1977 Norwegian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 1977.^[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 76 of the 155 seats.

1977 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1973 11 and 12 September 1977 1981 →
All 155 seats in the Storting 78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	82.9%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Reiulf Steen Erling Norvik Lars Korvald Party Labour Conservative Christian Democratic Last election 35.3%, 62 seats 17.2%, 29 seats 11.9%, 20 seats 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% Swing 7.2pp 7.3pp 2.2pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gunnar Stålsett Berge Furre Hans Hammond Rossbach Party Centre Socialist Left Liberal Last election 6.8%, 21 seats 11.2%, 16 seats[a] 2.3%, 2 seats Seats won 12 2 2 Seat change 9 14 Popular vote 184,087 96,248 54,243 Percentage 8.0% 4.2% 2.4% Swing 1.2pp 7.0pp 0.1pp
Results by county
Prime Minister before election Odvar Nordli Labour Prime Minister after election Odvar Nordli Labour

Contesting parties

See also: List of political parties in Norway

Name			Ideology	Position	Leader	1973 result
						Votes (%)	Seats
	Ap	Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet	Social democracy	Centre-left	Reiulf Steen	35.2%	62 / 155
	H	Conservative Party Høyre	Conservatism	Centre-right	Erling Norvik	17.2%	29 / 155
	KrF	Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	Lars Korvald	11.8%	20 / 155
	SV	Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti	Democratic socialism	Left-wing	Berge Furre	11.2%	16 / 155
	Sp	Centre Party Senterpartiet	Agrarianism	Centre	Gunnar Stålsett	6.8%	21 / 155
	FrP	Progress Party Fremskrittspartiet	Classical liberalism Right-libertarianism	Right-wing	Arve Lønnum	5.0%	4 / 155
	DLF	New People's Party Det Liberale Folkepartiet	Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism	Centre	Magne Lerheim	3.4%	1 / 155
	V	Liberal Party Venstre	Social liberalism	Centre	Hans Hammond Rossbach	2.3%	2 / 155

Campaign

Slogans

Party		Original slogan	English translation
	Labour Party	"Vekst og vern - demokrati og likestilling"	"Growth and protection - democracy and equality"
	Conservative Party
	Centre Party
	Christian Democratic Party
	Liberal Party
	Communist Party of Norway
Sources: [2]

Debates

1977 Norwegian general election debates
Date	Organisers	P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee
		Ap	H	KrF	Sv	Sp	Frp	Dlp	V	NKP	Refs
8 September	NRK	P Reiulf Steen, Odvar Nordli	P Erling Norvik	P Lars Korvald	P Berge Furre	P Gunnar Stålsett	P Arve Lønnum	P Magne Lerheim	P Hans Hammond Rossbach	P Martin Gunnar Knutsen	[3]
12 September	NRK	P Reiulf Steen, Odvar Nordli	P Kåre Willoch	P Lars Korvald	P Reidar T. Larsen	P Gunnar Stålsett	P Arve Lønnum	P Magne Lerheim	P Hans Hammond Rossbach	P Martin Gunnar Knutsen	[4]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	972,434	42.26	76	+14
	Conservative Party	563,783	24.50	40	+12
	Christian Democratic Party	224,355	9.75	18	+2
	Centre Party	184,087	8.00	11	–9
	Non-socialist joint lists[b]	111,412	4.84	7	–
	Socialist Left Party	96,248	4.18	2	–14
	Liberal Party	54,243	2.36	1	0
	Progress Party	43,351	1.88	0	–4
	New People's Party	22,524	0.98	0	–1
	Red Electoral Alliance	14,515	0.63	0	0
	Communist Party	8,448	0.37	0	–
	Single Person's Party	2,740	0.12	0	0
	Democratic Party	1,322	0.06	0	0
	Freely Elected Representatives	1,149	0.05	0	New
	Lapp People's List	499	0.02	0	0
Total		2,301,110	100.00	155	0
Valid votes		2,301,110	99.85
Invalid/blank votes		3,386	0.15
Total votes		2,304,496	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,780,190	82.89
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Voter demographics

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Ap	H	KrF	Sp	Sv	V	FrP	Others
Total vote	42.5%	24.5%	9.7%	8.0%	4.2%	2.4%	1.88%
Gender
Females	42.4%	22.5%	12.8%	7.3%	3.8%	2.7%	1.6%
Males	42.2%	26.6%	6.8%	8.7%	4.5%	2%	2%
Age
18–30 years old	31.9%	25.5%	5.7%	9.9%	10.3%	3.5%	3.9%
30-59 years old	45.4%	24.6%	8.4%	6.9%	2.9%	2.2%	1.8%
60 years old and older	43.3%	23%	15.8%	9%	2.1%	2.1%	0.6%
Work
low income	38.4%	18.1%	14.2%	13.3%	6.9%	2.7%	0.6%
Average income	50%	15.5%	9%	8.3%	4.8%	2.7%	2.7%
High income	36.2%	37%	7%	4.8%	2.3%	1.9%	2.1%
Education
Primary school	60%	11.9%	11.3%	6.8%	2.8%	1.2%	1.8%
High school	38.2%	28.2%	9.1%	9.6%	3.8%	3%	1.9%
University/college	15.2%	40.2%	8.9%	5.4%	8.9%	3.1%	2.2%
Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research[6]

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H	KrF	Sp	SV	V
Akershus	10	4	4	1	1
Aust-Agder	4	2	1	1
Buskerud	7	4	2	1
Finnmark	4	3	1
Hedmark	8	6	1		1
Hordaland	15	6	5	3	1
Møre og Romsdal	10	3	2	3	1		1
Nord-Trøndelag	6	3	1		2
Nordland	12	6	2	2	1	1
Oppland	7	4	1	1	1
Oslo	15	7	6	1		1
Østfold	8	5	2	1
Rogaland	10	4	3	2	1
Sogn og Fjordane	5	2	1	1	1
Sør-Trøndelag	10	5	2	1	1		1
Telemark	6	4	1	1
Troms	6	3	2	1
Vest-Agder	5	2	1	1	1
Vestfold	7	3	3	1
Total	155	76	41	22	12	2	2
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

1. As the Socialist Electoral League
2. Seven seats were won by joint lists, of which four went to the Christian Democratic Party, and one each to the Centre Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party.^[5]