2001 Basque regional election

2001 Basque regional election

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All 75 seats in the Basque Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	1,813,356 0.5%
Turnout	1,431,996 (79.0%) 9.0 pp
First party Second party Third party   Leader Juan José Ibarretxe Jaime Mayor Oreja Nicolás Redondo Party PNV–EA PP PSE–EE (PSOE) Leader since 31 January 1998 26 February 2001 20 October 1997 Leader's seat Álava Biscay Biscay Last election 27 seats, 36.2%[a] 18 seats, 21.1%[b] 14 seats, 17.4% Seats won 33 19 13 Seat change 6 1 1 Popular vote 604,222 326,933 253,195 Percentage 42.4% 22.9% 17.8% Swing 6.2 pp 1.8 pp 0.4 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Arnaldo Otegi Javier Madrazo Party EH IU/EB Leader since 14 February 1998 14 May 1994 Leader's seat Guipúzcoa Biscay Last election 14 seats, 17.7% 2 seats, 5.6% Seats won 7 3 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 143,139 78,862 Percentage 10.0% 5.5% Swing 7.7 pp 0.1 pp
Vote winner strength by constituency Election result by constituency
Lehendakari before election Juan José Ibarretxe EAJ/PNV Elected Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe EAJ/PNV

The 2001 Basque regional election was held on Sunday, 13 May 2001, to elect the 7th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election.

The PNV–EA alliance, established by the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) and Basque Solidarity (EA) parties which had formed the Basque government since 1998, won a landslide victory with 33 seats and 42.4% of the share, which represented their best combined result in history as well as the best performance for the top voted list in a Basque regional election, outperforming the PNV's own record in 1984. The People's Party (PP), which for this election ran in coalition with Alavese Unity (UA), came second with 22.9% of the share and 19 seats, whereas the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE) came in third with 13 seats and 17.8% of the vote. Together, they fell well short of their intended aim of commanding an overall majority in parliament that was able to oust the ruling PNV from power, but also one seat behind the PNV–EA result. The abertzale left Basque Citizens (EH) coalition obtained 7 seats and 10.0% of the vote, in what was seen as a mix of both tactical voting in favour of the PNV–EA list as well as a punishment to the political force because of its leadership's alleged collaboration with the banned separatist group ETA.
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