2001 Danish local elections

The Danish local elections of 2001 were held on 20 November 2001. 4647 municipal council members were elected to 271 municipal councils, as well as members of 13 counties of Denmark. Previously, there were 14 counties and 275 municipalities, but the county of Bornholm was merged with its 5 constituent municipalities 1 January 2003 to form Bornholm Regional Municipality. The voters of Bornholm elected the councillors in this election to lead the new entity from January 2003. The county and county council of Bornholm just continued its work until 2002 while the new Bornholm Regional Municipality was being built from the 6 old entities. From 1 January 2003 until 31 December 2006, Bornholm was both a municipality and a county, thereafter becoming a part of Region Hovedstaden and losing most of its county privileges.

Elections at the national level for the Folketing were held at the same time therefore resulting in an unusually high voter turnout.

Results of regional elections

The results of the regional elections:

County Councils

Ministry of interior informed that voter turnout was 86.0%. Elections to the Folketing were held at the same time therefore resulting in this unusually high voter turnout.

Party	Seats
Liberals (Venstre) (V)	139
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	129
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	35
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	24
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	23
Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	15
Christian Democrats (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)	4
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	2
Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S)	1
Others	2
Total	374

Municipal Councils

Ministry of interior informed that voter turnout was 85.0%. Elections to the Folketing were also held resulting in an unusually high voter turnout.

Party	Seats
Liberals (Venstre) (V)	1666
Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	1551
Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	444
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	237
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	168
Social Liberal Party (Det Radikale Venstre) (B)	88
Christian Democrats (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)	31
Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	11
Guldborgsundlisten (Guldborgsundlisten) (G)	9
Schleswig Party (Slesvigsk Parti) (S)	7
Others	431
Total	4647