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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