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
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%
Prime Minister before election

Odvar Nordli
Labour

 Prime Minister after election

Odvar Nordli
Labour

Campaign

Political 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 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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