2005 Norwegian parliamentary election

2005 Norwegian parliamentary election

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All 169 seats in the Storting
85 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jens Stoltenberg Carl I. Hagen Erna Solberg
Party Labour Progress Conservative
Last election 24.29%, 43 seats 14.64%, 26 seats 21.21%, 38 seats
Seats won 61 38 23
Seat change Increase18 Increase12 Decrease15
Popular vote 862,757 582,284 372,008
Percentage 32.69% 22.06% 14.10%
Swing Increase8.40pp Increase7.42pp Decrease7.11pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kristin Halvorsen Dagfinn Høybråten Åslaug Haga
Party Socialist Left Christian Democratic Centre
Last election 12.55%, 23 seats 12.41%, 22 seats 5.56%, 10 seats
Seats won 15 11 11
Seat change Decrease8 Decrease11 Increase1
Popular vote 232,971 178,885 171,063
Percentage 8.83% 6.78% 6.48%
Swing Decrease3.72pp Decrease5.63pp Increase0.92pp

  Seventh party
 
Leader Lars Sponheim
Party Liberal
Last election 3.91%, 2 seats
Seats won 10
Seat change Increase8
Popular vote 156,113
Percentage 5.92%
Swing Increase2.01pp

Results by county

Prime Minister before election

Kjell Magne Bondevik
Christian Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Jens Stoltenberg
Labour

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 2005.[1] The result was a victory for the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition, which received 48.0% of the votes and won 87 out of 169 seats, dominated by the Labour Party's 61 seats. The three-party centre-right government coalition won 44 seats and the right wing Progress Party won 38, becoming the largest opposition party. Voter turnout was 77.1%, an increase of 2 percentage points compared to the 2001 elections.

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