| Country: | Norway |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1997 Norwegian parliamentary election |
| Previous Year: | 1997 |
| Next Election: | 2005 Norwegian parliamentary election |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
| Seats For Election: | All 165 seats in the Storting |
| Majority Seats: | 83 |
| Election Date: | 9–10 September 2001 |
| Image1: | Thorbjørn Jagland (30366602783) (cropped).jpg |
| Leader1: | Thorbjørn Jagland |
| Party1: | Norwegian Labour Party |
| Last Election1: | 35.00%, 65 seats |
| Seats1: | 43 |
| Seat Change1: | 22 |
| Popular Vote1: | 612,632 |
| Percentage1: | 24.29% |
| Swing1: | 10.71 pp |
| Leader2: | Jan Petersen |
| Party2: | Conservative Party of Norway |
| Last Election2: | 14.34%, 23 seats |
| Seats2: | 38 |
| Seat Change2: | 15 |
| Popular Vote2: | 534,852 |
| Percentage2: | 21.21% |
| Swing2: | 6.87 pp |
| Image3: | Carl i Hagen043 2E jpg DF0000062790.jpg |
| Leader3: | Carl I. Hagen |
| Party3: | Progress Party (Norway) |
| Last Election3: | 15.30%, 25 seats |
| Seats3: | 26 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 369,236 |
| Percentage3: | 14.64% |
| Swing3: | 0.66 pp |
| Image4: | Kristin_Halvorsen_Sentralbanksjefens_årstale_2018_(191746).jpg |
| Leader4: | Kristin Halvorsen |
| Party4: | Socialist Left Party (Norway) |
| Last Election4: | 6.01%, 9 seats |
| Seats4: | 23 |
| Seat Change4: | 14 |
| Popular Vote4: | 316,397 |
| Percentage4: | 12.55% |
| Swing4: | 6.54 pp |
| Image5: | Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norges statsminister, under presskonferens vid Nordiska radets session i Stockholm.jpg |
| Leader5: | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| Party5: | Christian Democratic Party (Norway) |
| Last Election5: | 13.66%, 25 seats |
| Seats5: | 22 |
| Seat Change5: | 3 |
| Popular Vote5: | 312,839 |
| Percentage5: | 12.41% |
| Swing5: | 1.25 pp |
| Image6: | Odd Roger Enoksen.jpg |
| Leader6: | Odd Roger Enoksen |
| Party6: | Centre Party (Norway) |
| Last Election6: | 7.93%, 11 seats |
| Seats6: | 10 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 140,287 |
| Percentage6: | 5.56% |
| Swing6: | 2.37 pp |
| Image7: | Lars Sponheim 1.jpg |
| Leader7: | Lars Sponheim |
| Party7: | Liberal Party of Norway |
| Last Election7: | 4.45%, 6 seats |
| Seats7: | 2 |
| Seat Change7: | 4 |
| Popular Vote7: | 98,486 |
| Percentage7: | 3.91% |
| Swing7: | 0.54 pp |
| Leader8: | Steinar Bastesen |
| Party8: | Coastal Party |
| Last Election8: | – |
| Seats8: | 1 |
| Seat Change8: | New |
| Popular Vote8: | 44,010 |
| Percentage8: | 1.75% |
| Swing8: | New |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
| Before Election: | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Before Party: | Norwegian Labour Party |
| After Election: | Kjell Magne Bondevik |
| After Party: | Christian Democratic Party (Norway) |
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.
See also: List of political parties in Norway.
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | 1997 result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
| align=center | Ap | Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet | Social democracy | Centre-left | Thorbjørn Jagland | align=center | 35.0% | ||
| FrP | Progress Party Fremskrittspartiet | Conservative liberalism | Right-wing | Carl I. Hagen | 15.3% | ||||
| H | Conservative Party Høyre | Conservatism | Centre-right | Jan Petersen | 14.3% | ||||
| KrF | Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti | Christian democracy | Centre to centre-right | Kjell Magne Bondevik | 13.6% | ||||
| Sp | Centre Party Senterpartiet | Agrarianism | Centre | Odd Roger Enoksen | 7.9% | ||||
| SV | Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti | Democratic socialism | Left-wing | Kristin Halvorsen | 6.0% | ||||
| align=center | V | Liberal Party Venstre | Social liberalism | Centre | Lars Sponheim | align=center | 4.4% | ||
| Kp | Coastal Party Kystpartiet | Northern-regionalism | Centre to centre-right | Steinar Bastesen | new | ||||
| Party | Original slogan | English translation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | "Hvis velferd er viktigst" | "If welfare is the most important" | ||
| Progress Party | "For folk flest" | "For most people" | ||
| Christian Democratic Party | "Varmere samfunn" | "Warmer society" | ||
| Conservative Party | "Ny kurs. Nye muligheter" | "New course, new opportunities" | ||
| Centre Party | "Ta Norge i bruk" | "Use Norway" | ||
| Socialist Left Party | "Barn og unge først" | "Children and young people first" | ||
| Liberal Party | "Du er sjefen" | "You’re the boss" | ||
| Red Electoral Alliance | "Opprørsvalg" | "Riot election (rebellion)" | ||
| Sources: [2] [3] | ||||
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 | ||
| data-sort-value="2001-02-01" | February 2001 | – | 1.3 | 7.1 | 30.6 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 13.0 | 17.8 | 18.5 | – | 12.1 | ||
| Norsk Gallup | data-sort-value="2000-05-12" | 12 May 2000 | – | – | 7.5 | 27.5 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 13.0 | 17.5 | 23.5 | – | 4.0 | |
| Norsk Gallup | data-sort-value="2021-02-02" | Nov 2000 | – | – | 10.0 | 24.5 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 17.0 | 27.0 | – | 2.5 | |
| Opinion | data-sort-value="2000-10-13" | 13 Oct 2000 | – | – | – | 22.7 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 12.8 | 16.0 | 29.8 | – | 7.1 | |
| AC Nielsen | data-sort-value="2000-09-29" | 29 Sep 2000 | – | – | 8.0 | 25.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 34.7 | – | 9.2 | |
| Norsk Gallup | data-sort-value="2000-09-05" | 5 Sep 2000 | – | 2.0 | 9.0 | 24.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 17.5 | 28.0 | – | 4.0 | |
| Nationen | data-sort-value="2000-08-01" | Aug 2000 | – | – | 7.8 | 22.1 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 24.8 | – | 2.7 | |
| Opinion | data-sort-value="2000-08-25" | 25 Aug 2000 | – | – | 9.9 | 27.2 | – | 4.5 | 11.8 | 15.4 | 22.5 | – | 4.7 | |
| Norsk Gallup | data-sort-value="2000-08-01" | August 2000 | – | 2.5 | 8.5 | 29.0 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 11.0 | 19.0 | 22.5 | – | 6.5 | |
| Nationen | data-sort-value="2000-07-01" | July 2000 | – | – | 8.3 | 29.2 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 23.2 | – | 6.0 | |
| MMI | data-sort-value="2000-06-05" | 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 | data-sort-value="2000-05-01" | May 2000 | – | 1.7 | 7.7 | 38.8 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 1.5 | 22.1 | |
| 1997 election | data-sort-value="1997-09-15" | 15 Sep 1997 | – | 1.7 | 6.0 | 35.0 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| 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] | |||||||||
| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By party | By coalition | |||||||||||
| Ap | H | FrP | SV | KrF | Sp | V | KP | |||||
| 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 | |
| align=left colspan="13" | Source: Statistics Norway | |||||||||||