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Norway 1989 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1989 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 63 of 165 seats with 34.3% of the vote. 83.2% 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 63 of 165 seats with 34.3% of the vote; 83.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.9 points on 1985.

  • Labour Party 63 −8 seats 34.3% −6.5 points
  • Conservative Party 37 −13 seats 22.2% −8.2 points
  • Progress Party 22 +20 seats 13.0% +9.3 points
  • Socialist Left Party 17 +11 seats 10.1% +4.6 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 14 −2 seats 8.5% +0.2 points
  • Centre Party 11 −1 seat 6.5% −0.1 points
  • Liberal Party 0 0 seats 3.2% +0.1 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 1985 parliamentary election, party by party.

83 of 165 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 34.3%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 63 of 165 seats. A majority needs 83.

  2. +20 seats

    Seats gained by Progress Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1985. Conservative Party lost 13 seats.

  3. 83.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.9 points on 1985.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party63−834.3−6.5907,393
Conservative Party37−1322.2−8.2588,682
Progress Party22+2013.0+9.3345,185
Socialist Left Party17+1110.1+4.6266,782
Christian Democratic Party14−28.5+0.2224,852
Centre Party11−16.5−0.1171,269
Liberal Party003.2+0.184,740
Unnamed party with one seat10.38,817

± is the change against the Norway 1985 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 907,393
  • Conservative Party 588,682
  • Progress Party 345,185
  • Socialist Left Party 266,782
  • Christian Democratic Party 224,852
  • Centre Party 171,269
  • Liberal Party 84,740
  • Unnamed party with one seat 8,817

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?

83.2% of the 3,190,311 registered voters cast a ballot (2,653,173 ballots), down 0.9 points on 1985. 2,647,604 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party34.3% of votes38.2% of seats
  • Conservative Party22.2% of votes22.4% of seats
  • Progress Party13.0% of votes13.3% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party10.1% of votes10.3% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party8.5% of votes8.5% of seats
  • Centre Party6.5% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Liberal Party3.2% of votes0.0% 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 4.8 by votes and 4.2 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 12.1 points of the vote.

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