2001 Molise regional election

The Molise regional election of 2001 took place on 11 November 2001. It was an early election as the 2000 regional election was invalidated due to irregularities in the vote.

2001 Molise regional election

11 November 2001
All 30 seats to the Regional Council of Molise
Majority party Minority party   Leader Michele Iorio Giovanni Di Stasi Party Forza Italia Democrats of the Left Alliance House of Freedoms The Olive Tree Seats won 18 12 Seat change 6 6 Popular vote 115,714 83,089 Percentage 58.2% 41.8% Swing 9.6% 7.2%
President before election Giovanni Di Stasi Democrats of the Left Elected President Michele Iorio Forza Italia

The election consisted in a re-proposition of the 2000 race, but this time Michele Iorio (Forza Italia) defeated incumbent Giovanni Di Stasi (Democrats of the Left) by a landslide.

Results

Candidates & parties	votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Michele Iorio	115,714	58.21	3	15
Forza Italia	43,573	22.93	→	6
Christian Democratic Centre–United Christian Democrats	25,812	13.58	→	3
European Democracy	24,281	12.78	→	3
National Alliance	20,302	10.68	→	3
Tricolour Flame	1,469	0.77	→	0
Socialists–The Liberals-Sgarbi	1,068	0.57	→	0
Giovanni Di Stasi	83,089	41.79	1	11
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy	27,717	14.59	→	4
Democrats of the Left	22,838	12.02	→	4
Italy of Values	8,852	4.66	→	1
Communist Refoundation Party	6,640	3.49	→	1
Federation of the Greens–Party of Italian Communists	5,313	2.80	→	1
Italian Democratic Socialists	2,154	1,13	→	1
Total	198,803	100.00	4	26

Source: Ministry of the Interior