1969 Norwegian parliamentary election

1969 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 150 seats in the Storting
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout83.8%
  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.

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