Danish parliamentary election, 2001

Danish parliamentary election, 2001

1998 ← 20 November 2001 → 2005

All 179 seats to the Folketing 90 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Anders Fogh Rasmussen Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Party Venstre Social Democrats Last election 42 seats, 24.0% 63 seats, 35.9% Seats won 56 52 Seat change +14 -11 Popular vote 1,077,858 1,003,023 Percentage 31.2% 29.1%

Prime Minister before election Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Social Democrats PM-elect Anders Fogh Rasmussen Venstre

Parliamentary elections were held in Denmark on 20 November 2001. For the first time since the 1924 the Social Democrats did not win the most seats. Anders Fogh Rasmussen of the centre-right Venstre became Prime Minister in coalition with the Conservative People's Party, as the head of the first Rasmussen government. The coalition relied on the vote of other right-wing parties such as the Danish People's Party, which polled better than ever before. Voter turnout was 87.1% in Denmark proper, 80.0% in the Faroe Islands and 61.5% in Greenland.

Results

Denmark
Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Venstre	1,077,858	31.2	56	+14
Social Democratic Party	1,003,323	29.1	52	–11
Danish People's Party	413,987	12.0	22	+9
Conservative People's Party	312,770	9.1	16	0
Socialist People's Party	219,842	6.4	12	–1
Danish Social Liberal Party	179,023	5.2	9	+2
Red-Green Alliance	82,685	2.4	4	–1
Christian People's Party	78,793	2.3	4	0
Centre Democrats	61,031	1.8	0	–8
Progress Party	19,340	0.5	0	–4
Independents	1,016	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	35,247	–	–	–
Total	3,484,915	100	175	0
Faroe Islands
Union Party	7,208	27.3	1	+1
Republican Party	6,578	24.9	1	+1
Social Democratic Party	6,187	23.4	0	–1
People's Party	5,417	20.5	0	–1
Centre Party	569	2.2	0	New
Self-Government Party	434	1.6	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	105	–	–	–
Total	26,393	100	2	0
Greenland
Inuit Ataqatigiit	7,172	30.8	1	+1
Forward	6,033	25.9	1	0
Feeling of Community	5,138	22.1	0	–1
Independents	4,917	21.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	559	–	–	–
Total	23,819	100	2	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver