DANISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, 2001

The 'Danish Parliamentary Election of 2001' held on November 20, 2001 saw a dramatic change in the political composition of the Danish parliament or ''Folketing''. For the first time since the 1924 Folketing election 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 Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I. The coalition relied on the vote of other right wing parties such as the Danish People's Party, which polled better than ever before.

	Party	Leader	Total votes	Percentage of ballots cast	Seats won	Gain/Loss
dk-v-logo.png	'Venstre' (Liberals) (V)	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	1,077,858	31.2	56	+14
dk-sd-logo.png	'Social Democratic Party' (''Socialdemokratiet'') (A)	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	1,003,023	29.1	52	-11
dk-df-logo.png	'Danish People's Party' (''Dansk Folkeparti'') (O)	Pia Kjærsgaard	413,987	12	22	+9
dk-kf-logo.png	'Conservative People's Party' (''Det Konservative Folkeparti'') (C)	Bendt Bendtsen	312,770	9.1	16	-
dk-sf-logo.png	'Socialist People's Party' (''Socialistisk Folkeparti'') (F)	Holger K. Nielsen	219,842	6.4	12	-1
dk-rv-logo.png	'Danish Social Liberal Party' (''Det Radikale Venstre'') (B)	Marianne Jelved	179,023	5.2	9	+2
dk-el-logo.png	'Red-Green Alliance' (''Enhedslisten'') (Ø)	None	82,685	2.4	4	-1
dk-krf-logo.png	'Christian People's Party' (''Kristeligt Folkeparti'') (Q)	Jann Sjursen	78,793	2.3	4	-
dk-cd-logo.png	'Centre Democrats' (''Centrum-Demokraterne'') (D)	Mimi Jakobsen	61,031	1.8	0	-8
dk-fp-logo.png	'Progress Party' (''Fremskridtspartiet'') (Z)	Mogens Glistrup	19,340	0.6	0	-4
	Other Parties	Inapplicable	1,016	0	0	-
Eligible voters		3,998,957
Votes cast		3,484,957
Voter turnout		87.1%
Source		Folketinget.dk

68 of the 179 members of parliament decided by the 2001 vote are women, or about 38% of the sitting members.