Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001
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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 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 People's Party.
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[edit] 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 Party (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%.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jan Simonsen, who was elected as a member of the Progress Party, later sat as an independent after being expelled from the party. He was later followed by Ursula Evje, who left the party in early 2005.
- ^ 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] External links
- Storting Election 2001 - Labour's worst election in 77 years from Statistics Norway
- Detailed results (in Norwegian)
- Results by district from Adam Carr's Election Archive
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