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Norway 1969 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1969 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 74 of 150 seats with 46.5% of the vote. 83.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Norway
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 74 of 150 seats with 46.5% of the vote; 83.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.6 points on 1965.

  • Labour Party 74 +6 seats 46.5% +3.4 points
  • Conservative Party 29 −2 seats 18.8% −1.5 points
  • Liberal Party 13 −5 seats 9.4% −0.8 points
  • Centre Party 20 +2 seats 9.0% −0.8 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 14 +1 seat 8.7% +0.6 points
  • Socialist People's Party 0 −2 seats 3.4% −2.6 points
  • Communist Party of Norway 0 0 seats 1.0% −0.4 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Norway 1965 parliamentary election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 46.5%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 74 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +6 seats

    Seats gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1965. Liberal Party lost 5 seats.

  3. 83.8%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.6 points on 1965.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party74+646.5+3.41,004,348
Conservative Party29−218.8−1.5406,209
Liberal Party13−59.4−0.8202,553
Centre Party20+29.0−0.8194,128
Christian Democratic Party14+18.7+0.6169,303
Socialist People's Party0−23.4−2.673,284
Communist Party of Norway001.0−0.421,517

± is the change against the Norway 1965 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 1,004,348
  • Conservative Party 406,209
  • Liberal Party 202,553
  • Centre Party 194,128
  • Christian Democratic Party 169,303
  • Socialist People's Party 73,284
  • Communist Party of Norway 21,517

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

83.8% of the 2,579,566 registered voters cast a ballot (2,162,596 ballots), down 1.6 points on 1965. 2,158,712 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party46.5% of votes49.3% of seats
  • Conservative Party18.8% of votes19.3% of seats
  • Centre Party9.0% of votes13.3% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party8.7% of votes9.3% of seats
  • Liberal Party9.4% of votes8.7% of seats
  • Socialist People's Party3.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 27.7 points of the vote.

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