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Norway 2021 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2021 parliamentary election in Norway?

Labour Party won 48 of 169 seats with 26.3% of the vote. 77.2% 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 48 of 169 seats with 26.3% of the vote; 77.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.1 points on 2017.

  • Labour Party 48 −1 seat 26.3% −1.1 points
  • Conservative Party 36 −9 seats 20.4% −4.6 points
  • Centre Party 28 +9 seats 13.5% +3.2 points
  • Progress Party 21 −6 seats 11.6% −3.6 points
  • Socialist Left Party 13 +2 seats 7.6% +1.6 points
  • Red Electoral Alliance 8 +7 seats 4.7% +2.3 points
  • Liberal Party 8 0 seats 4.6% +0.2 points
  • Green Party 3 +2 seats 3.9% +0.7 points
  • Christian Democratic Party 3 −5 seats 3.8% −0.4 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 2017 parliamentary election, party by party.

85 of 169 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 26.3%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 48 of 169 seats. A majority needs 85.

  2. +9 seats

    Seats gained by Centre Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2017. Conservative Party lost 9 seats.

  3. 77.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.1 points on 2017.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party48−126.3−1.1783,394
Conservative Party36−920.4−4.6607,316
Centre Party28+913.5+3.2402,961
Progress Party21−611.6−3.6346,474
Socialist Left Party13+27.6+1.6228,063
Red Electoral Alliance8+74.7+2.3140,931
Liberal Party804.6+0.2137,433
Green Party3+23.9+0.7117,647
Christian Democratic Party3−53.8−0.4113,344
Norway Democrats01.134,068
Unnamed party with one seat10.24,950

± is the change against the Norway 2017 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 783,394
  • Conservative Party 607,316
  • Centre Party 402,961
  • Progress Party 346,474
  • Socialist Left Party 228,063
  • Red Electoral Alliance 140,931
  • Liberal Party 137,433
  • Green Party 117,647
  • Christian Democratic Party 113,344
  • Norway Democrats 34,068
  • Unnamed party with one seat 4,950

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?

77.2% of the 3,891,736 registered voters cast a ballot (3,003,290 ballots), down 1.1 points on 2017. 2,984,187 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 2009 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party26.3% of votes28.4% of seats
  • Conservative Party20.4% of votes21.3% of seats
  • Centre Party13.5% of votes16.6% of seats
  • Progress Party11.6% of votes12.4% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party7.6% of votes7.7% of seats
  • Red Electoral Alliance4.7% of votes4.7% of seats
  • Liberal Party4.6% of votes4.7% of seats
  • Green Party3.9% of votes1.8% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party3.8% of votes1.8% 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 6.4 by votes and 5.6 by seats; Labour Party led Conservative Party by 5.9 points of the vote.

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