1981 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 13 and 14 September 1981.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 66 of the 155 seats. The Conservative Party made the strongest gains and formed a government on its own. In 1983 a majority coalition government with the Christian People's Party and the Centre Party was established.

1981 Norwegian parliamentary election

13 and 14 September 1981

All 155 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
78 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gro Harlem Brundtland Jo Benkow Kåre Kristiansen
Party Labour Conservative Christian Democratic
Last election 76 seats, 42.3% 41 seats, 24.5% 22 seats, 9.7%
Seats won 66 53 15
Seat change 10 12 7
Popular vote 914,749 780,372 219,179
Percentage 37.2% 31.7% 8.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Johan J. Jakobsen Berge Furre Carl I. Hagen
Party Centre Socialist Left Progress
Last election 12 seats, 8.0% 2 seats, 4.2% 0 seats, 1.9%
Seats won 11 4 4
Seat change 1 2 4
Popular vote 103,753 121,561 109,564
Percentage 4.2% 4.9% 4.5%

  Seventh party
 
Leader Hans Hammond Rossbach
Party Liberal
Last election 2 seats, 2.4%
Seats won 2
Seat change 0
Popular vote 79,064
Percentage 3.2%

Prime Minister before election

Gro Harlem Brundtland
Labour

Elected Prime Minister

Kåre Willoch
Conservative

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party914,74937.266–10
Conservative Party780,37231.753+12
Christian People's Party219,1798.915–7
Socialist Left Party121,5614.94+2
Progress Party109,5644.54+4
Centre Party103,7534.211–1
Non-socialist joint lists88,9693.6[a]
Liberal Party79,0643.220
Red Electoral Alliance17,8440.700
Liberal People's Party13,3440.500
Communist Party6,6730.300
Plebiscite Party1,1450.00New
Tom A. Schanke's Party8260.00New
Freely Elected Representatives8010.000
Lapp People's List5940.000
Broad-Based Non-Partisan List3830.00New
Invalid/blank votes3,387
Total2,462,1421001550
Registered voters/turnout3,003,09382.0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a Five seats were won by joint lists, all of which were taken by the Centre Party.[2]

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1460
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