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Elections in Norway

What do we know about elections in Norway?

Latest result: Labour Party won 48 of 169 seats in 2021.

  • Latest result:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats at the latest election in our data?

As of , the latest result in our data is the 2021 parliamentary election: Labour Party won 48 of 169 seats. This page lists 33 elections, past and coming.

Labour Party, 48 of 169 seats

85 of 169 seats make a majority

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Latest result

Norway 2021 parliamentary electionFinal result

Labour Party won 48 of 169 seats.

85 of 169 make a majority
  • Labour Party48
  • Conservative Party36
  • Centre Party28
  • Progress Party21
  • Socialist Left Party13
  • Red Electoral Alliance8
  • Others15
Largest party's seats
48 of 169
Its share of the vote
26.3%
Turnout
77.2%

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What does the latest result show?

  1. The balance

    No single party reached a majority.

    Labour Party won 48 of 169 seats. A majority needs 85.

  2. The change

    The largest seat gain went to Centre Party.

    Centre Party gained 9 seats compared with 2017. Conservative Party lost 9 seats.

  3. Participation

    Turnout reached 77.2%.

    That is down 1.1 points on 2017.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party26.3% of votes28.4% of seats
  • Conservative Party20.4% of votes21.3% of seats
  • Centre Party13.5% of votes16.6% of seats
  • Progress Party11.6% of votes12.4% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party7.6% of votes7.7% of seats
  • Red Electoral Alliance4.7% of votes4.7% of seats
  • Liberal Party4.6% of votes4.7% of seats
  • Green Party3.9% of votes1.8% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party3.8% of votes1.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.4 by votes and 5.6 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 5.9 points of the vote.

How many people voted in Norway?

Elections in the turnout line
Turnout at national parliament elections, share of registered voters who cast a ballot
Turnout at national parliament elections, share of registered voters who cast a ballot, last five elections

Which past elections do we list for Norway?

The latest result we hold for Norway comes from ParlGov, which reaches June 2023: a later election is not in our data yet.

Election and largest party%SeatsTurnout %
2021 parliamentary electionLabour Party26.348 of 16977.2
2017 parliamentary electionLabour Party27.449 of 16978.2
2013 parliamentary electionLabour Party30.855 of 16978.2
2009 parliamentary electionLabour Party35.464 of 16976.4
2005 parliamentary electionLabour Party32.761 of 16977.4
2001 parliamentary electionLabour Party24.343 of 16575.5
1997 parliamentary electionLabour Party35.065 of 16578.3
1993 parliamentary electionLabour Party36.967 of 16575.8
1989 parliamentary electionLabour Party34.363 of 16583.2
1985 parliamentary electionLabour Party40.871 of 15784.0
1981 parliamentary electionLabour Party37.265 of 15582.0
1977 parliamentary electionLabour Party42.376 of 15582.9
Earlier elections
Election and largest party%SeatsTurnout %
1973 parliamentary electionLabour Party35.362 of 15580.2
1969 parliamentary electionLabour Party46.574 of 15083.8
1965 parliamentary electionLabour Party43.168 of 15085.4
1961 parliamentary electionLabour Party46.874 of 15079.1
1957 parliamentary electionLabour Party48.378 of 15078.3
1953 parliamentary electionLabour Party46.777 of 15079.3
1949 parliamentary electionLabour Party45.785 of 15082.0
1945 parliamentary electionLabour Party41.076 of 15076.4
1936 parliamentary electionLabour Party42.570 of 15084.0
1933 parliamentary electionLabour Party40.169 of 15076.4
1930 parliamentary electionLabour Party31.447 of 15077.6
1927 parliamentary electionLabour Party36.859 of 15068.1
1924 parliamentary electionConservative Party32.543 of 15069.9
1921 parliamentary electionConservative Party33.342 of 15067.9
1918 parliamentary electionLiberal Party28.351 of 12660.5
1915 parliamentary electionLiberal Party33.174 of 12361.8
1912 parliamentary electionLiberal Party40.070 of 12365.9
1909 parliamentary electionLiberal Party30.446 of 12364.5
1906 parliamentary electionLiberal Party45.173 of 12364.8
1903 parliamentary electionConservative Party44.852 of 11755.5
1900 parliamentary electionLiberal Party54.077 of 11457.3

Which parties have results in our data?

Every party
  • Labour Party26.3% 2021
  • Conservative Party20.4% 2021
  • Centre Party13.5% 2021
  • Progress Party11.6% 2021
  • Socialist Left Party7.6% 2021
  • Red Electoral Alliance4.7% 2021
  • Liberal Party4.6% 2021
  • Green Party3.9% 2021
  • Christian Democratic Party3.8% 2021
  • Pensioners' Party0.4% 2017
  • Coastal Party1.7% 2001
  • Liberal People's Party1.4% 1977

Each party's share of the vote at its latest election in our data, and the year of that election.

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