Basque parliamentary election, 2001

Basque regional election, 2001

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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% 18 seats, 21.1% 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 EB–IU Leader since 14 February 1998 14 May 1994 Leader's seat Gipuzkoa 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
Constituency results map for the Basque Parliament
Lehendakari before election Juan José Ibarretxe PNV–EA Elected Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe PNV–EA

Juan José Ibarretxe
PNV–EA

Juan José Ibarretxe
PNV–EA

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 electoral coalition Basque Nationalist Party–Basque Solidarity (PNV–EA) won 33 seats, the People's Party (PP) came second with 19 seats, the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE–EE) came in third with 13 seats. The Basque Citizens (EH) coalition obtained 7 seats.

The Basque Parliament was elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation. Under the regional Statute of Autonomy, all three Basque historical territories—the provinces—were to constitute multi-member districts, being assigned an equal number of seats each. The electoral law set this to a fixed-number of 25, for a total of 75 seats. A 2000 reform of the electoral law lowered the election threshold from 5% to 3% of valid votes—which included blank ballots—per constituency, with parties not reaching the threshold not taken into consideration for seat distribution.