Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997

Norwegian Parliamentary election, 1997

1993 ← members 15 September 1997 → 2001

All 165 seats to the Norwegian Parliament 83 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Thorbjørn Jagland Carl I. Hagen Jan Petersen Party Labour Party Progress Party Conservative Party Leader since 1992 1978 1994 Last election 67 seats (36.9%) 10 seats (6.3%) 28 seats (17.0%) Seats won 65 25 23 Seat change -2 +15 -5 Popular vote 904,362 395,376 370,441 Percentage 35.0% 15.3% 14.3%

Prime Minister before election Thorbjørn Jagland Jagland's Cabinet Prime Minister-designate Kjell Magne Bondevik Bondevik's First Cabinet

A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 15 September 1997. Before the election, Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland of the Labour Party, issued the 36.9 ultimatum declaring that the government would step down unless it gained 36.9% of the vote, the percentage gained by the Labour Party in 1993 under Gro Harlem Brundtland ([1], under the heading 'political conditions'). While Labour won a plurality of seats, they were unable to reach Jagland's 36.9% threshold, gaining 35% of the vote. As a result of this, the Labour government stepped down, being replaced by a centrist coalition of the Christian People's Party, Liberal Party and the Centre Party, with Kjell Magne Bondevik being appointed Prime Minister.

Results

Distribution of mandates after the 1997 Norwegian parliamentary election:

  Socialist Left Party

  Labour Party

  Centre Party

  Christian Democratic Party

  Liberal Party

  Conservative Party

  Non-Partisan Deputies

  Progress Party

e • d Summary of the 15 September 1997 Norwegian Storting election results

Parties		Votes			Seats
		#	%	± %	#	±
	Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti)	904,362	35.0	–1.9	65	–2
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	395,376	15.3	+9	25	+15
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	370,441	14.3	–2.7	23	–5
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	353,082	13.7	+5.8	25	+12
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	204,824	7.9	–8.8	11	–21
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	155,307	6.0	+1.9	9	–4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	115,077	4.5	+0.9	6	+5
	Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse)	43,252	1.7	+0.6	0	–1
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	16,031	0.6	–0.4	0	0
	Non-Partisan Deputies (Tverrpolitisk Folkevalgte)	9,195	0.4	–	1¹	–
	Environment Party The Greens (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	5,884	0.2	+0.1	0	0
	Fatherland Party (Fedrelandspartiet)	3,805	0.1	–0.3	0	0
	Natural Law Party (Naturlovpartiet)	2,207	0.1	0.0	0	0
	Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti)	1,979	0.1	0.0	0	0
	Christian Conservative Party (Kristent Konservativt Parti)	1,386	0.1	0.0	0	0
	New Future Coalition Party (Samlingspartiet Ny Fremtid)	491	0.0	–0.3	0	0
	White Electoral Alliance (Hvit Valgallianse)	463	0.0	–	0	–
	Justice Party (Rettferdighetspartiet)	281	0.0	–	0	–
	Liberal People's Party (Det Liberale Folkeparti)	258	0.0	0.0	0	0
	Children-Elderly (Barn-Eldre)	246	0.0	–	0	–
	Society Party (Samfunnspartiet)	214	0.0	0.0	0	0
		2,584,161	100%		165

¹This seat was won by a cross-political list, which in 1999 gathered to form the Coastal Party (Kystpartiet).

External links

• Results by district from Adam Carr's Election Archive