Norwegian parliamentary election, 1969
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The 1969 election proved to be one of the closest ones in Norwegian history. The only leftist party to win seats, the Labour Party, got 74 seats, while the right-wing parties got 76 seats. When counting the results, people started worrying that the two sides would be evenly split with 75 seats each, which would have caused a problem in determining who would be in government. To prevent this from ever happening, the Storting was expanded with 5 seats for the 1973 election, and the number of seats in the Storting has been an odd one since.
[edit] Results
| Party | Vote (%) | Seats |
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| Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) | 46.5 | 74 |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 18.8 | 29 |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 9.0 | 20 |
| Christian People's Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 7.8 | 14 |
| Liberal Left (Venstre) | 9.4 | 13 |
| Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti) | 3.4 | 0 |
| Others | 5.0 | 0 |
| Total | 100 | 150 |
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