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Norway 2009 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 64 of 169 seats with 35.4% of the vote; 76.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.1 points on 2005.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Labour Party64+335.4+2.7949,049
Progress Party41+322.9+0.8614,717
Conservative Party30+717.2+3.1462,458
Socialist Left Party11−46.2−2.6166,361
Centre Party1106.2−0.3165,006
Christian Democratic Party10−15.5−1.3148,748
Liberal Party2−83.9−2.0104,144
Red Electoral Alliance001.4+0.236,219

± is the change against the Norway 2005 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Labour Party 949,049
  • Progress Party 614,717
  • Conservative Party 462,458
  • Socialist Left Party 166,361
  • Centre Party 165,006
  • Christian Democratic Party 148,748
  • Liberal Party 104,144
  • Red Electoral Alliance 36,219

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

Share of the vote

Turnout

76.4% of the 3,530,785 registered voters cast a ballot (2,696,468 ballots), down 1.1 points on 2005. 2,682,903 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Labour Party35.4% of votes37.9% of seats
  • Progress Party22.9% of votes24.3% of seats
  • Conservative Party17.2% of votes17.8% of seats
  • Centre Party6.2% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Socialist Left Party6.2% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Party5.5% of votes5.9% of seats
  • Liberal Party3.9% of votes1.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.6 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Labour Party led Progress Party by 12.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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