1997 Norwegian parliamentary election

1997 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 165 seats in the Storting
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Thorbjørn Jagland Carl I. Hagen Kjell Magne Bondevik
Party Labour Progress Christian Democratic
Last election 36.91%, 67 seats 6.28%, 10 seats 7.88%, 13 seats
Seats won 65 25 25
Seat change Decrease2 Increase15 Increase12
Popular vote 904,362 395,376 353,082
Percentage 35.00% 15.30% 13.66%
Swing Decrease1.91pp Increase9.02pp Increase5.78pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jan Petersen Anne Enger Lahnstein Kristin Halvorsen
Party Conservative Centre Socialist Left
Last election 17.04%, 28 seats 16.74%, 32 seats 7.91%, 13 seats
Seats won 23 11 9
Seat change Decrease5 Decrease21 Decrease4
Popular vote 370,441 204,824 155,307
Percentage 14.34% 7.93% 6.01%
Swing Decrease2.69pp Decrease8.81pp Decrease1.90pp

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Lars Sponheim Steinar Bastesen
Party Liberal Non-Partisan
Last election 3.61%, 1 seat 0.03%, 0 seats
Seats won 6 1
Seat change Increase5 Increase1
Popular vote 115,077 9,135
Percentage 4.45% 0.36%
Swing Increase0.84pp Increase0.33pp

Prime Minister before election

Thorbjørn Jagland
Labour

Prime Minister after election

Kjell Magne Bondevik
Christian Democratic

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 14 and 15 September 1997. Prior to the election Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland of the Labour Party had issued the 36.9 ultimatum declaring that the government would step down unless it gained 36.9% of the vote, the percentage gained by the Labour Party in 1993 under Gro Harlem Brundtland. Whilst Labour won a plurality of seats, they were unable to reach Jagland's 36.9% threshold, gaining 35% of the vote.

As a result of this, the Labour government stepped down, being replaced by a centrist coalition of the Christian People's Party, Liberal Party and the Centre Party, with Kjell Magne Bondevik being appointed Prime Minister, and confidence and supply support from the Conservative Party and the right-wing Progress Party.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party904,36235.0065–2
Progress Party395,37615.3025+15
Conservative Party370,44114.3423–5
Christian Democratic Party353,08213.6625+12
Centre Party204,8247.9311–21
Socialist Left Party155,3076.019–4
Liberal Party115,0774.456+5
Red Electoral Alliance43,2521.670–1
Pensioners' Party16,0310.6200
Non-Partisan Deputies9,1950.361+1
Environment Party The Greens5,8840.2300
Fatherland Party3,8050.1500
Natural Law Party2,2070.0900
Communist Party1,9790.0800
Christian Conservative Party1,3860.0500
New Future Coalition Party4910.0200
White Electoral Alliance4630.020New
Justice Party2810.010New
Liberal People's Party2580.0100
Children–Elderly2460.010New
Society Party2140.0100
Total2,584,161100.001650
Valid votes2,584,16199.63
Invalid/blank votes9,5080.37
Total votes2,593,669100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,311,19078.33
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Elections Database

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
Ap Frp KrF H Sp SV V TVF
Akershus 14 5 2 1 3 1 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Buskerud 7 4 1 1 1
Finnmark 4 2 1 1
Hedmark 9 4 1 1 1 1 1
Hordaland 16 5 2 3 2 1 1 2
Møre og Romsdal 10 3 2 2 1 1 1
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 1 1 1
Nordland 12 5 1 2 1 1 1 1
Oppland 7 4 1 1 1
Oslo 17 6 3 1 4 2 1
Østfold 8 4 2 1 1
Rogaland 12 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 1 1 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 4 1 1 2 1 1
Telemark 6 3 1 1 1
Troms 6 2 1 1 1 1
Vest-Agder 5 1 1 2 1
Vestfold 7 3 2 1 1
Total 165 65 25 25 23 11 9 6 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

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