Italian general election, 2001

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The Italian general election of 2001 was a nationwide parliamentary vote in which Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right coalition, the House of Freedoms, won a decisive victory over the center-left, leading to Berlusconi’s second term as Prime Minister.

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instanceOf general election
parliamentary election
campaignIssue economic growth
public debt
tax cuts
unemployment
coalition House of Freedoms
The Olive Tree
country Italy
date 13 May 2001
electoralBody Parliament of Italy
electoralChamber Chamber of Deputies
Senate of the Republic
electoralType parliamentary
electorate Italian citizens eligible to vote in 2001
governingCoalitionAfterElection House of Freedoms
language Italian
leadingFigureOfLosingCoalition Francesco Rutelli
leadingFigureOfWinningCoalition Silvio Berlusconi
legislatureTermStarted 14th Legislature of Italy
mainLosingCoalition The Olive Tree
mainWinningCoalition House of Freedoms
majorPartyInLosingCoalition Democratic Party of the Left
surface form: Democrats of the Left

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majorPartyInWinningCoalition Christian Democratic Centre
Forza Italia
Lega Nord
National Alliance
United Christian Democrats
nextElection Italian general election, 2006
notableConsequence Formation of a stable centre-right majority
Return of Silvio Berlusconi to power
officeContested Members of the Chamber of Deputies
Members of the Senate of the Republic
President of the Council of Ministers of Italy
surface form: Prime Minister of Italy
oppositionCoalitionAfterElection The Olive Tree
outcome Decisive victory for the House of Freedoms
partOf Italian Republic political history
politicalSpectrumMainLoser centre-left
politicalSpectrumMainWinner centre-right
postElectionPrimeMinister Silvio Berlusconi
preElectionPrimeMinister Giuliano Amato
previousElection Italian general election, 1996
resultedIn Berlusconi II Cabinet
surface form: Second Berlusconi government
scope national
votingSystemChamberOfDeputies mixed-member system
votingSystemSenate mixed-member system

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