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Norway 1985 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1985 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 71 of 157 seats with 40.8% of the vote. 84.0% 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 71 of 157 seats with 40.8% of the vote; 84.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.0 points on 1981.

  • Labour Party 71 +6 seats 40.8% +3.6 points
  • Conservative Party 50 −4 seats 30.4% −1.3 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 16 +1 seat 8.3% −0.6 points
  • Centre Party 12 +1 seat 6.6% −0.7 points
  • Socialist Left Party 6 +2 seats 5.5% +0.6 points
  • Progress Party 2 −2 seats 3.7% −0.8 points
  • Liberal Party 0 −2 seats 3.1% −0.8 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 1981 parliamentary election, party by party.

79 of 157 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 40.8%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 71 of 157 seats. A majority needs 79.

  2. +6 seats

    Seats gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1981. Conservative Party lost 4 seats.

  3. 84.0%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.0 points on 1981.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party71+640.8+3.61,061,712
Conservative Party50−430.4−1.3791,537
Christian Democratic Party16+18.3−0.6214,969
Centre Party12+16.6−0.7171,770
Socialist Left Party6+25.5+0.6141,950
Progress Party2−23.7−0.896,797
Liberal Party0−23.1−0.881,202

± is the change against the Norway 1981 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 1,061,712
  • Conservative Party 791,537
  • Christian Democratic Party 214,969
  • Centre Party 171,770
  • Socialist Left Party 141,950
  • Progress Party 96,797
  • Liberal Party 81,202

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?

84.0% of the 3,100,479 registered voters cast a ballot (2,605,436 ballots), up 2.0 points on 1981. 2,601,817 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1965 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party40.8% of votes45.2% of seats
  • Conservative Party30.4% of votes31.8% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party8.3% of votes10.2% of seats
  • Centre Party6.6% of votes7.6% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party5.5% of votes3.8% of seats
  • Progress Party3.7% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Liberal Party3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 10.4 points of the vote.

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