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Labour's worst election in 77 years
The Labour Party suffered its biggest loss of votes ever, as their share of the votes dropped from 35.1 per cent in 1997 to 24.3 per cent. Labour only won 43 out of 165 seats in Parliament. The Conservative Party increased their support with 6.9 percentage points to 21.2 per cent and regained their position as Norway's second largest party.
The electoral turnout was at 75.5 per cent; this is a decrease of 2.8 percentage points from the last general election and the lowest since 1927. 20 per cent of the votes were cast in advance, which is an increase of 1.1 per cent. As in earlier elections the highest turnout was in Akershus county and the lowest was in Finnmark county. The electoral turnout fell in all counties; largest was the decrease in Telemark where the turnout decreased with 4.2 percentage points.
The Conservative Party gained 6.9 points
The Conservative Party got 21.2 per cent of the votes and compared with the poor result in 1997 this was a major increase for the party. Of the votes cast in advance, the Conservative Party won 24.6 per cent and was the largest party among those who voted in advance. Labour only got 22 per cent of the votes cast in advance. The Liberals who did not manage to reach the 4 per cent threshold for seats at large won 4.1 per cent of the votes at the polling stations, however their share of the votes given in advance was only 3.1 per cent, hence the Liberals did not qualify for the allocation of seats at large.
Socialist Left saw a major increase in their share of votes from 6 per cent in 1997 to 12.5 percent in 2001. Socialist Left now has 23 representatives in the Storting, the highest number of representatives in the history of the party.
The Centre Party only attracted 4 per cent of the votes cast in advance and 6 per cent of the votes cast at the polling stations. All in all 5.6 percent voted for the Centre Party, which is the worst result for the Centre Party since it was founded in 1918.
The Conservative Party won representation from all counties except Nord-Trøndelag. The Conservative Party lacked 72 votes for a mandate in Nord-Trøndelag. Labour was the only party that was represented from all counties. The Conservative Party attracted the highest number of votes in 6 counties, while the Christian Democratic Party was the largest party in 2 counties. Labour was the largest party in the remaining counties.
Stable female representation
During the 70's and the 80's there was a steady increase in the number of female representatives in the Storting. The numbers of females in the new Storting increased from 60 to 61, 37 per cent of the representatives are female. With the exception of a small peak in 1993, the number of females in the parliament has been stable for the last 4 elections. The Centre Party has the highest share of female representatives, as 6 out of 10 are women. There are only 3 women among the Progress Party's 26 representatives.
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- Table 1 Storting election 2001. Persons entitled to vote, votes cast and percentage voter turnout. Storting election 1945-1997
- Table 2 Storting Election 2001. Percentage distribution of valid votes by party/electoral list. Redistribution of votes cast for joint lists. Storting elections 1957-2001
- Table 3 Storting Election 2001. Changes in percentages of valid votes for parties/electoral lists from 1997-2001. Percentage points. County
- Table 4 Storting Election 2001. Number of representatives and valid votes per representative. County. Storting elections 1973-2001
- Table 5 Storting Election 2001. Elected representatives by party/electoral list and sex. County
- Table 6 Storting Election 2001.Elected representatives by party/electoral list and sex. Storting elections 1945-1997
- Table 7 Storting Election 2001. Persons entitled to vote, votes cast, rejected votes and valid votes and percentage voter turnout. Municipality
- Table 8 Storting Election 2001. Valid votes, by party/electoral lists. Municipality
- Table 9 Storting Election 2001. Valid votes, by party/electoral list. Per cent. Municipality
- Table 10 Storting Election 2001. Valid votes cast at the polling station/in advance.
- Table 11 Storting Election 2001. Valid votes cast at the polling station/in advance. Selected parties. In percentage of valid votes cast at the polling station/in advance, total. Municipality.
- Table 12 Storting Election 2001. Valid votes, by party/electoral list. Per cent. Polling zones in selected municipalities
- Table 13 Storting Election 2001. Distribution of county seats by party/electoral lists. County
- Table 14 Storting Election 2001. Party1 County.
- Table 15 Storting Election 2001. Municipalities sorted according to the percentage of votes given
- Table 16 Storting Election 2001. Municipalities with the highest and the lowest electoral turnout.
- Table 17 Storting Election 2001. Official electoral lists. County
- Table 18 Storting Election 2001. Allocation of seats at large.
- Table 19 Storting Election 2001. Persons entitled to vote, votes cast, rejected votes and valid votes and percentage voter turnoutby region, type of municipality, sentrality and size of municipality.
- Table 20 Storting Election 2001. Valid votes by party/electoral list by region, type of municipality, sentrality and size of municipality.
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