Political Parties and Elections
Further information: Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009 Further information: Norwegian parliamentary election, 2005 For other political parties see List of political parties in Norway. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Norway.Elections are to be held every 4 years on the second Monday of September.
| Parties | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ± % | # | ± | ||
| Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti) | 862,757 | 32.7 | +8.4 | 61 | +18 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 582,284 | 22.1 | +7.4 | 38 | +12 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 372,008 | 14.1 | −7.1 | 23 | −15 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 233,069 | 8.8 | −3.7 | 15 | −8 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 178,889 | 6.8 | −5.6 | 11 | −11 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 171,124 | 6.5 | +0.9 | 11 | +1 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 156,081 | 5.9 | +2.0 | 10 | +8 | |
| Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse) | 32,365 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) | 21,946 | 0.8 | −0.9 | 0 | −1 | |
| Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet) | 13,559 | 0.5 | –0.2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Unity Party (Kristent Samlingsparti) | 3,865 | 0.1 | –0.2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Environment Party The Greens (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 3,652 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Democrats (Demokratene) | 2,706 | 0.1 | – | 0 | – | |
| Abortion Opponents' List (Abortmotstandernes Liste) | 1,932 | 0.1 | – | 0 | – | |
| Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti) | 1,066 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reform Party (Reformpartiet) | 727 | 0.0 | – | 0 | – | |
| Sami People Party (Sámeálbmot bellodat, Samefolkets Parti) | 660 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberal People's Party (Det Liberale Folkeparti) | 213 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norwegian Republican Alliance (Norsk Republikansk Allianse) | 94 | 0.0 | – | 0 | – | |
| Beer Unity Party (Pilsens Samlingsparti) | 65 | 0.0 | – | 0 | – | |
| Society Party (Samfunnspartiet) | 43 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2,639,105 | 100% | 169 | ||||
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