| Election Name: | 2001 Paris municipal election |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Paris with coat of arms.svg |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Election: | 1995 Paris municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Next Election: | 2008 Paris municipal election |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Seats For Election: | All 163 members of the Council of Paris |
| Majority Seats: | 82 |
| Election Date: | 11 and 18 March 2001 |
| Leader1: | Bertrand Delanoë |
| Party1: | Socialist Party (France) |
| Last Election1: | 46.46%, 58 seats |
| Seat Change1: | 12 |
| Seats1: | 69 |
| Popular Vote1: | 298 899 |
| Percentage1: | 49.60% |
| Leader2: | Philippe Séguin |
| Party2: | Rally for the Republic |
| Leaders Seat2: | Did not stand |
| Last Election2: | 36.17%, 99 seats |
| Seat Change2: | 43 |
| Seats2: | 56 |
| Popular Vote2: | 228,273 |
| Percentage2: | 36.07% |
| Leader4: | Jean Tiberi |
| Party4: | RPR dissenters |
| Leaders Seat4: | Did not stand |
| Last Election4: | Did not exist |
| Seat Change4: | 12 |
| Seats4: | 12 |
| Popular Vote4: | 77,715 |
| Percentage4: | 12.31% |
| Leader5: | Yves Contassot |
| Party5: | The Greens |
| Last Election5: | 3.77%, 5 seats |
| Seat Change5: | 18 |
| Seats5: | 23 |
| Popular Vote5: | 46,883 |
| Percentage5: | 12.35% |
| Mayor | |
| Posttitle: | Mayor-Elect |
| Before Election: | Jean Tiberi |
| Before Party: | Rally for the Republic |
| After Election: | Bertrand Delanoë |
| After Party: | Socialist Party (France) |
| Map Size: | 250px |
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]
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.
Jean Tiberi (RPR), incumbent Mayor and member of the National Assembly.
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.
Yves Contassot (LV), Paris Councilor.
| Party | |||||||
| Paris | Jean Tiberi | RPR | Bertrand Delanoë | PS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jean-François Legaret | RPR | Jean-François Legaret | RPR | |||
| 2nd | Benoîte Taffin | DVD | Jacques Boutault | The Greens | |||
| 3rd | Pierre Aidenbaum | PS | Pierre Aidenbaum | PS | |||
| 4th | Lucien Finel | UDF | Dominique Bertinotti | PS | |||
| 5th | Jean-Charles Bardon | RPR | Jean Tiberi | RPR | |||
| 6th | Jean-Pierre Lecoq | RPR | Jean-Pierre Lecoq | RPR | |||
| 7th | Martine Aurillac | RPR | Martine Aurillac | RPR | |||
| 8th | François Lebel | RPR | François Lebel | RPR | |||
| 9th | Gabriel Kaspereit | RPR | Jacques Bravo | PS | |||
| 10th | Tony Dreyfus | PS | Tony Dreyfus | PS | |||
| 11th | Georges Sarre | MDC | Georges Sarre | MDC | |||
| 12th | Jean-François Pernin | UDF | Michèle Blumenthal | PS | |||
| 13th | Jacques Toubon | RPR | Serge Blisko | PS | |||
| 14th | Lionel Assouad | RPR | Pierre Castagnou | PS | |||
| 15th | René Galy-Dejean | RPR | René Galy-Dejean | RPR | |||
| 16th | Pierre-Christian Taittinger | DL | Pierre-Christian Taittinger | DL | |||
| 17th | Pierre Rémond | RPR | Françoise de Panafieu | RPR | |||
| 18th | Daniel Vaillant | PS | Annick Lepetit | PS | |||
| 19th | Roger Madec | PS | Roger Madec | PS | |||
| 20th | Michel Charzat | PS | Michel Charzat | PS | |||