2001 Paris municipal election

2001 Paris municipal election

11 and 18 March 2001

Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Bertrand Delanoë Philippe Séguin Jean Tiberi Party PS RPR RPR dissenters Leader's seat 18th Arrondissement Did not stand Did not stand Last election 46.46%, 58 seats 36.17%, 99 seats Did not exist Seats won 69 56 12 Seat change 12 43 12 Popular vote 298 899 228,273 77,715 Percentage 49.60% 36.07% 12.31%   Fourth party   Leader Yves Contassot Party The Greens Leader's seat 3rd Arrondissement Last election 3.77%, 5 seats Seats won 23 Seat change 18 Popular vote 46,883 Percentage 12.35%

Results of arrondissement mayoral elections

Mayor before election Jean Tiberi RPR Mayor-Elect Bertrand Delanoë PS

The 2001 Paris Municipal Elections were held on the 11th and 18th of March 2001, alongside many other municipal elections throughout France, to elect the Mayor of Paris. Incumbent Mayor Jean Tiberi faced Bertrand Delanoë of the Socialist Party, a Paris councilor and member of the [[Senate (France)|Senate)). Tiberi also faced a challenger from the right in Philippe Séguin due to him having split off from the RPR to form his own dissident faction within the Paris City Council. This caused the right vote to be split which allowed Delanoë's Socialists to come to power for the first time since an independent Paris Mayorship has been re-established in 1977.

Candidates

Jean Tiberi (RPR), incumbent Mayor and member of the National Assembly.
Bertrand Delanoë (PS), Paris City Councilor, member of the Senate and former member of the National Assembly.
Philippe Séguin (RPR), member and former president of the National Assembly.
Yves Contassot (LV), Paris City Councilor.

See also

• 2001 French municipal elections