2001 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 9 and 10 September 2001.[1] The governing Labour Party lost seats and their vote share was the worst they had ever obtained in a post-war election. Although they still won a plurality of votes and seats, they were 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.

2001 Norwegian Parliamentary election

9–10 September 2001
All 165 seats to the Norwegian Parliament 83 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Thorbjørn Jagland Jan Petersen Carl I. Hagen Party Labour Conservative Progress 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% Swing 10.7 pp 6.9 pp 0.7 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kristin Halvorsen Valgerd Svarstad Haugland Åslaug Haga Party Socialist Left Christian Democratic Centre Last election 9 seats, 6.0% 25 seats, 13.7% 11 seats, 7.9% Seats won 23 22 10 Seat change 14 3 1 Popular vote 316,397 312,839 140,287 Percentage 12.5% 12.4% 5.6% Swing 6.5 pp 1.3 pp 2.3 pp   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Lars Sponheim Steinar Bastesen Party Liberal Coastal Last election 6 seats, 4.5% – Seats won 2 1 Seat change 4 new Popular vote 98,486 44,010 Percentage 3.9% 1.7% Swing 0.6 pp new
Prime Minister before election Jens Stoltenberg Labour Elected Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik Christian Democratic

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.

Pollster	Date	Ap	H	FrP	KrF	SV	Sp	V	RV	Kp	Others
MMI	2000-05	38.8%	12.3%	16.7%	13.0%	7.7%	4.9%	3.5%	1.7%	n/a	1.5%
MMI	2000-06-10	32.8%	17.9%	19.4%	12.8%	6.7%	5.8%	2.9%	0.8%	n/a	1.0%
Nationen	2000-07	29.2%	14.4%	23.2%	13.5%	8.3%	6.9%	2.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Norsk Gallup	2000-08	29.0%	19.0%	22.5%	11.0%	8.5%	6.5%	2.5%	2.5%	n/a	n/a
Opinion	2000-08-25	27.2%	15.4%	22.5%	11.8%	9.9%	n/a	4.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Nationen	2000-08-30	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	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	25.5%	10.6%	34.7%	10.8%	8.0%	4.9%	3.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Opinion	2000-10-13	22.7%	16.0%	29.8%	12.8%	n/a	4.4%	2.7%	n/a	n/a	n/a
Norsk Gallup	2000-11	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	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	30.6%	17.8%	18.5%	13.0%	7.1%	7.1%	3.4%	1.3%	n/a	n/a
Norsk Gallup	2001-03	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	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	31.0%	20.5%	11.0%	13.5%	10.0%	5.0%	4.0%	n/a	n/a	3.5%
MMI	2001-06	24.0%	30.9%	14.0%	12.7%	7.7%	6.2%	1.9%	1.0%	n/a	1.7%
MMI	2001-08-16	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	26.5%	23.5%	12.0%	11.0%	14.0%	6.0%	2.5%	n/a	(2)	n/a
MMI	2001-09-07	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	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	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
Other parties and 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

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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
• Results by district Psephos