1977 Norwegian parliamentary election
11 and 12 September 1977
All 155 seats in the Storting
78 seats needed for a majority
  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 Increase14 Increase12 Increase2
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 6.8%, 21 seats 11.2%, 16 seats[lower-alpha 1] 2.3%, 2 seats
Seats won 12 2 2
Seat change Decrease9 Decrease14 Steady
Popular vote 184,087 96,248 54,243
Percentage 8.0% 4.2% 2.4%
Results by county
Prime Minister before election

Odvar Nordli
Labour

 Prime Minister after election

Odvar Nordli
Labour

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.

Campaign

Political parties

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 liberalismRight-libertarianism Right-wing Arve Lønnum 5.0%
4 / 155
DLF New People's Party
Det Liberale Folkepartiet		 Social liberalismPro-Europeanism Centre Magne Lerheim 3.4%
1 / 155
V Liberal Party
Venstre		 Social liberalism Centre Hans Hammond Rossbach 2.3%
2 / 155

Debates

1977 Norwegian general election debates
Date Time Organizers  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee 
Ap H KrF Sv Sp Frp Dlp V NKP Refs
8 Sep 23:00 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		 [2]
8 Sep 23:00 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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party972,43442.2676+14
Conservative Party563,78324.5040+12
Christian Democratic Party224,3559.7518+2
Centre Party184,0878.0011–9
Non-socialist joint lists[lower-alpha 2]111,4124.847–
Socialist Left Party96,2484.182–14
Liberal Party54,2432.3610
Progress Party43,3511.880–4
New People's Party22,5240.980–1
Red Electoral Alliance14,5150.6300
Communist Party8,4480.370–
Single Person's Party2,7400.1200
Democratic Party1,3220.0600
Freely Elected Representatives1,1490.050New
Lapp People's List4990.0200
Total2,301,110100.001550
Valid votes2,301,11099.85
Invalid/blank votes3,3860.15
Total votes2,304,496100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,780,19082.89
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ "Partilederdebatt". 16 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Etter Stortingsvalget 1977: Partilederdebatt". 16 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
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