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.

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

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party612,63224.343–22
Conservative Party534,85221.238+15
Progress Party369,23614.626+1
Socialist Left Party316,39712.523+14
Christian People's Party312,83912.422–3
Centre Party140,2875.610–1
Liberal Party98,4863.92–4
Coastal Party44,0101.71New
Red Electoral Alliance30,0151.200
The Political Party19,4570.80New
Pensioners' Party17,9400.700
Christian Unity Party6,7420.30New
Environment Party The Greens3,7850.200
Fatherland Party2,3530.100
Communist Party1,7260.100
Norwegian People's Party1,6090.10New
Non-Partisan Coastal and Rural District Party1,0520.000
Social Democrats3510.00New
Natural Law Party2690.000
Liberal People's Party1660.000
Other parties and county lists7,6160.30New
Invalid/blank votes13,956
Total2,535,7761001650
Registered voters/turnout3,359,43375.5
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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.