Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001

A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on September 10, 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.

Results

Turnout was 75.1%.

Notes

Further reading

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External links

* [http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/01/10/stortingsvalg_en/ Storting Election 2001 - Labour's worst election in 77 years] from Statistics Norway
* [http://odin.dep.no/krd/html/valgresultat2001/b5_.html Detailed results] (in Norwegian)
* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/n/norway/norway2001.txt Results by district] from Adam Carr's Election Archive