1985 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 8 and 9 September 1985.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 71 of the 157 seats. It was the first election since 1885 in which the Liberal Party failed to win a seat.

1985 Norwegian parliamentary election

8 and 9 September 1985

All 157 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
79 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gro Harlem Brundtland Erling Norvik Kjell Magne Bondevik
Party Labour Conservative Christian Democratic
Last election 66 seats, 37.2% 53 seats, 35.3% 15 seats, 12.5%
Seats won 71 50 16
Seat change Increase5 Decrease3 Increase1
Popular vote 1,061,712 791,537 214,969
Percentage 40.8% 30.4% 8.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Johan J. Jakobsen Theo Koritzinsky Carl I. Hagen
Party Centre Socialist Left Progress
Last election 11 seats, 7.8% 4 seats, 4.9% 4 seats, 4.5%
Seats won 12 6 2
Seat change Increase1 Increase2 Decrease2
Popular vote 171,770 141,950 96,797
Percentage 6.6% 5.5% 3.7%

Prime Minister before election

Kåre Willoch
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Kåre Willoch
Conservative

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party1,061,71240.8171+5
Conservative Party791,53730.4250–3
Christian Democratic Party214,9698.2616+1
Centre Party171,7706.6012+1
Socialist Left Party141,9505.466+2
Progress Party96,7973.722–2
Liberal Party81,2023.120–2
Red Electoral Alliance14,8180.5700
Liberal People's Party12,9580.5000
Pensioners' Party7,8460.300New
Communist Party4,2450.160New
Sunnmøre List2,0130.080New
Freely Elected Representatives00
Society Party0New
Non-Partisan List0New
Total2,601,817100.00157+2
Valid votes2,601,81799.86
Invalid/blank votes3,6190.14
Total votes2,605,436100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,100,47984.03
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
Ap H KrF Sp SV Frp
Akershus 12 5 5 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Buskerud 7 4 2 1
Finnmark 4 3 1
Hedmark 8 5 1 1 1
Hordaland 15 5 5 2 1 1 1
Møre og Romsdal 10 4 3 2 1
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 1 2
Nordland 12 6 3 1 1 1
Oppland 7 5 1 1
Oslo 15 5 7 1 1 1
Østfold 8 4 3 1
Rogaland 10 3 4 2 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 1 1 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 4 3 1 1 1
Telemark 6 3 2 1
Troms 6 3 2 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 2 1
Vestfold 7 3 3 1
Total 157 71 50 16 12 6 2
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

References

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