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 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.
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See also: List of political parties in Norway
More information Name, Ideology ...
| 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 | |
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Slogans
More information Party, Original slogan ...
| Party | Original slogan | English translation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | «Hvis velferd er viktigst» | ||
| Progress Party | «For folk flest» | ||
| Christian Democratic Party | «Varmere samfunn» | ||
| Conservative Party | «Ny kurs. Nye muligheter» | ||
| Centre Party | «Ta Norge i bruk» | ||
| Socialist Left Party | «Barn og unge først» | ||
| Liberal Party | «Du er sjefen» | ||
| Red Electoral Alliance | «Opprørsvalg» | ||
| Sources: [2][3] | |||
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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.
More information Polling firm, Fieldwork date ...
| 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 |
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More information Party, Votes ...
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 612,632 | 24.29 | 43 | –22 | |
| Conservative Party | 534,852 | 21.21 | 38 | +15 | |
| Progress Party | 369,236 | 14.64 | 26 | +1 | |
| Socialist Left Party | 316,397 | 12.55 | 23 | +14 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 312,839 | 12.41 | 22 | –3 | |
| Centre Party | 140,287 | 5.56 | 10 | –1 | |
| Liberal Party | 98,486 | 3.91 | 2 | –4 | |
| Coastal Party | 44,010 | 1.75 | 1 | New | |
| Red Electoral Alliance | 30,015 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Political Party | 19,457 | 0.77 | 0 | New | |
| Pensioners' Party | 17,940 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Unity Party | 6,742 | 0.27 | 0 | New | |
| Environment Party The Greens | 3,785 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fatherland Party | 2,353 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist Party | 1,726 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norwegian People's Party | 1,609 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Non-Partisan Coastal and Rural District Party | 1,052 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Social Democrats | 351 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Natural Law Party | 269 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal People's Party | 166 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other parties and county lists | 7,616 | 0.30 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 2,521,820 | 100.00 | 165 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,521,820 | 99.45 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 13,956 | 0.55 | |||
| Total votes | 2,535,776 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,359,433 | 75.48 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Elections Database | |||||
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Voter demographics
More information Cohort, Percentage of cohort voting for ...
| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ap | H | FrP | Sv | KrF | Sp | V | Others | |
| Total vote | 24.29% | 21.21% | 14.64% | 12.55% | 12.41% | 5.56% | 3.91% | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Females | 26.2% | 19% | 10.9% | 15.4% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 3.4% | |
| Males | 22.5% | 23.2% | 18.3% | 9.8% | 5.7% | 5.7% | 4.4% | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–30 years old | 16.2% | 22.4% | 14.5% | 21.2% | 9.1% | 3.7% | 3.7% | |
| 30-59 years old | 25.1% | 23.2% | 12.6% | 13.3% | 11.6% | 5.6% | 4.2% | |
| 60 years old and older | 27.2% | 15.7% | 19.6% | 5.4% | 16.4% | 6.4% | 3.4% | |
| Work | ||||||||
| low income | 23.6% | 13.8% | 17% | 14.4% | 15.4% | 6.7% | 2.8% | |
| Average income | 22.8% | 20.7% | 14.8% | 12.9% | 12.7% | 6.3% | 3.6% | |
| High income | 26.5% | 29.2% | 10.8% | 11% | 9.7% | 3.7% | 5.5% | |
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary school | 27.7% | 12.3% | 24.5% | 7.5% | 12.3% | 5.9% | 1.6% | |
| High school | 24.7% | 21.9% | 15% | 11.4% | 13.1% | 6.6% | 2.6% | |
| University/college | 22.1% | 24.1% | 7.8% | 17.9% | 11.3% | 3.4% | 8.3% | |
| Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research[4] | ||||||||
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Seat distribution
More information Constituency, Total seats ...
| Constituency | Total seats |
Seats won | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By party | By coalition | |||||||||||
| Ap | H | FrP | SV | KrF | Sp | V | KP | Borgerlig | Red-green | |||
| Akershus | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| Aust-Agder | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Buskerud | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Finnmark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Hedmark | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Hordaland | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Møre og Romsdal | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Nord-Trøndelag | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Nordland | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Oppland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Oslo | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| Østfold | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Rogaland | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Sør-Trøndelag | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Telemark | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Troms | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Vest-Agder | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Vestfold | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 165 | 43 | 38 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 76 | |
| Source: Statistics Norway | ||||||||||||
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