The Danish Parliamentary Election of 2001 held on November 20, 2001 saw a dramatic change in the political composition of the Danish parliament or Folketing. For the first time since the 1920s the Social Democrats did not win the most seats. Anders Fogh Rasmussen of the centre-right Liberal Party (Venstre) became Prime Minister in coalition with the Conservative People's Party, and reliant on the vote of other right wing parties such as the Danish People's Party, which polled better than ever before.

	Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
	Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also referred to as Venstre) (V)	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	1,077,858	31.2	56	+14
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) (A)	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	1,003,023	29.1	52	-11
	Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti) (O)	Pia Kjærsgaard	413,987	12	22	+9
	Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) (C)	Bendt Bendtsen	312,770	9.1	16	-
	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) (F)	Holger K. Nielsen	219,842	6.4	12	-1
	Radical Left (Det Radikale Venstre, also called the Danish Social Liberal Party) (B)	Marianne Jelved	179,023	5.2	9	+2
	Unity List (Enhedslisten) (Ø)	None	82,685	2.4	4	-1
	Christian People's Party (Kristeligt Folkeparti) (Q)	Jann Sjursen	78,793	2.3	4	-
	Centre Democrats (Centrum-Demokraterne) (D)	Mimi Jakobsen	61,031	1.8	0	-8
	Progress Party (Fremskridtspartiet) (Z)	Mogens Glistrup	19,340	0.6	0	-4
	Other Parties	Inapplicable	1,016	0	0	-
	Elligible Voters	3,998,957
	Votes Cast	3,484,957
	Voter turnout	87.1%
	Source	Folketinget.dk (http://www.ft.dk/?/samling/20031/MENU/00000002.htm)

68 of the 179 members of parliament decided by the 2001 vote are women, or about 38% of the sitting members.