1969 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 and 8 September 1969.[1] Although the Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 74 of the 150 seats, the coalition of right-of-centre parties won 76 seats and retained power. The closeness of the result and fears of the two blocs winning an equal number of seats led to the number of seats being increased to an odd number for the next elections.

1969 Norwegian parliamentary election
7 and 8 September 1969
All 150 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Trygve Bratteli John Lyng John Austrheim
Party Labour Conservative Centre
Last election 68 seats, 43.1% 31 seats, 21.4% 18 seats, 10.1%
Seats won 74 29 20
Seat change Increase6 Decrease2 Increase2
Popular vote 1,004,348 489,282[a] 277,201[b]
Percentage 46.5% 22.7%[a] 12.9%[b]
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Lars Korvald Gunnar Garbo
Party Christian Democratic Liberal
Last election 13 seats, 8.9% 18 seats, 9.4%
Seats won 14 13
Seat change Increase1 Decrease5
Popular vote 252,376[a][b] 202,553
Percentage 11.7%[a][b] 9.4%
Prime Minister before election

Per Borten
Centre

 Prime Minister after election

Per Borten
Centre

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party1,004,34846.5374+6
Conservative Party406,20918.8228–2
Liberal Party202,5539.3813–5
Centre Party194,1288.9917+2
Christian Democratic Party169,3037.8412+1
Socialist People's Party73,2843.390–2
Communist Party21,5171.0000
Christians–Conservatives[lower-alpha 1]83,0733.852–
Centrists–Christians[lower-alpha 2]4–
Socialists–Communists3,2030.150–
Democratic Party5610.0300
Lapp People's List5270.020New
Wild votes60.00––
Total2,158,712100.001500
Valid votes2,158,71299.82
Invalid/blank votes3,8840.18
Total votes2,162,596100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,579,56683.84
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution
Constituency Total
seats		 Seats won
Ap H Sp KrF V
Akershus 7 3 2 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Bergen 5 2 1 1 1
Buskerud 7 4 2 1
Finnmark 4 3 1
Hedmark 8 5 1 2
Hordaland 10 4 2 1 2 1
Møre og Romsdal 10 3 1 2 2 2
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 2 1
Nordland 12 6 2 2 1 1
Oppland 7 5 2
Oslo 13 6 5 1 1
Østfold 8 5 1 1 1
Rogaland 10 4 2 1 2 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 1 1 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 5 2 2 1
Telemark 6 3 1 1 1
Troms 6 3 1 1 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 1 1 1
Vestfold 7 4 2 1
Total 150 74 29 20 14 13
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk


Notes
  1. The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.[2]
  2. The joint list of the Centre Party and the Christian Democratic Party won four seats, three taken by the Centre Party and one by the Christian People's Party.[2]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
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