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Norway 2009 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2009 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 64 of 169 seats with 35.4% of the vote. 76.4% 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 64 of 169 seats with 35.4% of the vote; 76.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.1 points on 2005.

  • Labour Party 64 +3 seats 35.4% +2.7 points
  • Progress Party 41 +3 seats 22.9% +0.8 points
  • Conservative Party 30 +7 seats 17.2% +3.1 points
  • Socialist Left Party 11 −4 seats 6.2% −2.6 points
  • Centre Party 11 0 seats 6.2% −0.3 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 10 −1 seat 5.5% −1.3 points
  • Liberal Party 2 −8 seats 3.9% −2.0 points
  • Red Electoral Alliance 0 0 seats 1.4% +0.2 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 2005 parliamentary election, party by party.

85 of 169 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 35.4%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 64 of 169 seats. A majority needs 85.

  2. +7 seats

    Seats gained by Conservative Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2005. Liberal Party lost 8 seats.

  3. 76.4%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.1 points on 2005.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party64+335.4+2.7949,049
Progress Party41+322.9+0.8614,717
Conservative Party30+717.2+3.1462,458
Socialist Left Party11−46.2−2.6166,361
Centre Party1106.2−0.3165,006
Christian Democratic Party10−15.5−1.3148,748
Liberal Party2−83.9−2.0104,144
Red Electoral Alliance001.4+0.236,219

± is the change against the Norway 2005 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 949,049
  • Progress Party 614,717
  • Conservative Party 462,458
  • Socialist Left Party 166,361
  • Centre Party 165,006
  • Christian Democratic Party 148,748
  • Liberal Party 104,144
  • Red Electoral Alliance 36,219

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?

76.4% of the 3,530,785 registered voters cast a ballot (2,696,468 ballots), down 1.1 points on 2005. 2,682,903 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party35.4% of votes37.9% of seats
  • Progress Party22.9% of votes24.3% of seats
  • Conservative Party17.2% of votes17.8% of seats
  • Centre Party6.2% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party6.2% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party5.5% of votes5.9% of seats
  • Liberal Party3.9% of votes1.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.6 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Labour Party led Progress Party by 12.5 points of the vote.

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