| Country: | The Gambia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1996 Gambian presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Election Date: | 18 October 2001 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Gambian presidential election |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Registered: | 509,301 |
| Image1: | Yahya Jammeh.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Yahya Jammeh |
| Party1: | Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction |
| Popular Vote1: | 242,302 |
| Percentage1: | 52.84% |
| Nominee2: | Ousainou Darboe |
| Party2: | United Democratic Party (The Gambia) |
| Popular Vote2: | 149,448 |
| Percentage2: | 32.59% |
| Image3: | Hamat Bah 2017.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Hamat Bah |
| Party3: | National Reconciliation Party |
| Popular Vote3: | 35,671 |
| Percentage3: | 7.78% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Yahya Jammeh |
| Before Party: | Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Reconstruction |
| After Election: | Yahya Jammeh |
| After Party: | Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Reconstruction |
Presidential elections were held in the Gambia on 18 October 2001. The result was a victory for the incumbent Yahya Jammeh, who took just over 50% of the vote.
Pre-election violence resulted in the death of an unarmed opposition supporter who was shot by a police officer,[1] and several injuries.[2] The government also expelled a British diplomat who had attended an opposition rally.[3]