Norwegian parliamentary election, 1977

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1977

1977
All 155 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 78 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Reiulf Steen Erling Norvik Lars Korvald Party Labour Conservative Christian Democratic Last election 62 seats, 35.3% 29 seats, 17.2% 20 seats, 11.9% 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 21 seats, 6.8% 16 seats, 11.2%[1] 2 seats, 2.3% Seats won 12 2 2 Seat change 9 14 0 Popular vote 184,087 96,248 54,243 Percentage 8.0% 4.2% 2.4%
Prime Minister before election Odvar Nordli Labour Prime Minister-designate Odvar Nordli Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 1977.^[2] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 76 of the 155 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	972,434	42.3	76	+14
Conservative Party	563,783	24.5	41	+12
Christian People's Party	224,355	9.7	22	+2
Centre Party	184,087	8.0	12	–9
Non-socialist joint lists	111,412	4.8	[a]	–
Socialist Left Party	96,248	4.2	2	–14
Liberal Party	54,243	2.4	2	0
Progress Party	43,351	1.9	0	–4
New People's Party	22,524	1.0	0	–1
Red Electoral Alliance	14,515	0.6	0	0
Communist Party	8,448	0.4	0	–
Single Person's Party	2,740	0.1	0	0
Norwegian Democratic Party	1,322	0.1	0	0
Freely Elected Representatives	1,149	0.0	0	New
Lapp People's List	499	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	3,386	–	–	–
Total	2,304,496	100	155	0
Registered voters/turnout	2,780,190	82.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a Seven seats were won by joint lists, of which four went to the Christian People's Party, and one each to the Centre Party, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party.^[3]

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