2001 Danish general election

none 2001 Danish general election Kingdom of Denmark no 1998 2005 All 179 seats in the Folketing 90 20 November 2001 Anders Fogh Rasmussen Venstre (Denmark) 42 56 31.25 Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Social Democrats (Denmark) 63 52 29.08 Pia Kjærsgaard Danish People's Party 13 22 12.00 Bendt Bendtsen Conservative People's Party (Denmark) 16 16 9.07 Holger K. Nielsen Socialist People's Party (Denmark) 13 12 6.37 Marianne Jelved Danish Social Liberal Party 7 9 5.19 Collective leadership Red–Green Alliance (Denmark) 5 4 2.40 Jann Sjursen KrF 4 4 2.28 Elected in the Faroe Islands Kaj Leo Johannesen Union Party (Faroe Islands) 0 1 27.31 Høgni Hoydal Republican 0 1 24.92 Elected in Greenland Josef Motzfeldt Inuit Ataqatigiit 0 1 30.83 Hans Enoksen Siumut 1 1 25.94 Government Nyrup Rasmussen IV S–R Government after election Fogh Rasmussen I V–K 87.15% 300px Most voted-for bloc by municipality 300px Most voted-for bloc by nomination district and constituency 300px Distribution of constituency and levelling seats General elections were held in Denmark on 20 November 2001.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p525 978-3-8329-5609-7 For the first time since the 1924 elections, the Social Democrats did not win the most seats. Anders Fogh Rasmussen of the centre-right da Venstre no 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. 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.Nohlen & Stöver, p549 The da Venstre no 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;Lidegaard Bo En Fortælling om Danmark i det 20. Århundrede 2011 Gyldendal Copenhagen 428 Danish 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. 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. Results Denmark proper File:2001 Danish general election Result.svg da Venstre no 1077858 56 +14 Social Democrats 1003323 52 –11 Danish People's Party 413987 22 +9 Conservative People's Party 312770 16 0 Socialist People's Party 219842 12 –1 Danish Social Liberal Party 179023 9 +2 Red–Green Alliance 82685 4 –1 Christian People's Party 78793 4 0 Centre Democrats 61031 0 –8 Progress Party 19340 0 –4 Independents 1016 0 0 35247 3998957 0 y Faroe Islands Union Party 7208 1 +1 Republican Party 6578 1 +1 Social Democratic Party 6187 0 –1 People's Party 5417 0 –1 Centre Party 569 0 New Self-Government 434 0 0 105 0 33106 y Greenland Inuit Ataqatigiit 7172 1 +1 Siumut 6033 1 0 Atassut 5138 0 –1 Independents 4917 0 0 559 0 38710 Nohlen & Stöver Maps See also List of members of the Folketing, 2001–2005 References General General Category:Folketing elections