County lists for the 2001 Norwegian parliamentary election

The county lists for the Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001 was a group of nine political lists, or parties, which under different names ran for the 2001 parliamentary election in Norway. Common for all the parties, was that all of them were made up of people who had been excluded or voluntarily left the Progress Party after the turmoil that erupted in the party around 2000/2001.[1]

The most noticeable of them were Member of Parliament Vidar Kleppe, who was the top candidate of the Southern Norway List in Vest-Agder,[2] as well as being present on the lists of the Hedmark List[3] and the Hordaland List.[4] Kleppe was noticeably also joined by Elvis impersonator Kjell Elvis, and IK Start football legend Karsten Johannessen in Vest-Agder.[5] Other Progress Party MPs on the county lists were Dag Danielsen and Fridtjof Frank Gundersen, the first and second candidates for the Oslo List,[6] and Jørn Stang who was the top candidate of the Østfold List.[7]

The lists did not campaign as a common party, and even though they had much in common they were formally separate entities. The most successful of the lists was the Southern Norway List of Vidar Kleppe, but neither he managed to secure a renewed place in the Norwegian parliament.

Results for the lists in their respective counties:

List Norwegian name County Result %
Southern Norway List Sørlandslista Vest-Agder 2,407 2.8%
Hordaland List Hordalandslista Hordaland 389 0.58%
Southern Norway List Aust-Agder Sørlandslista Aust-Agder Aust-Agder 211 0.38%
Oppland List Opplandslista Oppdal 170 0.16%
Oslo List Oslo-lista Oslo 396 0.14%
Østfold List Østfoldlista Østfold 179 0.13%
Hedmark List Hedmarkslista Hedmark 93 0.09%
Troms List Tromslista Troms 70 0.09%
Nordland List Nordlandslista Nordland 111 0.09%

Together, the lists received 4.026 votes, accounting for 0,16% of the votes nationwide.

In 2002, the party the Democrats were founded with Vidar Kleppe as the chairman. Many of the members of the county lists joined the new party, though not all. The top candidate for the Troms List, Karl-Olav Slorafoss, was for instance later active in the Coastal Party.

References

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  1. ^ Magnus, Gunnar (14 September 2001). "Få velgere stemte på Fr.p.-utbryterne". Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Valgliste for Sørlandslista i Vest-Agder". NSD Samfunnsveven. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  3. ^ "Valgliste for Hedmarkslista i Hedmark". NSD Samfunnsveven. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  4. ^ "Valgliste for Hordalandslista i Hordaland". NSD Samfunnsveven. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  5. ^ "Fotball og Elvis på Kleppes liste". NRK. 30 March 2001.
  6. ^ Kirknes, Magnar (6 August 2001). "-Barnslig av Gundersen og Danielsen". VG Nett.
  7. ^ "Østfoldlista godkjent". NRK. 15 June 2001.