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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Predicate Object
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 Democrats of the Left ⓘ
The Daisy ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 Second Berlusconi government ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
votingSystemChamberOfDeputies mixed-member system ⓘ
votingSystemSenate mixed-member system ⓘ

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Italian Democratic Socialists → participatedIn → Italian general election, 2001 ⓘ
Italian general election, 2006 → previousElection → Italian general election, 2001 ⓘ
Alleanza Nazionale → participatedIn → Italian general election, 2001 ⓘ
House of Freedoms → wonElection → 2001 Italian general election ⓘ
linked to: Italian general election, 2001
Forza Italia → participatedIn → 2001 Italian general election ⓘ
linked to: Italian general election, 2001
Italian Popular Party → participatedIn → Italian general election, 2001 ⓘ