The 2001 Paris municipal elections were held on 11 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 was re-established in 1977.Liste Jean Tiberi, RPR dissident.
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 eight, and The Greens one.
Candidates Yves Contassot (LV), Paris councilor Bertrand Delanoë (PS), Paris councilor, member of the Senate and former member of the National Assembly Philippe Séguin (RPR), member and former president of the National Assembly Jean Tiberi (RPR), incumbent mayor and member of the National Assembly
General results
Elected mayors +ArrondissementIncumbent mayorPartyElected mayorPartyParisJean TiberiRPRBertrand DelanoëPS1stJean-François LegaretRPRJean-François LegaretRPR2ndBenoîte TaffinDVDJacques BoutaultThe Greens3rdPierre AidenbaumPSPierre AidenbaumPS4thLucien FinelUDFDominique BertinottiPS5thJean-Charles BardonRPRJean TiberiRPR6thJean-Pierre LecoqRPRJean-Pierre LecoqRPR7thMartine AurillacRPRMartine AurillacRPR8thFrançois LebelRPRFrançois LebelRPR9thGabriel KaspereitRPRJacques BravoPS10thTony DreyfusPSTony DreyfusPS11thGeorges SarreMDCGeorges SarreMDC12thJean-François PerninUDFMichèle BlumenthalPS13thJacques ToubonRPRSerge BliskoPS14thLionel AssouadRPRPierre CastagnouPS15thRené Galy-DejeanRPRRené Galy-DejeanRPR16thPierre-Christian TaittingerDLPierre-Christian TaittingerDL17thPierre RémondRPRFrançoise de PanafieuRPR18thDaniel VaillantPSAnnick LepetitPS19thRoger MadecPSRoger MadecPS20thMichel CharzatPSMichel CharzatPS
See also 2001 French municipal elections
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