1981 Norwegian parliamentary election
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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.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Labour Party | 914,749 | 37.2 | 66 | –10 |
Conservative Party | 780,372 | 31.7 | 53 | +12 |
Christian People's Party | 219,179 | 8.9 | 15 | –7 |
Socialist Left Party | 121,561 | 4.9 | 4 | +2 |
Progress Party | 109,564 | 4.5 | 4 | +4 |
Centre Party | 103,753 | 4.2 | 11 | –1 |
Non-socialist joint lists | 88,969 | 3.6 | [a] | – |
Liberal Party | 79,064 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 |
Red Electoral Alliance | 17,844 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
Liberal People's Party | 13,344 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Communist Party | 6,673 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Plebiscite Party | 1,145 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Tom A. Schanke's Party | 826 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Freely Elected Representatives | 801 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lapp People's List | 594 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Broad-Based Non-Partisan List | 383 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 3,387 | – | – | – |
Total | 2,462,142 | 100 | 155 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 3,003,093 | 82.0 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
a Five seats were won by joint lists, all of which were taken by the Centre Party.[2]
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