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Norway 2017 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2017 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 49 of 169 seats with 27.4% of the vote. 78.2% 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 49 of 169 seats with 27.4% of the vote; 78.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, unchanged on 2013.

  • Labour Party 49 −6 seats 27.4% −3.4 points
  • Conservative Party 45 −3 seats 25.0% −0.8 points
  • Progress Party 27 −2 seats 15.2% −1.1 points
  • Centre Party 19 +9 seats 10.3% +4.8 points
  • Socialist Left Party 11 +4 seats 6.0% +1.9 points
  • Liberal Party 8 −1 seat 4.4% −0.8 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 8 −2 seats 4.2% −1.4 points
  • Green Party 1 0 seats 3.2% +0.4 points
  • Red Electoral Alliance 1 +1 seat 2.4% +1.3 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 2013 parliamentary election, party by party.

85 of 169 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 27.4%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 49 of 169 seats. A majority needs 85.

  2. +9 seats

    Seats gained by Centre Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2013. Labour Party lost 6 seats.

  3. 78.2%

    Voter turnout

    Unchanged on 2013.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party49−627.4−3.4800,947
Conservative Party45−325.0−0.8732,895
Progress Party27−215.2−1.1444,681
Centre Party19+910.3+4.8302,017
Socialist Left Party11+46.0+1.9176,222
Liberal Party8−14.4−0.8127,910
Christian Democratic Party8−24.2−1.4122,797
Green Party103.2+0.494,788
Red Electoral Alliance1+12.4+1.370,522
Pensioners' Party00.412,855

± is the change against the Norway 2013 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 800,947
  • Conservative Party 732,895
  • Progress Party 444,681
  • Centre Party 302,017
  • Socialist Left Party 176,222
  • Liberal Party 127,910
  • Christian Democratic Party 122,797
  • Green Party 94,788
  • Red Electoral Alliance 70,522
  • Pensioners' Party 12,855

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?

78.2% of the 3,765,245 registered voters cast a ballot (2,945,352 ballots), unchanged on 2013. 2,921,657 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1997 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party27.4% of votes29.0% of seats
  • Conservative Party25.0% of votes26.6% of seats
  • Progress Party15.2% of votes16.0% of seats
  • Centre Party10.3% of votes11.2% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party6.0% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Liberal Party4.4% of votes4.7% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party4.2% of votes4.7% of seats
  • Green Party3.2% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Red Electoral Alliance2.4% of votes0.6% 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 5.5 by votes and 5.0 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 2.4 points of the vote.

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