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Norway 2001 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2001 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 43 of 165 seats with 24.3% of the vote. 75.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Norway
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 43 of 165 seats with 24.3% of the vote; 75.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.8 points on 1997.

  • Labour Party 43 −22 seats 24.3% −10.7 points
  • Conservative Party 38 +15 seats 21.2% +6.9 points
  • Progress Party 26 +1 seat 14.7% −0.6 points
  • Socialist Left Party 23 +14 seats 12.5% +6.5 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 22 −3 seats 12.5% −1.2 points
  • Centre Party 10 −1 seat 5.6% −2.3 points
  • Liberal Party 2 −4 seats 3.9% −0.6 points
  • Coastal Party 1 0 seats 1.7% +1.3 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Norway 1997 parliamentary election, party by party.

83 of 165 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 24.3%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 43 of 165 seats. A majority needs 83.

  2. +15 seats

    Seats gained by Conservative Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1997. Labour Party lost 22 seats.

  3. 75.5%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.8 points on 1997.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party43−2224.3−10.7612,632
Conservative Party38+1521.2+6.9534,852
Progress Party26+114.7−0.6369,236
Socialist Left Party23+1412.5+6.5316,397
Christian Democratic Party22−312.5−1.2312,839
Centre Party10−15.6−2.3140,287
Liberal Party2−43.9−0.698,486
Coastal Party101.7+1.344,010
Red Electoral Alliance001.2−0.530,015

± is the change against the Norway 1997 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 612,632
  • Conservative Party 534,852
  • Progress Party 369,236
  • Socialist Left Party 316,397
  • Christian Democratic Party 312,839
  • Centre Party 140,287
  • Liberal Party 98,486
  • Coastal Party 44,010
  • Red Electoral Alliance 30,015

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

75.5% of the 3,358,856 registered voters cast a ballot (2,537,041 ballots), down 2.8 points on 1997. 2,521,820 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party24.3% of votes26.1% of seats
  • Conservative Party21.2% of votes23.0% of seats
  • Progress Party14.7% of votes15.8% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party12.5% of votes13.9% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party12.5% of votes13.3% of seats
  • Centre Party5.6% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Liberal Party3.9% of votes1.2% of seats
  • Coastal Party1.7% of votes0.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.2 by votes and 5.4 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 3.1 points of the vote.

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