2001 Paris municipal election

The 2001 Paris Municipal Elections were held on the 11th and 18 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. Tiberi also faced a challenger from the right in Philippe Séguin, the former president of France's National Assembly due to Tiberi having split off from the RPR to form his own dissident faction within the Council of Paris. Tiberi also faced green city councilor Yves Contassot. Due to the division within the RPR, the center-right vote was 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.^[1][2]

2001 Paris municipal election

← 1995 11 and 18 March 2001 2008 →
All 163 members of the Council of Paris 82 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Bertrand Delanoë Philippe Séguin Party PS RPR Leader's seat 18th Arrondissement Did not stand Last election 46.46%, 58 seats 36.17%, 99 seats Seats won 69 56 Seat change 12 43 Popular vote 298 899 228,273 Percentage 49.60% 36.07%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Jean Tiberi Yves Contassot Party RPR dissenters The Greens Leader's seat Did not stand 3rd Arrondissement Last election Did not exist 3.77%, 5 seats Seats won 12 23 Seat change 12 18 Popular vote 77,715 46,883 Percentage 12.31% 12.35%
Results of arrondissement mayoral elections
Mayor before election Jean Tiberi RPR Mayor-Elect Bertrand Delanoë PS

Control for the Mayorships of Paris's 20 arrondissements was also in play. The Socialist Party won 11 arrondissement mayorships, the two RPR factions together 8, and The Greens 1.