2001 Norwegian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 9 and 10 September 2001. The governing Labour Party lost seats and their vote share was the worst they had ever obtained in a post-war election. Although they still won a plurality of votes and seats, they were unable to form a government. Instead, a centre-right coalition of the Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic Party and Liberal Party was formed, led by Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of the Christian Democratic Party, with confidence and supply support from the Progress Party.
Opinion polls
Polls are indicated by share of votes in percentage, or by seats indicated by brackets. The Progress Party saw the most surprising changes in support, having achieved as high as 34.7% in September 2000, and in 2001 almost closing down to 10% at the lowest. The Labour Party and Conservative Party also varied greatly in support in the years before the election.| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | RV | SV | Ap | Sp | V | KrF | H | FrP | Others | Lead |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Others | Lead | ||||||||
| 2001 election | 9–10 September 2001 | – | 1.2 | 12.5 | 24.3 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 12.4 | 21.2 | 14.6 | 4.3 | 3.1 |
| September 2001 | – | – | 15.0 | 25.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 11.0 | 25.5 | 11.5 | – | Tie | |
| September 2001 | – | 1.2 | 12.2 | 24.9 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 14.8 | 21.7 | 13.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | |
| September 2001 | – | 1.1 | 12.0 | 26.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 11.7 | 22.9 | 14.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | |
| 27 Aug-2 Sep 2000 | 993 | – | 14.0 | 26.5 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 11.0 | 23.5 | 12.0 | – | 3.0 | |
| 18 Aug 2001 | – | 0.9 | 8.9 | 26.4 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 13.2 | 26.6 | 14.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | |
| June 2001 | – | 1.0 | 7.7 | 24.0 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 12.7 | 30.9 | 14.0 | 1.7 | 6.9 | |
| April 2001 | – | – | 10.0 | 31.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 13.5 | 20.5 | 11.0 | 3.5 | 10.5 | |
| March 2001 | – | 1.5 | 9.7 | 30.4 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 14.4 | 18.4 | 13.7 | – | 12.0 | |
| March 2001 | – | – | 10.0 | 29.0 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 22.0 | 17.5 | 1.5 | 7.0 | |
| February 2001 | – | 1.3 | 7.1 | 30.6 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 13.0 | 17.8 | 18.5 | – | 12.1 | |
| 12 May 2000 | – | – | 7.5 | 27.5 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 13.0 | 17.5 | 23.5 | – | 4.0 | |
| Nov 2000 | – | – | 10.0 | 24.5 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 17.0 | 27.0 | – | 2.5 | |
| 13 Oct 2000 | – | – | – | 22.7 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 12.8 | 16.0 | 29.8 | – | 7.1 | |
| 29 Sep 2000 | – | – | 8.0 | 25.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 34.7 | – | 9.2 | |
| 5 Sep 2000 | – | 2.0 | 9.0 | 24.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 17.5 | 28.0 | – | 4.0 | |
| Aug 2000 | – | – | 7.8 | 22.1 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 24.8 | – | 2.7 | |
| 25 Aug 2000 | – | – | 9.9 | 27.2 | – | 4.5 | 11.8 | 15.4 | 22.5 | – | 4.7 | |
| August 2000 | – | 2.5 | 8.5 | 29.0 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 11.0 | 19.0 | 22.5 | – | 6.5 | |
| July 2000 | – | – | 8.3 | 29.2 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 23.2 | – | 6.0 | |
| 5-8 Jun 2000 | 902 | 0.8 | 6.7 | 32.8 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 12.8 | 17.9 | 19.4 | 1.0 | 13.4 | |
| May 2000 | – | 1.7 | 7.7 | 38.8 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 16.7 | 1.5 | 22.1 | |
| 1997 election | 15 Sep 1997 | – | 1.7 | 6.0 | 35.0 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 1.6 | 2.4 |