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Norway 2005 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2005 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 61 of 169 seats with 32.7% of the vote. 77.4% 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 61 of 169 seats with 32.7% of the vote; 77.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.9 points on 2001.

  • Labour Party 61 +18 seats 32.7% +8.4 points
  • Progress Party 38 +12 seats 22.1% +7.4 points
  • Conservative Party 23 −15 seats 14.1% −7.1 points
  • Socialist Left Party 15 −8 seats 8.8% −3.7 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 11 −11 seats 6.8% −5.7 points
  • Centre Party 11 +1 seat 6.5% +0.9 points
  • Liberal Party 10 +8 seats 5.9% +2.0 points
  • Red Electoral Alliance 0 0 seats 1.2% 0.0 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 2001 parliamentary election, party by party.

85 of 169 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 32.7%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 61 of 169 seats. A majority needs 85.

  2. +18 seats

    Seats gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2001. Conservative Party lost 15 seats.

  3. 77.4%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.9 points on 2001.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party61+1832.7+8.4862,456
Progress Party38+1222.1+7.4581,896
Conservative Party23−1514.1−7.1371,948
Socialist Left Party15−88.8−3.7232,971
Christian Democratic Party11−116.8−5.7178,885
Centre Party11+16.5+0.9171,063
Liberal Party10+85.9+2.0156,113
Red Electoral Alliance001.20.032,355

± is the change against the Norway 2001 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 862,456
  • Progress Party 581,896
  • Conservative Party 371,948
  • Socialist Left Party 232,971
  • Christian Democratic Party 178,885
  • Centre Party 171,063
  • Liberal Party 156,113
  • Red Electoral Alliance 32,355

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?

77.4% of the 3,421,741 registered voters cast a ballot (2,649,520 ballots), up 1.9 points on 2001. 2,638,263 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party32.7% of votes36.1% of seats
  • Progress Party22.1% of votes22.5% of seats
  • Conservative Party14.1% of votes13.6% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party8.8% of votes8.9% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party6.8% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Centre Party6.5% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Liberal Party5.9% of votes5.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.1 by votes and 4.6 by seats; Labour Party led Progress Party by 10.6 points of the vote.

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