Norwegian parliamentary election, 1985

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1985
Norway
8 and 9 September 1985

All 157 seats in the Norwegian Parliament
79 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gro Harlem Brundtland Erling Norvik Kjell Magne Bondevik
Party Labour Conservative Christian Democratic
Last election 66 seats, 37.2% 53 seats, 35.3% 15 seats, 12.5%
Seats won 71 50 16
Seat change Increase5 Decrease3 Increase1
Popular vote 1,061,712 791,537 214,969
Percentage 40.8% 30.4% 8.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Johan J. Jakobsen Theo Koritzinsky Carl I. Hagen
Party Centre Socialist Left Progress
Last election 11 seats, 7.8% 4 seats, 4.9% 4 seats, 4.5%
Seats won 12 6 2
Seat change Increase1 Increase2 Decrease2
Popular vote 171,770 141,950 96,797
Percentage 6.6% 5.5% 3.7%

Prime Minister before election

Kåre Willoch
Conservative

Prime Minister-designate

Kåre Willoch
Conservative

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 8 and 9 September 1985.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 71 of the 157 seats.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Labour Party1,061,71240.871+5
Conservative Party791,53730.450–3
Christian People's Party214,9698.316+1
Centre Party171,7706.612+1
Socialist Left Party141,9505.56+2
Progress Party96,7973.72–2
Liberal Party81,2023.10–2
Red Electoral Alliance14,8180.600
Liberal People's Party12,9580.500
Pensioners' Party7,8460.30New
Communist Party4,2450.20New
Sunnmøre List2,0130.50New
Freely Elected Representatives00
Society Party0New
Non-Partisan List0New
Invalid/blank votes3,619
Total2,605,436100157+2
Registered voters/turnout3,100,47984.0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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