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Norway 1993 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1993 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 67 of 165 seats with 36.9% of the vote. 75.8% 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 67 of 165 seats with 36.9% of the vote; 75.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 7.3 points on 1989.

  • Labour Party 67 +4 seats 36.9% +2.6 points
  • Conservative Party 28 −9 seats 17.0% −5.2 points
  • Centre Party 32 +21 seats 16.7% +10.2 points
  • Socialist Left Party 13 −4 seats 7.9% −2.2 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 13 −1 seat 7.9% −0.6 points
  • Progress Party 10 −12 seats 6.3% −6.7 points
  • Liberal Party 1 +1 seat 3.6% +0.4 points
  • Red Electoral Alliance 1 1.1%
  • 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 1989 parliamentary election, party by party.

83 of 165 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 36.9%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 67 of 165 seats. A majority needs 83.

  2. +21 seats

    Seats gained by Centre Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1989. Progress Party lost 12 seats.

  3. 75.8%

    Voter turnout

    Down 7.3 points on 1989.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party67+436.9+2.6908,724
Conservative Party28−917.0−5.2419,373
Centre Party32+2116.7+10.2412,187
Socialist Left Party13−47.9−2.2194,663
Christian Democratic Party13−17.9−0.6193,885
Progress Party10−126.3−6.7154,497
Liberal Party1+13.6+0.488,985
Red Electoral Alliance11.126,360
Pensioners' Party01.025,835

± is the change against the Norway 1989 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 908,724
  • Conservative Party 419,373
  • Centre Party 412,187
  • Socialist Left Party 194,663
  • Christian Democratic Party 193,885
  • Progress Party 154,497
  • Liberal Party 88,985
  • Red Electoral Alliance 26,360
  • Pensioners' Party 25,835

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?

75.8% of the 3,259,957 registered voters cast a ballot (2,472,551 ballots), down 7.3 points on 1989. 2,461,949 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party36.9% of votes40.6% of seats
  • Centre Party16.7% of votes19.4% of seats
  • Conservative Party17.0% of votes17.0% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party7.9% of votes7.9% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party7.9% of votes7.9% of seats
  • Progress Party6.3% of votes6.1% of seats
  • Liberal Party3.6% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Red Electoral Alliance1.1% of votes0.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.7 by votes and 4.0 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 19.9 points of the vote.

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