Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1993

12 and 13 September 1993

All 165 seats in the Norwegian Parliament 83 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Gro Harlem Brundtland Anne Enger Lahnstein Kaci Kullmann Five Party Labour Centre Conservative Last election 63 seats, 34.3% 11 seats, 6.5% 37 seats, 22.2% Seats won 67 32 28 Seat change 4 21 9 Popular vote 908,724 412,187 419,373 Percentage 36.9% 16.7% 17.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Erik Solheim Kjell Magne Bondevik Carl I. Hagen Party Socialist Left Christian Democratic Progress Last election 17 seats, 10.1% 14 seats, 8.5% 22 seats, 13.0% Seats won 13 13 10 Seat change 4 1 12 Popular vote 194,633 193,885 154,497 Percentage 7.9% 7.9% 6.3%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Odd Einar Dørum Aksel Nærstad Party Liberal Red Last election 0 seats, 3.2 New Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 88,985 26,360 Percentage 3.6% 1.1%

Prime Minister before election Gro Harlem Brundtland Labour Prime Minister-designate Gro Harlem Brundtland Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 and 13 September 1993.^[1] It was the first European election where the two largest parties fielded a female leadership candidate, and the first election in history where all the largest three parties fielded female leadership candidates. The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 67 of the 165 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	908,724	36.9	67	+4
Conservative Party	419,373	17.0	28	–9
Centre Party	412,187	16.7	32	+21
Socialist Left Party	194,633	7.9	13	–4
Christian People's Party	193,885	7.9	13	–1
Progress Party	154,497	6.3	10	–12
Liberal Party	88,985	3.6	1	+1
Red Electoral Alliance	26,360	1.1	1	New
Pensioners' Party	25,835	1.0	0	0
Fatherland Party	11,694	0.5	0	New
New Future Coalition Party	8,777	0.4	0	New
Environment Party The Greens	3,054	0.1	0	0
Christian Conservative Party	1,974	0.1	0	New
Stop Immigration	1,952	0.3	0	New
Natural Law Party	1,853	0.1	0	New
Freedom Party against the EF Union	774	0.0	0	New
Liberal People's Party	725	0.0	0	New
Common Future	548	0.0	0	New
Communist Party	361	0.0	0	New
Society Party	95	0.0	0	New
Common list against foreign immigration	5,663	0.2	0	New
Christian Unity Party			0	New
Political Alternative Hordaland			0	New
Pensioners' Party-Common Future			0	–
Invalid/blank votes	10,602	–	–	–
Total	2,472,551	100	165	0
Registered voters/turnout	3,259,957	75.8	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Elections Database

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7