1977 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 1977.[2] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 76 of the 155 seats.

1977 Norwegian parliamentary election
11 and 12 September 1977
All 155 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
78 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Reiulf Steen Erling Norvik Lars Korvald
Party Labour Conservative Christian Democratic
Last election 62 seats, 35.3% 29 seats, 17.2% 20 seats, 11.9%
Seats won 76 41 22
Seat change 14 12 2
Popular vote 972,434 563,783 224,355
Percentage 42.5% 24.5% 9.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gunnar Stålsett Berge Furre Hans Hammond Rossbach
Party Centre Socialist Left Liberal
Last election 21 seats, 6.8% 16 seats, 11.2%[1] 2 seats, 2.3%
Seats won 12 2 2
Seat change 9 14 0
Popular vote 184,087 96,248 54,243
Percentage 8.0% 4.2% 2.4%
Prime Minister before election

Odvar Nordli
Labour

 Elected Prime Minister

Odvar Nordli
Labour

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party972,43442.376+14
Conservative Party563,78324.541+12
Christian People's Party224,3559.722+2
Centre Party184,0878.012–9
Non-socialist joint lists111,4124.8[a]–
Socialist Left Party96,2484.22–14
Liberal Party54,2432.420
Progress Party43,3511.90–4
New People's Party22,5241.00–1
Red Electoral Alliance14,5150.600
Communist Party8,4480.40–
Single Person's Party2,7400.100
Norwegian Democratic Party1,3220.100
Freely Elected Representatives1,1490.00New
Lapp People's List4990.000
Invalid/blank votes3,386–––
Total2,304,4961001550
Registered voters/turnout2,780,19082.9––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a Seven seats were won by joint lists, of which four went to the Christian People's Party, and one each to the Centre Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party.[3]

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References
  1. As the Socialist Electoral League.
  2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
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