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Last election 201 seats 135 seats 57 seats
Seats won 157 105 67
Seat change Decrease 44 Decrease 30 Increase 10
Popular vote 46,851,839 28,341,055 19,332,040
Percentage 34.3% 20.7% 14.2%

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Last election Did not contest 23 seats 10 seats
Seats won 52 38 9
Seat change Increase 52 Increase 15 Decrease 1
Popular vote 17,435,405 14,798,091 4,103,177
Percentage 12.8% 10.8% 3.0%

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Leader's seat California List Maine at-large
Last election 8 seats 5 seats
Seats won 6 5
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady
Popular vote 4,623,822 1,205,541
Percentage 3.4% 0.9%

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Elected Prime Minister

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A parliamentary election was held in Norway on 11 September 2017. The non-socialist parties retained a reduced majority of 88 seats, allowing Prime Minister Erna Solberg's Conservative-Progress coalition to remain in government.[1][2] The Liberal Party joined the coalition in January 2018 but it remained a minority cabinet due to the Christian Democratic Party's decision not to join the coalition at that time. The three largest centre-left parties won 79 seats. The Green Party retained its single seat, while the Red Party won its first ever seat.

Previous election

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The last parliamentary elections in Norway were held on 9 September 2013. The outcome was a victory for the Conservatives and their populist right-wing allies. The Conservative Party, led by Erna Solberg, and the right-wing populist Progress Party formed a two-party minority government, with Solberg as Prime Minister. The two parties received confidence and supply from two centrist parties, the Liberals and the Christian Democrats.[3]

Electoral system

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The election used party-list proportional representation in nineteen multi-member constituencies, one for each of the counties of Norway.

The number of members to be returned from each constituency varies between 4 and 19. To determine the apportionment of the 169 seats amongst the 19 counties, a two-tier formula is used, based on population and geographic size. Each inhabitant counts one point, while each square kilometer counts 1.8 points.[4]

150 of the seats are regular district seats. These are awarded based on the election results in each county, and are unaffected by results in other counties. Nineteen of the seats (one for each county) are leveling seats, awarded parties who win fewer seats than their share of the national popular vote otherwise entitles them to. A party must win 4% of the popular vote in order to win compensation seats, but may still win district seats even if it fails to reach this threshold. The system for apportioning seats is biased in favour of rural areas since the area of the county is a factor, but the system of compensation seats reduces the effect this has on final party strength.[5]

Date

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According to the Norwegian constitution, parliamentary elections must be held every four years. The Norwegian parliament may not be dissolved before such a four-year term has ended, a rather rare trait of a political system found in few, if any democracies besides Norway and the USA.

On 22 April 2016, the Norwegian government announced that the date of the election is set to be Monday, 11 September 2017.[6] Additionally, each municipal council may vote to extend voting by one day, by also opening the polling stations on Sunday, 10 September.

Participating parties

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Eight political parties were represented in the Norwegian parliament prior to the election, all of whom went on to contest the 2017 election.

Additionally, the far-left Red Party led by Bjørnar Moxnes secured its first seat via a direct mandate in Oslo district. It had failed to secure representation in previous elections. The party is officially Communist in orientation and is a successor to the Red Electoral Alliance, which had previously won a seat in the 1993 election.

Opinion polling

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Seat predictions

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Results

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Summary of the 11 September 2017 Norwegian parliamentary election results
 
Party Votes Seats
# % ± # ±
Labour Party (Ap) 800,949 27.37 -3.5 49 -6
Conservative Party (H) 732,897 25.04 -1.8 45 -3
Progress Party (FrP) 444,683 15.19 -1.2 27 -2
Centre Party (Sp) 302,017 10.32 +4.8 19 +9
Socialist Left Party (SV) 176,222 6.02 +1.9 11 +4
Liberal Party (V) 127,911 4.37 -0.8 8 -1
Christian Democratic Party (KrF) 122,797 4.20 -1.4 8 -2
Green Party (MDG) 94,788 3.24 +0.4 1 0
Red Party (R) 70,522 2.41 +1.3 1 +1
Pensioners' Party (PP) 12,855 0.44 +0.0 0 +0
Health Party 10,337 0.35 new 0 new
The Christians (PDK) 8,700 0.30 -0.3 0 +0
Capitalist Party 5,599 0.19 new 0 new
Democrats in Norway (DEM) 3,830 0.1 +0.1 0 +0
Pirate Party 3,356 0.1 -0.2 0 +0
The Alliance 3,311 0.1 new 0 new
Coastal Party (KP) 2,467 0.1 +0.0 0 +0
Nordmøre List 2,135 0.1 new 0 new
Feminist Initiative (FI) 696 0.0 new 0 new
Communist Party of Norway (NKP) 309 0.0 +0.0 0 +0
Norway Party 151 0.0 new 0 new
Party of Values 151 0.0 new 0 new
Society Party 104 0.0 +0.0 0 +0
Northern Assembly 59 0.0 new 0 new
Totals 2,945,352 100.0 169 ±0
Blank and invalid votes 23,681 0.8 +0.2
Registered voters/turnout 3,765,245 78.2 -0.1
Source: valgresultat.no
Popular vote
Ap
27.4%
H
25.0%
FrP
15.2%
Sp
10.3%
SV
6.0%
V
4.4%
KrF
4.2%
MDG
3.2%
R
2.4%
Others
1.9%
Seat distribution
Ap
29.0%
H
26.6%
FrP
16.0%
Sp
11.2%
SV
6.5%
V
4.7%
KrF
4.7%
MDG
0.6%
R
0.6%
 
The disproportionality in the 2017 election was 3.29 according to the Gallagher Index

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Results by municipality

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Government formation and Aftermath

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Prime Minister Solberg set out to form a governing coalition between the Conservative Party, Progress Party, Liberal Party, and the Christian Democrats. In late-September 2017, the Christian Democrats left coalition talks due to the inclusion of the Progress Party.[14]

On 14 January 2018, a government was formed by the Conservative Party, the Progress Party and the Liberal Party.[15]

The Christian Democrats voted at a party conference to join Solberg's government on 2 November 2018 and on 16 January 2019, Solberg's Conservatives struck a deal with the Christian Democratic Party. This marked the first time since 1985 that Norway would be getting a majority government representing right-wing parties in the Storting.[16][17]

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ "Valgresultat.no". Valgresultat.no. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  2. ^ "Valgresultat for Norge – Valg 2017". Nrk.no. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  3. ^ "Drømmen om en bred borgerlig regjering er knust | BA". Ba.no. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  4. ^ "The main features of the Norwegian electoral system". Dagbladet. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
  5. ^ "Rødgrønt flertall uansett valgordning". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). September 28, 2009.
  6. ^ moderniseringsdepartementet, Kommunal- og (22 April 2016). "Valgdagen blir 11. september 2017". Regjeringen.no.
  7. ^ "Høyre og konservatismen - Høyre". Hoyre.no. 2008-11-25. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  8. ^ Allern 2010, p. 26: "The Norwegian Progress Party is...traditionally characterised as a borderline case of the extreme or radical right (Ignazi 1992: 13–15; Kitschelt 1995: 121; Ignazi 2003: 157), and Mudde (2007:19) characterises FrP as a non-radical populist party"; see also: p.212.
  9. ^ Widfeldt 2014, p. 83: "The academic literature is not unanimous in classifying FrP as an extreme right party. Cas Mudde, in his book from 2007, argues that FrP does not belong to the populist radical right family... Instead, he classifies FrP as a "neoliberal populist party". Other writers, however, do place FrP in the same category...even if they in some cases do so with qualifications"; see also: p.16.
  10. ^ "Forskere: Frp er høyrepopulistisk", Verdens Gang (NTB), 14.09.2013. "- Ja, de er høyrepopulister. Men sammenlignet med andre slike partier i Europa er de en moderat utgave og har sterkere innslag av liberalkonservative strømninger, sier Jupskås." ("Yes, they are right-wing populists. But compared to similar parties in Europe, they are a moderate version, and have stronger elements of liberal-conservative currents, Jupskås (Anders Ravik Jupskås, lecturer Department of Political Science, University of Oslo) says.")
  11. ^ "Høyre og Frp frir til konservativt Sp - Aftenposten". Aftenposten.no. 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  12. ^ "KrF og Venstre må holde sammen - Venstre". Venstre.no. 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  13. ^ "pollofpolls.no - Gjennomsnitt av nasjonale meningsmålinger om stortingsvalg". www.pollofpolls.no. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  14. ^ "Norway's Christian Democrats Quit Government Negotiations". The Local. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  15. ^ Erna Solberg: Her er den blågrønne regjeringens plattform NRK, 14 January 2018
  16. ^ Schaart, Eline (2018-11-02). "Norwegian government safe after Christian party votes to join its ranks". Politico Europe. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  17. ^ Henry, Galaxy (2019-01-18). "Norway: PM Solberg strikes deal to form center-right majority". Politico Europe. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

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List of Prime Ministers

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Term
(Election)
Ministry
1   Richard Nixon
of California
June 15, 1955

June 15, 1960
Republican 1st
(1955)
Nixon I
2   John F. Kennedy
of Massachusetts
June 15, 1960

November 22, 1963
Democratic 2nd
(1960)
J. Kennedy
3   Lyndon B. Johnson
of Texas
November 22, 1963

April 8, 1968
Democratic Johnson I
3rd
(1965)
Johnson II
4   Robert F. Kennedy
of Massachusetts
April 8, 1968

June 6, 1968
Democratic R. Kennedy - Albert
-   Carl Albert
of Oklahoma
(acting)
June 6, 1968

June 24, 1968
Southern Democratic
5   Hubert Humphrey
of Minnesota
June 24, 1968

June 17, 1970
Democratic Humphrey - Albert
(1)   Richard Nixon
of California
June 17, 1970

September 17, 1973
Independent 4th
(1970)
Nixon II
6   Gerald Ford
of Michigan
September 17, 1973

June 11, 1975
Republican Ford - Tower
7   Edward M. Kennedy
of Massachusetts
June 11, 1975

June 11, 1980
Democratic 5th
(1975)
E. Kennedy - Wright
8   Ronald Reagan
of California
June 11, 1980

February 16, 1988
Conservative 6th
(1980)
Reagan - Bush I
7th
(1985)
Reagan - Bush II
9   Jack Kemp
of New York
February 16, 1988

June 13, 1990
Republican Kemp - Dole
10   Joe Biden
of Delaware
June 13, 1990

March 1, 1999
Democratic 7th
(1990)
Biden - Gore
8th
(1995)
Biden - Gore - Clinton
11   Al Gore
of Tennessee
March 1, 1999

March 4, 1999
Southern Democratic Gore
(failed investiture)
(10)   Joe Biden
of Delaware
(acting)
March 4, 1999

May 19, 1999
Democratic Biden III
(provisional)
12   John McCain
of Arizona
May 19, 1999

November 19, 2007
Conservative 9th
(1999)
McCain-Lieberman
10th
(2002)
McCain II
13   John Edwards
of North Carolina
November 19, 2007

August 11, 2008
Southern Democratic 11th
(2007)
Edwards - Obama
14   Barack Obama
of Illinois
August 11, 2008

November 21, 2011
Democratic Obama - Lincoln
15   Mike Huckabee
of Arkansas
November 21, 2011

July 20, 2020
Christian Democratic 12th
(2011)
Huckabee I
13th
(2015)
Huckabee II
16   Amy Klobuchar
of Minnesota
July 20, 2020

present
Democratic 14th
(2020)
Klobuchar