1993 Norwegian parliamentary election

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.

1993 Norwegian parliamentary election
12 and 13 September 1993
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[lower-alpha 1]
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
Prime Minister before election

Gro Harlem Brundtland
Labour

 Prime Minister after election

Gro Harlem Brundtland
Labour

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]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party908,72436.9167+4
Conservative Party419,37317.0328–9
Centre Party412,18716.7432+21
Socialist Left Party194,6337.9113–4
Christian Democratic Party193,8857.8813–1
Progress Party154,4976.2810–12
Liberal Party88,9853.611+1
Red Electoral Alliance26,3601.071+1
Pensioners' Party25,8351.0500
Fatherland Party11,6940.470New
New Future Coalition Party8,7770.360New
Environment Party The Greens3,0540.1200
Christian Conservative Party1,9740.080New
Stop the Immigration1,9520.080New
Natural Law Party1,8530.080New
Freedom Party against the EF Union7740.030New
Liberal People's Party7250.030New
Common Future5480.020New
Communist Party3610.0100
Society Party950.000New
Common List against Foreign Immigration5,6630.230New
Christian Unity Party0New
Political Alternative Hordaland0New
Pensioners' Party–Common Future0–
Total2,461,949100.001650
Valid votes2,461,94999.57
Invalid/blank votes10,6020.43
Total votes2,472,551100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,259,95775.85
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, European Elections Database

Seat distribution
Constituency Total
seats		 Seats won
Ap Sp H SV KrF Frp V RV
Akershus 14 5 1 4 1 1 2
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Buskerud 8 4 1 2 1
Finnmark 4 2 1 1
Hedmark 8 4 2 1 1
Hordaland 15 5 3 2 1 2 1 1
Møre og Romsdal 10 4 3 1 2
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 2 1
Nordland 12 5 3 1 2 1
Oppland 7 4 2 1
Oslo 17 6 1 5 2 2 1
Østfold 8 4 1 1 1 1
Rogaland 11 3 2 2 1 2 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 2 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 4 2 2 1 1
Telemark 8 3 1 1 1 1 1
Troms 6 2 2 1 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 1 1 1
Vestfold 7 3 1 2 1
Total 165 67 32 28 13 13 10 1 1
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes
  1. As part of County Lists for Environment and Solidarity

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.