2001 Norwegian parliamentary election

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.

2001 Norwegian parliamentary election
9–10 September 2001
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 22 15 1
Popular vote 612,632 534,852 369,236
Percentage 24.29% 21.21% 14.64%
Swing 10.71 pp 6.87 pp 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 14 3 1
Popular vote 316,397 312,839 140,287
Percentage 12.55% 12.41% 5.56%
Swing 6.54 pp 1.25 pp 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 4 New
Popular vote 98,486 44,010
Percentage 3.91% 1.75%
Swing 0.54 pp New
Results by county
Prime Minister before election

Jens Stoltenberg
Labour

 Prime Minister after election

Kjell Magne Bondevik
Christian Democratic

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