Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001

Norwegian Parliamentary election, 2001

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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%   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%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Lars Sponheim Steinar Bastesen Party Liberal Coastal Last election 6 seats, 4.5% New Seats won 2 1 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 98,486 44,010 Percentage 3.9% 1.7%
Prime Minister before election Jens Stoltenberg Labour Prime Minister-designate Kjell Magne Bondevik Christian Democratic

Jens Stoltenberg
Labour

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 lowest 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.

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.

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