2001 Italian general election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

The 2001 Italian general election took place on 13 May 2001. In Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, 17 seats were up for election: 10 for the Chamber of Deputies and 7 for the Senate of the Republic.

The South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) joined The Olive Tree in the 1996 general election and stayed there but they also submit candidates on their own. Their sister party Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party joined the centre-right coalition but after their party secretary Giacomo Bezzi failed to win a seat. PATT later joined the centre-left coalition in the 2003 provincial election.

Results

Full results

Chamber of Deputies

Party or alliance				FPTP			Party vote			Total seats
				Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	House of Freedoms		Forza Italia	189,540	31.05	–	100,801	16.57	1	1
			National Alliance			0	57,865	9.51	–	–
			Lega Nord (LNAAST–LNT–PATT)			0	22,273	3.66	–	–
			White Flower (CCD–CDU–UPD)			0	12,673	2.08	–	–
			Abolish Scorporo			0	501	0.08	–	–
	South Tyrolean People's Party			173,735	28.46	3	200,059	32.88	–	3
	The Olive Tree		Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (incl. CM)	24,031	3.94	–	70,853	11.64	1	2
			Democrats of the Left			0	54,155	8.90	–	2
			The Sunflower (FdV–SDI–VGV)			0	23,663	3.89	–	1
			Communist Refoundation Party			0	16,510	2.71	–	–
			Party of Italian Communists			0	3,046	0.50	–	–
			Ladin Autonomist Union			0	0	0.00	–	1
	Italy of Values			26,014	4.26	0	24,663	4.05	–	–
	Bonino-Pannella List			6,471	1.06	0	11,808	1.94	–	–
	The Olive Tree–SVP			190,556	31.22	5	–
	European Democracy			0	0.00	–	9,643	1.58	–	–
Total				610,347	100.00	8	608,513	100.00	2	10
Valid votes				610,347	92.48		608,513	92.73
Invalid/blank votes				49,595	7.52		47,742	7.27
Total votes				659,942	100.00		656,255	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				778,248	84.80
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Trentino

Party or alliance				FPTP		Party vote		Seats
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	The Olive Tree–SVP		Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (CM)	152,979	51.67	51,393	15.91	–
			Democrats of the Left			45,086	13.95	2
			South Tyrolean People's Party			18,427	5.70	–
			Communist Refoundation Party			12,044	3.73	–
			The Sunflower (FdV–SDI)			7,042	2.18	1
			Party of Italian Communists			2,241	0.69	–
			Ladin Autonomist Union			0	0.00	1
	House of Freedoms		Forza Italia	119,108	40.23	93,097	28.81	–
			National Alliance			26,900	8.33	–
			Lega Nord (LNT–PATT)			20,323	6.29	–
			White Flower (CCD–UPD)			11,370	3.52	–
			Abolish Scorporo			342	0.11	–
	Italy of Values			20,450	6.91	18,205	5.63	–
	European Democracy			0	0.00	8,889	2.75	–
	Bonino-Pannella List			3,549	1.20	7,740	2.40	–
Total				296,086	100.00	323,099	100.00	4
Valid votes				296,086	92.52	323,099	92.45
Invalid/blank votes				23,926	7.48	26,405	7.55
Total votes				320,012	100.00	349,504	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				399,331	80.14
Source: Ministry of the Interior

South Tyrol

Party or alliance				FPTP		Party vote		Seats
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	South Tyrolean People's Party			173,735	58.00	181,629	60.50	3
	House of Freedoms		National Alliance	55,697	18.60	30,978	10.32	–
			Forza Italia			22,448	7.48	–
			Lega Nord (LNAAST)			1,937	0.65	–
			White Flower (CCD–CDU)			1,304	0.43	–
			Abolish Scorporo			123	0.04	–
	The Olive Tree		Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy	24,031	8.02	20,368	6.78	–
			The Sunflower (VGV–SDI)			16,630	5.54	–
			Democrats of the Left			8,177	2.72	–
			Communist Refoundation Party			4,477	1.49	–
			Party of Italian Communists			835	0.28	–
	Italy of Values			5,564	1.86	6,494	2.16	–
	Bonino-Pannella List			2,922	0.98	4,053	1.35	–
	European Democracy			0	0.00	739	0.25	–
	The Olive Tree–SVP			37,577	12.55	0	0.00	1
Total				299,526	100.00	300,192	100.00	4
Valid votes				299,526	92.63	300,192	92.84
Invalid/blank votes				23,816	7.37	23,147	7.16
Total votes				323,342	100.00	323,339	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				378,917	85.33
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Senate of the Republic

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	The Olive Tree–SVP	175,635	31.89	3
	House of Freedoms	170,029	30.87	2
	SVP	126,177	22.91	2
	Italy of Values	26,603	4.83	–
	The Olive Tree	18,312	3.33	–
	Communist Refoundation Party	16,326	2.96	–
	Bonino-Pannella List	12,294	2.23	–
	Die Freiheitlichen	5,354	0.97	–
Total		550,730	100.00	7
Valid votes		550,730	92.68
Invalid/blank votes		43,514	7.32
Total votes		594,244	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		703,297	84.49
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Vote in Trentino

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	The Olive Tree–SVP	122,196	43.25	2
	House of Freedoms	120,456	42.64	1
	Italy of Values	19,612	6.94	–
	Communist Refoundation Party	11,812	4.18	–
	Bonino-Pannella List	8,184	2.90	–
	Die Freiheitlichen	245	0.09	–
Total		282,505	100.00	3
Valid votes		282,505	92.75
Invalid/blank votes		22,067	7.25
Total votes		304,572	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		363,801	83.72
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Vote in South Tyrol

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	SVP	126,177	47.04	2
	The Olive Tree–SVP	53,439	19.92	1
	House of Freedoms	49,573	18.48	–
	The Olive Tree	18,312	6.83	–
	Italy of Values	6,991	2.61	–
	Die Freiheitlichen	5,109	1.90	–
	Communist Refoundation Party	4,514	1.68	–
	Bonino-Pannella List	4,110	1.53	–
Total		268,225	100.00	3
Valid votes		268,225	92.60
Invalid/blank votes		21,447	7.40
Total votes		289,672	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		339,496	85.32
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Elected members of Parliament

Chamber of Deputies

Südtiroler Volkspartei

• Siegfried Brugger
• Hans Widmann
• Karl Zeller

Forza Italia

• Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora

The Daisy

• Gianclaudio Bressa
• Sergio Mattarella

Democrats of the Left

• Giovanni Kessler
• Luigi Olivieri

The Sunflower

• Marco Boato (FdV)

Ladin Autonomist Union

• Giuseppe Detomas

Senate of the Republic

Südtiroler Volkspartei

• Helga Thaler Ausserhofer
• Alois Kofler
• Oskar Peterlini (for SVP-L'ULIVO)

The Daisy

• Renzo Michelini (Daisy Civic List)
• Mauro Betta (Daisy Civic List)

CCD–UDC

• Renzo Gubert (UPD)
• Ivo Tarolli (CCD)

See also

• 2001 Italian general election in Aosta Valley
• Proporz