14	–
								United Pensioners	4,686	0.35	–
								Total	33,591	2.49	–
	Giovanni Roma	19,064	1.15	–	–	–		Italy of Values	17,917	1.33	–
	Angiolo Bandinelli	16,483	1.00	–	–	–		Bonino List	14,236	1.05	–
	Isabella Rauti	9,551	0.58	–	–	–		Tricolour Flame	8,709	0.65	–
	Adriano Tilgher	5,937	0.36	–	–	–		National Social Front	5,361	0.40	–
	Guido Mussolini	3,497	0.21	–	–	–		New Force	2,732	0.20	–
	Alessandro Cicero	3,294	0.20	–	–	–		Pole of the Centre	1,649	0.12	–
	Dario Di Francesco	2,996	0.18	–	–	–		Avanti Lazio	2,738	0.20	–
	Mario Adinolfi	1,587	0.10	–	–	–		Direct Democracy	1,543	0.11	–
	Michele Capuano	1,539	0.09	–	–	–		Popular Democracy (United Left)	1,609	0.12	–
	Giuseppe Conti	1,152	0.07	–	–	–		Independent Movement for Animal Rights	1,091	0.08	–
	Antonio Licata	1,125	0.07	–	–	–		European Populars	1,984	0.15	–
	Loredana Cici	1,010	0.06	–	–	–		Humanist Party	856	0.06	–
	Maurizio Saracini	710	0.04	–	–	–		Italy of Citizens	739	0.05	–
Total		1,655,091	100.00	1,671,293	100.00	1			1,349,690	100.00	59
Eligible voters		2,290,787	100.00	2,290,787	100.00
Did not vote		474,492	20.63	591,066	25.80
Voted		1,818,295	79.37	1,699,721	74.20
Blank or invalid ballots		163,204	8.97	28,428	1.67
Total valid votes		1,655,091	91.03	1,671,293	98.33
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Notes

In January 2001 the City Council of Rome approved a new decentralization reform. The previous circoscrizioni were renamed municipi and the direct election in two different rounds of a president to head each municipio was established.

Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the first round:

Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the second round:

Source: Municipality of Rome - Electoral Service