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A national general election was held in Italy on May 13 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. The 14th Parliament of the Italian republic was chosen.Leader of the right-wing House of Freedoms Silvio Berlusconi won the election defeating Francesco Rutelli former Mayor of Rome and premieral candidate of the leftist Olive Tree coalition and rising back to power after his first victory in 1994.