1981 Norwegian Parliamentary Election
13 and 14 September 1981 · Labour's long ascendancy · 155 seats, 78 for a majority
Labour Party finished first with 66 of 155 seats on 37.2% of the vote. Turnout 82.0%.
Prime Minister before
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Labour
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Labour Party
66 of 155 seats
Turnout
82.0%
The result
| Share of the Storting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | — | 66 | -10 | 914 749 | 37.2% | — | |
| Conservative Party | — | 53 | +12 | 780 372 | 31.7% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Party | — | 15 | -7 | 219 179 | 8.9% | — | |
| Socialist Left Party | — | 4 | +2 | 121 561 | 4.9% | — | |
| Progress Party | — | 4 | +4 | 109 564 | 4.5% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 6 | -1 | 103 753 | 4.2% | — | |
| Non-socialist joint lists | — | 5 | — | 88 969 | 3.6% | — | |
| Liberal Party | — | 2 | 0 | 79 064 | 3.2% | — | |
| Red Electoral Alliance | — | 0 | 0 | 17 844 | 0.7% | — | |
| Liberal People's Party | — | 0 | 0 | 13 344 | 0.5% | — | |
| Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 6 673 | 0.3% | — | |
| Plebiscite Party | — | 0 | — | 1 145 | 0.1% | — | |
| Tom A. Schanke's Party | — | 0 | — | 826 | 0.0% | — | |
| Freely Elected Representatives | — | 0 | 0 | 801 | 0.0% | — | |
| Lapp People's List | — | 0 | 0 | 594 | 0.0% | — | |
| Broad-Based Non-Partisan List | — | 0 | — | 383 | 0.0% | — |