1993 Norwegian parliamentary election

1993 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 165 seats in the Storting
83 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Gro Harlem Brundtland Anne Enger Lahnstein Kaci Kullmann Five
Party Labour Centre Conservative
Last election 34.27%, 63 seats 6.47%, 11 seats 22.23%, 37 seats
Seats won 67 32 28
Seat change Increase4 Increase21 Decrease9
Popular vote 908,724 412,187 419,373
Percentage 36.91% 16.74% 17.03%
Swing Increase 2.64pp Increase 10.27pp Decrease 5.19pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Erik Solheim Kjell Magne Bondevik Carl I. Hagen
Party Socialist Left Christian Democratic Progress
Last election 10.08%, 17 seats 8.49%, 14 seats 13.04%, 22 seats
Seats won 13 13 10
Seat change Decrease4 Decrease1 Decrease12
Popular vote 194,633 193,885 154,497
Percentage 7.91% 7.88% 6.28%
Swing Decrease 2.17pp Decrease 0.61pp Decrease 6.76pp

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Odd Einar Dørum Aksel Nærstad
Party Liberal Red
Last election 3.20%, 0 seats 0.84%, 0 seats[a]
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Increase 1
Popular vote 88,985 26,360
Percentage 3.61% 1.07%
Swing Increase 0.41pp Increase 0.23pp

Results by county

Prime Minister before election

Gro Harlem Brundtland
Labour

Prime Minister after election

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.

Voter turnout was 76% , the lowest in a national election since the 1927 elections.[2] The prospect of European Union membership was a key issue in the election campaign.[2]


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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b Aardal, Bernt (1994). "The 1994 Storting Election: Volatile Voters Opposing the European Union". Scandinavian Political Studies. 17 (2): 171–180. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9477.1994.tb00055.x. ISSN 0080-6757.