Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001
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Template:Politics of Norway A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 10 September 2001. The Labour Party won a plurality of votes and seats, closely followed by the Conservative Party. The Labour Party was unable to form a government, and a conservative coalition led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of the Christian People's Party came to power.
Results
| Party | Vote | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | ± | total | ± | |
| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 24.3 | −10.7 | 43 | −22 |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 21.2 | +6.9 | 38 | +15 |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) ¹ | 14.6 | −0.7 | 26 | +1 |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 12.5 | +6.5 | 23 | +14 |
| Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 12.4 | −1.3 | 22 | −3 |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 5.6 | −2.4 | 10 | −1 |
| Liberal Left (Venstre) | 3.9 | −0.6 | 2 | −4 |
| Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) ² | 1.7 | +1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Others | 3.8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 100% | 165 | ||
Turnout was 75.1%.
Notes
- Jan Simonsen, who was elected as a member of the Progress Party, later sat as an independent after being expelled from the party.
- The Coastal Party was formally founded in 1999, but its leader, Steinar Bastesen, had won a seat at the previous election under the name Tverrpolitisk Folkevalgte.
External links
- Storting Election 2001 - Labour's worst election in 77 years (http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/01/10/stortingsvalg_en/) from Statistics Norway
- Detailed results (http://odin.dep.no/krd/html/valgresultat2001/b5_.html) (in Norwegian)
- Results by district (http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/n/norway/norway2001.txt) from Adam Carr's Election Archive