Norwegian parliamentary election, 1977

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1977
Norway
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, 17.6% 20 seats, 13.3%
Seats won 76 41 22
Seat change Increase14 Increase12 Increase2
Popular vote 972,434 675,195[a] 335,767[a]
Percentage 42.5% 29.3%[a] 14.5%[a]

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gunnar Stålsett Berge Furre Hans Hammond Rossbach
Party Centre Socialist Left Liberal
Last election 21 seats, 12.3% 16 seats, 11.2%[1] 2 seats, 7.8%
Seats won 12 2 2
Seat change Decrease9 Decrease14 Steady0
Popular vote 295,499[a] 96,248 165,655[a]
Percentage 12.8%[a] 4.2% 7.2%[a]

Prime Minister before election

Odvar Nordli
Labour

Prime Minister-designate

Odvar Nordli
Labour

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.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party972,43442.376+14
Conservative Party563,78324.541+12
Christian People's Party224,3559.722+2
Centre Party184,0878.012–9
Non-socialist joint lists111,4124.8[a]
Socialist Left Party96,2484.22–14
Liberal Party54,2432.420
Progress Party43,3511.90–4
New People's Party22,5241.00–1
Red Electoral Alliance14,5150.600
Communist Party8,4480.40
Single Person's Party2,7400.100
Norwegian Democratic Party1,3220.100
Freely Elected Representatives1,1490.00New
Lapp People's List4990.000
Invalid/blank votes3,386
Total2,304,4961001550
Registered voters/turnout2,780,19082.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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

References

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