2001 Norwegian parliamentary election

2001 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 165 seats in the Storting
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Thorbjørn Jagland Jan Petersen Carl I. Hagen
Party Labour Conservative Progress
Last election 35.00%, 65 seats 14.34%, 23 seats 15.30%, 25 seats
Seats won 43 38 26
Seat change Decrease22 Increase15 Increase1
Popular vote 612,632 534,852 369,236
Percentage 24.29% 21.21% 14.64%
Swing Decrease 10.71 pp Increase 6.87 pp Decrease 0.66 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kristin Halvorsen Kjell Magne Bondevik Odd Roger Enoksen
Party Socialist Left Christian Democratic Centre
Last election 6.01%, 9 seats 13.66%, 25 seats 7.93%, 11 seats
Seats won 23 22 10
Seat change Increase14 Decrease3 Decrease1
Popular vote 316,397 312,839 140,287
Percentage 12.55% 12.41% 5.56%
Swing Increase 6.54 pp Decrease 1.25 pp Decrease 2.37 pp

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Lars Sponheim Steinar Bastesen
Party Liberal Coastal
Last election 4.45%, 6 seats
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Decrease4 New
Popular vote 98,486 44,010
Percentage 3.91% 1.75%
Swing Decrease 0.54 pp New

Results by county

Prime Minister before election

Jens Stoltenberg
Labour

Prime Minister after election

Kjell Magne Bondevik
Christian Democratic

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 9 and 10 September 2001. 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 Democratic 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.

Campaign

Political parties

Name Ideology Position Leader 1997 result
Votes (%) Seats
Ap Labour Party
Arbeiderpartiet
Social democracy Centre-left Thorbjørn Jagland 35.0%
65 / 165
FrP Progress Party
Fremskrittspartiet
Conservative liberalism Right-wing Carl I. Hagen 15.3%
25 / 165
H Conservative Party
Høyre
Conservatism Centre-right Jan Petersen 14.3%
23 / 165
KrF Christian Democratic Party
Kristelig Folkeparti
Christian democracy Centre to centre-right Kjell Magne Bondevik 13.6%
25 / 165
Sp Centre Party
Senterpartiet
Agrarianism Centre Odd Roger Enoksen 7.9%
11 / 165
SV Socialist Left Party
Sosialistisk Venstreparti
Democratic socialism Left-wing Kristin Halvorsen 6.0%
9 / 165
V Liberal Party
Venstre
Social liberalism Centre Lars Sponheim 4.4%
6 / 165
Kp Coastal Party
Kystpartiet
Northern-regionalism Centre to centre-right Steinar Bastesen new
1 / 165

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 Fieldwork date Sample
size
RV SV Ap Sp V KrF H FrP Others Lead
2001 election 9–10 September 2001 1.2 12.5 24.3 5.6 3.9 12.4 21.2 14.6 4.3 3.1
Norsk Gallup September 2001 15.0 25.5 4.5 2.5 11.0 25.5 11.5 Tie
AC Nielsen Norge September 2001 1.2 12.2 24.9 5.0 3.4 14.8 21.7 13.5 3.3 3.2
MMI September 2001 1.1 12.0 26.2 4.7 3.8 11.7 22.9 14.0 3.5 3.3
Norsk Gallup 27 Aug-2 Sep 2000 993 14.0 26.5 6.0 2.5 11.0 23.5 12.0 3.0
MMI 18 Aug 2001 0.9 8.9 26.4 5.0 2.9 13.2 26.6 14.2 1.8 0.2
MMI June 2001 1.0 7.7 24.0 6.2 1.9 12.7 30.9 14.0 1.7 6.9
Norsk Gallup April 2001 10.0 31.0 5.0 4.0 13.5 20.5 11.0 3.5 10.5
Din Mening/Norsk Statistikk March 2001 1.5 9.7 30.4 7.6 3.8 14.4 18.4 13.7 12.0
Norsk Gallup March 2001 10.0 29.0 5.5 3.5 9.0 22.0 17.5 1.5 7.0
Din Mening/Norsk Statistikk February 2001 1.3 7.1 30.6 7.1 3.4 13.0 17.8 18.5 12.1
Norsk Gallup 12 May 2000 7.5 27.5 5.5 2.5 13.0 17.5 23.5 4.0
Norsk Gallup Nov 2000 10.0 24.5 5.0 3.5 11.5 17.0 27.0 2.5
Opinion 13 Oct 2000 22.7 4.4 2.7 12.8 16.0 29.8 7.1
AC Nielsen 29 Sep 2000 8.0 25.5 4.9 3.3 10.8 10.6 34.7 9.2
Norsk Gallup 5 Sep 2000 2.0 9.0 24.0 6.0 3.0 12.0 17.5 28.0 4.0
Nationen Aug 2000 7.8 22.1 6.6 3.5 16.4 14.9 24.8 2.7
Opinion 25 Aug 2000 9.9 27.2 4.5 11.8 15.4 22.5 4.7
Norsk Gallup August 2000 2.5 8.5 29.0 6.5 2.5 11.0 19.0 22.5 6.5
Nationen July 2000 8.3 29.2 6.9 2.3 13.5 14.4 23.2 6.0
MMI 5-8 Jun 2000 902 0.8 6.7 32.8 5.8 2.9 12.8 17.9 19.4 1.0 13.4
MMI May 2000 1.7 7.7 38.8 4.9 3.5 13.0 12.3 16.7 1.5 22.1
1997 election 15 Sep 1997 1.7 6.0 35.0 7.9 4.5 13.7 14.3 15.3 1.6 2.4

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party612,63224.2943–22
Conservative Party534,85221.2138+15
Progress Party369,23614.6426+1
Socialist Left Party316,39712.5523+14
Christian Democratic Party312,83912.4122–3
Centre Party140,2875.5610–1
Liberal Party98,4863.912–4
Coastal Party44,0101.751New
Red Electoral Alliance30,0151.1900
The Political Party19,4570.770New
Pensioners' Party17,9400.7100
Christian Unity Party6,7420.270New
Environment Party The Greens3,7850.1500
Fatherland Party2,3530.0900
Communist Party1,7260.0700
Norwegian People's Party1,6090.060New
Non-Partisan Coastal and Rural District Party1,0520.0400
Social Democrats3510.010New
Natural Law Party2690.0100
Liberal People's Party1660.0100
Other parties and county lists7,6160.300New
Total2,521,820100.001650
Valid votes2,521,82099.45
Invalid/blank votes13,9560.55
Total votes2,535,776100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,359,43375.48
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Elections Database

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
Ap H Frp SV KrF Sp V KP
Akershus 15 3 5 3 2 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 1 1 1 1
Buskerud 7 2 2 1 1 1
Finnmark 4 2 1 1
Hedmark 8 3 1 1 1 1 1
Hordaland 17 3 4 3 2 3 1 1
Møre og Romsdal 10 2 2 2 1 2 1
Nord-Trøndelag 6 2 1 1 1 1
Nordland 12 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
Oppland 7 3 1 1 1 1
Oslo 16 4 5 2 3 1 1
Østfold 8 2 2 2 1 1
Rogaland 11 2 3 2 1 2 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 1 1 1 1 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 3 2 1 2 1 1
Telemark 6 2 1 1 1 1
Troms 6 2 1 1 1 1
Vest-Agder 5 1 2 2
Vestfold 8 2 2 2 1 1
Total 165 43 38 26 23 22 10 2 1
Source: Statistics Norway

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