Pensioners' Party (Norway)
The Pensioners' Party (Norwegian: Pensjonistpartiet) is a political party in Norway without parliamentary representation. It was founded in 1985 to work for the interests of pensioners, and the party mainly focuses on issues related to health care, taxes and pensioners' issues.[3]
Pensioners' Party Pensjonistpartiet | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Kurt Johhny Hæggernes (2023) |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | Prinsens gate 3 A 0152 Oslo |
| Ideology | Single-issue politics[1] Pensioners' interests |
| Colours | Dark purple, periwinkle |
| Parliament | 0 / 169
|
| County Councils[2] | 3 / 728
|
| Municipal Councils[2] | 84 / 10,781
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| Website | |
| pensjonistpartiet.no | |
The party has never been elected to parliament, although former MP Arne Haukvik, who was elected on the Centre Party (Sp) list in 1993, joined the party prior to the 1997 election after he was not renominated by the Sp. The party has representatives in the local councils of some cities and county assemblies.
Electoral results
| Storting | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7,846 | 0.3 | 0 / 157 |
New | |
| 1989 | 7,863 | 0.3 | 0 / 165 |
 0 | |
| 1993 | 25,835 | 1.0 | 0 / 165 |
0 | |
| 1997 | 16,031 | 0.6 | 0 / 165 |
0 | |
| 2001 | 17,940 | 0.7 | 0 / 165 |
0 | |
| 2005 | 13,556 | 0.5 | 0 / 169 |
0 | |
| 2009 | 11,900 | 0.4 | 0 / 169 |
0 | |
| 2013 | 11,865 | 0.4 | 0 / 169 |
0 | |
| 2017 | 12,855 | 0.4 | 0 / 169 |
0 | |
| 2021 | 19,002 | 0.6 | 0 / 169 |
0 | |
Campaign booth ahead of the 2009 election.
References
- Carlsen, Carina Charlotte (March 29, 2013). "- Vi kan bli landets største parti". Nettavisen.
- "Pensjonistpartiet". Valg 2011 (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- Garvik, Olav (February 12, 2021). "Pensjonistpartiet" – via Store norske leksikon.
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