2001 Danish General Election
The bloc shift20 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
| Share of the Folketing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.