1977 Norwegian parliamentary election

(Redirected from Norwegian parliamentary election, 1977)

← 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%

	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	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%

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. The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 76 of the 155 seats.

Contesting parties

Name			Ideology	Position	Leader	1973 result
Name			Ideology	Position	Leader	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:

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
											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
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

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	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

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

As the Socialist Electoral League
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.

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
"Historiske slagord og plakater". Arbeiderpartiet (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
"Etter Stortingsvalget 1977: Partilederdebatt". 16 July 2016.
"Partilederdebatt". 16 July 2016.
Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
"Kristelig Folkeparti - Valgforskning". Retrieved 16 February 2024.

v t e Elections and referendums in Norway
Parliamentary elections	1814 (Constitution) 1814 (Autumn) 1815 1817 1820 1823 1826 1829 1832 1835 1838 1841 1844 1847 1850 1853 1856 1859 1862 1865 1868 1870 1873 1876 1879 1882 1885 1888 1891 1894 1897 1900 1903 1906 1909 1912 1915 1918 1921 1924 1927 1930 1933 1936 1945 1949 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Local elections	1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1916 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1945 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Sámi elections	1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Referendums	1905 (Aug) 1905 (Nov) 1919 1926 1972 1994

Categories: