1977 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 1977.[2] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 76 of the 155 seats.

1977 Norwegian parliamentary election

11 and 12 September 1977

All 155 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
78 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Reiulf Steen Erling Norvik Lars Korvald
Party Labour Conservative Christian Democratic
Last election 62 seats, 35.3% 29 seats, 17.2% 20 seats, 11.9%
Seats won 76 41 22
Seat change Increase14 Increase12 Increase2
Popular vote 972,434 563,783 224,355
Percentage 42.5% 24.5% 9.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gunnar Stålsett Berge Furre Hans Hammond Rossbach
Party Centre Socialist Left Liberal
Last election 21 seats, 6.8% 16 seats, 11.2%[1] 2 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 12 2 2
Seat change Decrease9 Decrease14 Steady0
Popular vote 184,087 96,248 54,243
Percentage 8.0% 4.2% 2.4%

Prime Minister before election

Odvar Nordli
Labour

Prime Minister after election

Odvar Nordli
Labour

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party972,43442.2676+14
Conservative Party563,78324.5040+12
Christian Democratic Party224,3559.7518+2
Centre Party184,0878.0011–9
Non-socialist joint lists[lower-alpha 1]111,4124.847
Socialist Left Party96,2484.182–14
Liberal Party54,2432.3610
Progress Party43,3511.880–4
New People's Party22,5240.980–1
Red Electoral Alliance14,5150.6300
Communist Party8,4480.370
Single Person's Party2,7400.1200
Democratic Party1,3220.0600
Freely Elected Representatives1,1490.050New
Lapp People's List4990.0200
Total2,301,110100.001550
Valid votes2,301,11099.85
Invalid/blank votes3,3860.15
Total votes2,304,496100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,780,19082.89
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
Ap H KrF Sp SV V
Akershus 10 4 4 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Buskerud 7 4 2 1
Finnmark 4 3 1
Hedmark 8 6 1 1
Hordaland 15 6 5 3 1
Møre og Romsdal 10 3 2 3 1 1
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 1 2
Nordland 12 6 2 2 1 1
Oppland 7 4 1 1 1
Oslo 15 7 6 1 1
Østfold 8 5 2 1
Rogaland 10 4 3 2 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 1 1 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 5 2 1 1 1
Telemark 6 4 1 1
Troms 6 3 2 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 1 1 1
Vestfold 7 3 3 1
Total 155 76 41 22 12 2 2
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

  1. Seven seats were won by joint lists, of which four went to the Christian Democratic Party, and one each to the Centre Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party.[3]

References

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