Statistics Norway

Storting election

2 Storting Election 2009. Percentage distribution of valid votes, by party/electoral list. Redistribution of votes cast for joint lists. Storting elections 1957-2009
Party/electoral list 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Labour Party 48.3 46.8 43.1 46.5 35.3 42.3 37.2 40.8 34.3 36.9 35.0 24.3 32.7 35.4
Progress Party1 . . . . 5.0 1.9 4.5 3.7 13.0 6.3 15.3 14.6 22.1 22.9
Conservative Party 18.9 20.0 21.1 19.6 17.4 24.8 31.7 30.4 22.2 17.0 14.3 21.2 14.1 17.2
Christian Democratic Party 10.2 9.6 8.1 9.4 12.2 12.4 9.4 8.3 8.5 7.9 13.7 12.4 6.8 5.5
Centre Party2 9.3 9.3 9.9 10.5 11.0 8.6 6.7 6.6 6.5 16.7 7.9 5.6 6.5 6.2
Socialist Left Party3 . 2.4 6.0 3.5 11.2 4.2 4.9 5.5 10.1 7.9 6.0 12.5 8.8 6.2
Liberal Party 9.6 8.9 10.3 9.4 3.5 3.2 3.9 3.1 3.2 3.6 4.5 3.9 5.9 3.9
Party Red 4, 5 . . . . 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.4
Communist Party6 3.4 2.9 1.4 1.0 . 0.4 0.3 0.2 . 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
The Liberal Peoples Party7 . . . . 3.4 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Coast Party . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 0.8 0.2
Others 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.4 2.6 1.5 2.5 1.0 1.1
1  Anders Lange's Party in 1973.
2  Farmers' Party in 1949-1957.
3  Socialist People's Party 1961-1969, Socialist Association in 1973.
4  Environment and Solidarity in 1989.
5  Red Electoral Allianse (RV) changed name to Party Red in 2007.
6  Included in Socialist Association in 1973.
7  New Peoples Party 1973-1977. The Liberals- European Party in 1989.

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