2001 Danish General Election

The bloc shift

20 November 2001 · Bloc politics · 179 seats, 90 for a majority

General elections were held in Denmark on 20 November 2001. For the first time since the 1924 elections, the Social Democrats did not win the most seats.

Prime Minister before

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Prime Minister (continued)

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Venstre

Largest force

Venstre

56 of 179 seats

Turnout

87.2%

The result

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Venstre

31.3% of votes · +14 seats

seats

Social Democrats

29.1% of votes · +11 seats

seats

Danish People's Party

12.0% of votes · +9 seats

seats

Conservative People's Party

9.1% of votes · 0 seats

seats

Socialist People's Party

6.4% of votes · +1 seats

seats

Danish Social Liberal Party

5.2% of votes · +2 seats

seats

Red–Green Alliance

2.4% of votes · +1 seats

seats

Christian People's Party

2.3% of votes · 0 seats

seats


Venstre	—	56	+14	1,077,858	31.3%	—
Social Democrats	—	52	+11	1,003,323	29.1%	—
Danish People's Party	—	22	+9	413,987	12.0%	—
Conservative People's Party	—	16	0	312,770	9.1%	—
Socialist People's Party	—	12	+1	219,842	6.4%	—
Danish Social Liberal Party	—	9	+2	179,023	5.2%	—
Red–Green Alliance	—	4	+1	82,685	2.4%	—
Christian People's Party	—	4	0	78,793	2.3%	—

4 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.