Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001

Norwegian Parliamentary election, 2001

1997 ← members 10 and 11 September 2001 → 2005

All 169 seats to the Norwegian Parliament 85 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Thorbjørn Jagland Jan Petersen Carl I. Hagen Party Labour Party Conservative Party Progress Party Leader since 1992 1994 1978 Last election 65 seats (35.0%) 23 seats (14.3%) 25 seats (15.3%) Seats won 43 38 26 Seat change -22 +15 +1 Popular vote 612,632 534,852 369,236 Percentage 24.3% 21.2% 14.6%

Prime Minister before election Jens Stoltenberg Stoltenberg's First Cabinet Prime Minister-designate Kjell Magne Bondevik Bondevik's Second Cabinet

Distribution of mandates after the 2001 Norwegian parliamentary election:

  Socialist Left Party

  Labour Party

  Centre Party

  Christian Democratic Party

  Liberal Party

  Conservative Party

  Coastal Party

  Progress Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 10 and 11 September 2001. The Labour Party won a plurality of votes and seats, but was unable to form a government. Instead, a centre-right coalition of the Conservative Party, the Christian People's Party and Liberal Party was formed, led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of the Christian Democratic Party, with confidence and supply support from the Progress Party (Norway).

Opinion polls

Polls are indicated by share of votes in percentage, or by seats indicated by brackets. The Progress Party saw the most surprising changes in support, having achieved as high as 34.7% in September 2000, and in 2001 almost closing down to 10% at the lowest. The Labour Party and Conservative Party also varied greatly in support in the years before the election.

Polling Firm	Date	Source	Ap	H	FrP	KrF	SV	Sp	V	RV	Kp	Others
MMI	2000-05	[1]	38.8%	12.3%	16.7%	13.0%	7.7%	4.9%	3.5%	1.7%	n/a	1.5%
MMI	2000-06-10	[2]	32.8%	17.9%	19.4%	12.8%	6.7%	5.8%	2.9%	0.8%	n/a	1.0%
Nationen	2000-07	[3]	29.2%	14.4%	23.2%	13.5%	8.3%	6.9%	2.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Norsk Gallup	2000-08	[4]	29.0%	19.0%	22.5%	11.0%	8.5%	6.5%	2.5%	2.5%	n/a	n/a
Opinion	2000-08-25	[5]	27.2%	15.4%	22.5%	11.8%	9.9%	n/a	4.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Nationen	2000-08-30	[6]	22.1%	14.9%	24.8%	16.4%	7.8%	6.6%	3.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Norsk Gallup	2000-09-05	[7]	24.0%	17.5%	28.0%	12.0%	9.0%	6.0%	3.0%	2.0%	n/a	n/a
AC Nielsen	2000-09-29	[8]	25.5%	10.6%	34.7%	10.8%	8.0%	4.9%	3.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Opinion	2000-10-13	[9]	22.7%	16.0%	29.8%	12.8%	n/a	4.4%	2.7%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Norsk Gallup	2000-11	[10]	24.5%	17.0%	27.0%	11.5%	10.0%	5.0%	3.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Norsk Gallup	2000-12-05	[11]	27.5%	17.5%	23.5%	13.0%	7.5%	5.5%	2.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Din Mening/Norsk Statistikk	2001-02	[12]	30.6%	17.8%	18.5%	13.0%	7.1%	7.1%	3.4%	1.3%	n/a	n/a
Norsk Gallup	2001-03	[13]	29.0%	22.0%	17.5%	9.0%	10.0%	5.5%	3.5%	n/a	n/a	1.5%
Din Mening/Norsk Statistikk	2001-03-27	[14]	30.4%	18.4%	13.7%	14.4%	9.7%	7.6%	3.8%	1.5%	n/a	n/a
Norsk Gallup	2001-04-06	[15]	31.0%	20.5%	11.0%	13.5%	10.0%	5.0%	4.0%	n/a	n/a	3.5%
MMI	2001-06	[16]	24.0%	30.9%	14.0%	12.7%	7.7%	6.2%	1.9%	1.0%	n/a	1.7%
MMI	2001-08-16	[17]	26.4%	26.6%	14.2%	13.2%	8.9%	5.0%	2.9%	0.9%	n/a	1.8%
Norsk Gallup	2001-09-04	[18]	26.5%	23.5%	12.0%	11.0%	14.0%	6.0%	2.5%	n/a	(2)	n/a
MMI	2001-09-07	[19]	26.2%	22.9%	14.0%	11.7%	12.0%	4.7%	3.8%	1.1%	n/a	3.5%
AC Nielsen Norge	2001-09-07	[20]	24.9%	21.7%	13.5%	14.8%	12.2%	5.0%	3.4%	1.2%	n/a	3.3%
Norsk Gallup	2001-09-07	[21]	25.5%	25.5%	11.5%	11.0%	15%	4.5%	2.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	612,632	24.3	43	–22
Conservative Party	534,852	21.2	38	+15
Progress Party	369,236	14.6	26	+1
Socialist Left Party	316,397	12.5	23	+14
Christian People's Party	312,839	12.4	22	–3
Centre Party	140,287	5.6	10	–1
Liberal Party	98,486	3.9	2	–4
Coastal Party	44,010	1.7	1	New
Red Electoral Alliance	30,015	1.2	0	0
The Political Party	19,457	0.8	0	New
Pensioners' Party	17,940	0.7	0	0
Christian Unity Party	6,742	0.3	0	New
Environment Party The Greens	3,785	0.2	0	0
Fatherland Party	2,353	0.1	0	0
Communist Party	1,726	0.1	0	0
Norwegian People's Party	1,609	0.1	0	New
Non-Partisan Coastal and Rural District Party	1,052	0.0	0	0
Social Democrats	351	0.0	0	New
Natural Law Party	269	0.0	0	0
Liberal People's Party	166	0.0	0	0
County lists	7,616	0.3	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	13,956	–	–	–
Total	2,535,776	100	165	0
Registered voters/turnout	3,359,433	75.5	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Elections Database

Further reading

• Madeley, John T. S. (April 2002). "Outside the Whale: Norway's Storting Election of 10 September 2001". West European Politics 25 (2): 212–222. doi:10.1080/713869592. 

External links

• Storting Election 2001 - Labour's worst election in 77 years from Statistics Norway
• Detailed results (in Norwegian)
• Results by district from Adam Carr's Election Archive