| Country: | Guyana |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1997 Guyanese general election |
| Previous Year: | 1997 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Guyanese general election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Majority Seats: | 33 |
| Election Date: | 19 March 2001 |
| Registered: | 440,185 |
| Turnout: | 91.72% |
| Image1: | Jagdeo03032007.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Bharrat Jagdeo |
| Party1: | People's Progressive Party/Civic |
| Seats1: | 34 |
| Popular Vote1: | 220,667 |
| Percentage1: | 52.96% |
| Swing1: | 2.30pp |
| Candidate2: | Desmond Hoyte |
| Party2: | PNC/R |
| Popular Vote2: | 165,866 |
| Percentage2: | 41.83% |
| Seats2: | 27 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Swing2: | 1.28pp |
| Image3: | 3x4.svg |
| Candidate3: | Paul Hardy |
| Party3: | GAP–WPA |
| Color3: | FF4500 |
| Popular Vote3: | 9,451 |
| Percentage3: | 2.38% |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Swing3: | 1.18pp |
| Image4: | 3x4.svg |
| Candidate4: | Ravi Dev |
| Party4: | ROAR |
| Popular Vote4: | 3,695 |
| Percentage4: | 0.93% |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | New |
| Swing4: | New |
| Image5: | 3x4.svg |
| Candidate5: | Manzoor Nadir |
| Party5: | The United Force |
| Popular Vote5: | 2,904 |
| Percentage5: | 0.73% |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Swing5: | 0.76pp |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | Elected President |
| Before Election: | Bharrat Jagdeo |
| Before Party: | PPP/C |
| After Election: | Bharrat Jagdeo |
| After Party: | PPP/C |
General elections were held in Guyana on 19 March 2001.[1] The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, which won 34 of the 65 seats. Voter turnout was 91.7%.[1]
Under the new electoral law adopted in February 2001,[2] the 65 members of the National Assembly were elected by closed list proportional representation in two groups; 25 members were elected from the 10 electoral districts based on the regions, and 40 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats were allocated using the Hare quota.[3] The pre-2001 arrangement under which 10 seats appointed by the Regional Councils and 2 by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs (an umbrella body representing the regional councils)[4] was abolished, and thus the entire National Assembly was elected by direct popular vote for the first time since 1973.
The President was elected by a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system, whereby each list nominated a presidential candidate and the presidential election itself was won by the candidate of the list having a plurality.