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1985 Norwegian parliamentary election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Erling Norvik
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Party
Labour
Conservative
Christian Democratic
Last election
66 seats, 37.2%
53 seats, 35.3%
15 seats, 12.5%
Seats won
71
50
16
Seat change
5
3
1
Popular vote
1,061,712
791,537
214,969
Percentage
40.8%
30.4%
8.3%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Johan J. Jakobsen
Theo Koritzinsky
Carl I. Hagen
Party
Centre
Socialist Left
Progress
Last election
11 seats, 7.8%
4 seats, 4.9%
4 seats, 4.5%
Seats won
12
6
2
Seat change
1
2
2
Popular vote
171,770
141,950
96,797
Percentage
6.6%
5.5%
3.7%
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 8 and 9 September 1985.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting , winning 71 of the 157 seats. It was the first election since 1885 in which the Liberal Party failed to win a seat.
Results [ ]
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Labour Party
1,061,712
40.8
71
+5
Conservative Party
791,537
30.4
50
–3
Christian People's Party
214,969
8.3
16
+1
Centre Party
171,770
6.6
12
+1
Socialist Left Party
141,950
5.5
6
+2
Progress Party
96,797
3.7
2
–2
Liberal Party
81,202
3.1
0
–2
Red Electoral Alliance
14,818
0.6
0
0
Liberal People's Party
12,958
0.5
0
0
Pensioners' Party
7,846
0.3
0
New
Communist Party
4,245
0.2
0
New
Sunnmøre List
2,013
0.5
0
New
Freely Elected Representatives
0
0
Society Party
0
New
Non-Partisan List
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
3,619
–
–
–
Total
2,605,436
100
157
+2
Registered voters/turnout
3,100,479
84.0
–
–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
References [ ]
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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