1969 Norwegian parliamentary election
7 and 8 September 1969
All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Trygve Bratteli John Lyng John Austrheim
Party Labour Conservative Centre
Last election 43.1%, 68 seats 21.4%, 31 seats 10.1%, 18 seats
Seats won 74 29 20
Seat change Increase6 Decrease2 Increase2
Popular vote 1,004,348 489,282[a] 277,201[b]
Percentage 46.5% 22.7%[a] 12.9%[b]
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Lars Korvald Gunnar Garbo
Party Christian Democratic Liberal
Last election 8.9%, 13 seats 9.4%, 18 seats
Seats won 14 13
Seat change Increase1 Decrease5
Popular vote 252,376[a][b] 202,553
Percentage 11.7%[a][b] 9.4%
Results by county
Prime Minister before election

Per Borten
Centre

 Prime Minister after election

Per Borten
Centre

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 and 8 September 1969.[1] Although the Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 74 of the 150 seats, the coalition of right-of-centre parties won 76 seats and retained power. The closeness of the result and fears of the two blocs winning an equal number of seats led to the number of seats being increased to an odd number for the next elections.

Campaign

Political parties

Name Ideology Position Leader 1965 result
Votes (%) Seats
Ap Labour Party
Arbeiderpartiet		 Social democracy Centre-left Trygve Bratteli 43.1%
68 / 150
H Conservative Party
Høyre		 Conservatism Centre-right John Lyng 20.3%
31 / 150
V Liberal Party
Venstre		 Social liberalism Centre Gunnar Garbo 10.1%
18 / 150
Sp Centre Party
Senterpartiet		 Agrarianism Centre John Austrheim 9.3%
18 / 150
KrF Christian Democratic Party
Kristelig Folkeparti		 Christian democracy Centre to centre-right Lars Korvald 7.8%
13 / 150
SF Socialist People's Party
Sosialistisk Folkeparti		 Socialism Left-wing to Far-left Torolv Solheim 5.9%
2 / 150
NKP Communist Party of Norway
Norges Kommunistiske Parti		 Communism Far-left Reidar T. Larsen 1.3%
0 / 155

Debates

1969 Norwegian general election debates
Date Time Organizers  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee 
Ap H V Sp KrF SF NKP Refs
5 sep  ??? NRK P
Trygve Bratteli, Reiulf Steen		 P
Svenn Stray		 P
Bent Røiseland		 P
Per Borten, John Austrheim		 P
Lars Korvald		 P
Finn Gustavsen		 P
Reidar T. Larsen		 [2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party1,004,34846.5374+6
Conservative Party406,20918.8228–2
Liberal Party202,5539.3813–5
Centre Party194,1288.9917+2
Christian Democratic Party169,3037.8412+1
Socialist People's Party73,2843.390–2
Communist Party21,5171.0000
Christians–Conservatives[lower-alpha 1]83,0733.852–
Centrists–Christians[lower-alpha 2]4–
Socialists–Communists3,2030.150–
Democratic Party5610.0300
Lapp People's List5270.020New
Wild votes60.00––
Total2,158,712100.001500
Valid votes2,158,71299.82
Invalid/blank votes3,8840.18
Total votes2,162,596100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,579,56683.84
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats		 Seats won
Ap H Sp KrF V
Akershus 7 3 2 1 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Bergen 5 2 1 1 1
Buskerud 7 4 2 1
Finnmark 4 3 1
Hedmark 8 5 1 2
Hordaland 10 4 2 1 2 1
Møre og Romsdal 10 3 1 2 2 2
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 2 1
Nordland 12 6 2 2 1 1
Oppland 7 5 2
Oslo 13 6 5 1 1
Østfold 8 5 1 1 1
Rogaland 10 4 2 1 2 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 1 1 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 5 2 2 1
Telemark 6 3 1 1 1
Troms 6 3 1 1 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 1 1 1
Vestfold 7 4 2 1
Total 150 74 29 20 14 13
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

  1. ↑ The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.[3]
  2. ↑ The joint list of the Centre Party and the Christian Democratic Party won four seats, three taken by the Centre Party and one by the Christian People's Party.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ "Partilederdebatt 1973". 15 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
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