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Encyclopedia > Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001
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Politics of Norway series.

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Politics of Norway Norwegian politics officially have the structure of a constitutional monarchy, giving the King mainly symbolic power while maintaining a stable Western democracy. ...

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This article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland (1262-1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262-1814) The Union of Sweden and Norway (1319-1343) The... This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... The Storting main building The Storting, or Stortinget, (the Great Assembly), is the parliament of Norway, and is located in Oslo. ...

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Governments This article lists political parties in Norway. ...

Elections
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2005 Norway elects its legislature on a national level. ... Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1945 elections ... Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1949 elections ... Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1953 elections ... Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1957 elections ... Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1961 elections ... Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1965 elections ... The 1969 election proved to be one of the closest ones in Norwegian history. ... Results ¹A coalition of some members from the Socialist Peoples Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti), The Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti), and the Labour Party, which became the Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) in 1975. ... Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1977 elections ... Results Categories: Elections in Norway | 1981 elections ... A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 9 September 1985. ... A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 11 September 1989. ... Results of the general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, held on September 13, 1993. ... A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 15 September 1997. ... A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, is scheduled for 12 September 2005. ...

A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 10 September 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 conservative coalition led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of the Christian People's Party came to power. The Storting main building The Storting, or Stortinget, (the Great Assembly), is the parliament of Norway, and is located in Oslo. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA or Arbeiderpartiet, AP) is a social democratic political party in Norway. ... The Conservative Party (norwegian Høyre, H, meaning right-wing) is a Norwegian political party. ... This is a list of Viceroys (Rigsstatholder) and Prime Ministers (statsminister) of Norway. ... Kjell Magne Bondevik (born September 3, 1947) is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. ... The Christian Democratic Party of Norway (Kristelig Folkeparti or Kristeleg Folkeparti, KrF, litteraly Christian Peoples Party), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1933. ...


Results

Party Vote Seats
% ± total ±
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) 24.3 -10.7 43 -22
Conservative Party (Høyre) 21.2 +6.9 38 +15
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) ¹ 14.6 -0.7 26 +1
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 12.5 +6.5 23 +14
Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 12.4 -1.3 22 -3
Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 5.6 -2.4 10 -1
Liberal Left (Venstre) 3.9 -0.6 2 -4
Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) ² 1.7 +1.5 1 0
Others 3.8 0
Total 100% 165

Turnout was 75.1%. The Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA or Arbeiderpartiet, AP) is a social democratic political party in Norway. ... The Conservative Party (norwegian Høyre, H, meaning right-wing) is a Norwegian political party. ... The Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet or Framstegspartiet, Frp) is a right-wing political party of Norway. ... The Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti or SV), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1975. ... The Christian Democratic Party of Norway (Kristelig Folkeparti or Kristeleg Folkeparti, KrF, litteraly Christian Peoples Party), is a Norwegian political party founded in 1933. ... The Centre Party (Senterpartiet) is a Norwegian political party founded in 1920. ... Venstre (sometimes referred to as the Liberal Party in international context) is a liberal party in Norway, subscribing to social-liberalism. ... The logo of the Coastal Party The Coastal Party (Kystpartiet), is a Norwegian political party. ...


Notes

  1. Jan Simonsen, who was elected as a member of the Progress Party, later sat as an independent after being expelled from the party. He was later followed by Ursula Evje, who left the party in early 2005.
  2. The Coastal Party was formally founded in 1999, but its leader, Steinar Bastesen, had won a seat at the previous election under the name Tverrpolitisk Folkevalgte.

Jan Simonsen (born March 3, 1953 in Stavanger, Norway) is a member of the Norwegian parliament (Stortinget). ... Steinar Bastesen, is a Norwegian politician. ...

External links

  • Storting Election 2001 - Labour's worst election in 77 years from Statistics Norway
  • Detailed results (in Norwegian)
  • Results by district from Adam Carr's Election Archive


Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå or SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau. ...

Preceded by:
1997		 Elections in Norway Followed by:
2005


A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 15 September 1997. ... Norway elects its legislature on a national level. ... A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, is scheduled for 12 September 2005. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Elections in Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (717 words)
In Norway, elections are held every second year, alternating between elections for the Parliament and local elections, both of which are held on a 4-yearly basis.
Only Norwegian citizens can vote in the Parliamentary elections, but foreigners who have lived in Norway for three years continuously can vote in the local elections.
The last election was the 2005 parliamentary election, on 12 September this year.
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