2001 Danish general election

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2001 Danish general election
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  1998 20 November 2001 2005  

All 179 seats in the Folketing
90 seats needed for a majority
Turnout87.15%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Venstre Anders Fogh Rasmussen 31.2556+14
Social Democrats Poul Nyrup Rasmussen 29.0852−11
DPP Pia Kjærsgaard 12.0022+9
Conservatives Bendt Bendtsen 9.07160
SF Holger K. Nielsen 6.3712−1
Social Liberals Marianne Jelved 5.199+2
Red–Green Collective leadership2.404−1
KrF Jann Sjursen 2.2840
Elected in the Faroe Islands
Union Kaj Leo Johannesen 27.311+1
Republican Høgni Hoydal 24.921+1
Elected in Greenland
Inuit Ataqatigiit Josef Motzfeldt 30.831+1
Siumut Hans Enoksen 25.9410
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Prime Minister beforePM-elect
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Social Democrats
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Venstre

General elections were held in Denmark on 20 November 2001. [1] For the first time since the 1924 elections, the Social Democrats did not win the most seats. Anders Fogh Rasmussen of the centre-right Venstre became Prime Minister in coalition with the Conservative People's Party, as the head of the first Rasmussen government, with the support from Danish People's Party.

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The coalition relied on the votes of other right-wing parties such as the Danish People's Party, which polled better than ever before. Voter turnout was 87.1% in Denmark proper, 80.0% in the Faroe Islands and 61.5% in Greenland. [2] The Venstre led coalition government would last until the 2011 election, lasting through two intermediate elections.

The election marked a major shift in Danish politics: It was the first time that the right leaning parties held an outright majority in the parliament since the beginning of the modern democratic system in Denmark in 1901; [3] although right leaning parties had held power several times, they had always had to share power with more centrist or left-wing parties in coalition governments, such as the Danish Social Liberal Party. Historian Bo Lidegaard said that the vote showed a move away from broad national consensus which had existed since the 1930s regarding the style of governance in Denmark. One of the most important changes that forced the change was the rise of immigration as a political issue and the ensuing rise of the Danish People's Party. [3] Immigration played a central role in the 2001 campaign and was thrust into focus by the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, although it had been gaining attention for years. [3]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Denmark proper
Venstre 1,077,85831.2556+14
Social Democrats 1,003,32329.0852–11
Danish People's Party 413,98712.0022+9
Conservative People's Party 312,7709.07160
Socialist People's Party 219,8426.3712–1
Danish Social Liberal Party 179,0235.199+2
Red–Green Alliance 82,6852.404–1
Christian People's Party 78,7932.2840
Centre Democrats 61,0311.770–8
Progress Party 19,3400.560–4
Independents1,0160.0300
Total3,449,668100.001750
Valid votes3,449,66898.99
Invalid/blank votes35,2471.01
Total votes3,484,915100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,998,95787.15
Faroe Islands
Union Party 7,20827.311+1
Republican Party 6,57824.921+1
Social Democratic Party 6,18723.440–1
People's Party 5,41720.520–1
Centre Party 5692.160New
Self-Government 4341.6400
Total26,393100.0020
Valid votes26,39399.60
Invalid/blank votes1050.40
Total votes26,498100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,10680.04
Greenland
Inuit Ataqatigiit 7,17230.831+1
Siumut 6,03325.9410
Atassut 5,13822.090–1
Independents4,91721.1400
Total23,260100.0020
Valid votes23,26097.65
Invalid/blank votes5592.35
Total votes23,819100.00
Registered voters/turnout38,71061.53
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p549
  3. 1 2 3 Lidegaard, Bo (2011). En Fortælling om Danmark i det 20. Århundrede (in Danish). Copenhagen: Gyldendal. p. 428.