1997 Norwegian Parliamentary Election
15 September 1997 · The four-party system and after · 165 seats, 83 for a majority
Labour Party finished first with 65 of 165 seats on 35.0% of the vote. Turnout 78.3%.
Prime Minister before
Thorbjørn Jagland
Labour
Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Labour Party
65 of 165 seats
Turnout
78.3%
The result
| Share of the Storting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | — | 65 | -2 | 904 362 | 35.0% | — | |
| Progress Party | — | 25 | +15 | 395 376 | 15.3% | — | |
| Conservative Party | — | 23 | -5 | 370 441 | 14.3% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Party | — | 25 | +12 | 353 082 | 13.7% | — | |
| Centre Party | — | 11 | -21 | 204 824 | 7.9% | — | |
| Socialist Left Party | — | 9 | -4 | 155 307 | 6.0% | — | |
| Liberal Party | — | 6 | +5 | 115 077 | 4.5% | — | |
| Red Electoral Alliance | — | 0 | -1 | 43 252 | 1.7% | — | |
| Pensioners' Party | — | 0 | 0 | 16 031 | 0.6% | — | |
| Non-Partisan Deputies | — | 1 | +1 | 9 195 | 0.4% | — | |
| Environment Party The Greens | — | 0 | 0 | 5 884 | 0.2% | — | |
| Fatherland Party | — | 0 | 0 | 3 805 | 0.1% | — | |
| Natural Law Party | — | 0 | 0 | 2 207 | 0.1% | — | |
| Communist Party | — | 0 | 0 | 1 979 | 0.1% | — | |
| Christian Conservative Party | — | 0 | 0 | 1 386 | 0.1% | — | |
| New Future Coalition Party | — | 0 | 0 | 491 | 0.0% | — | |
| White Electoral Alliance | — | 0 | — | 463 | 0.0% | — | |
| Justice Party | — | 0 | — | 281 | 0.0% | — | |
| Liberal People's Party | — | 0 | 0 | 258 | 0.0% | — | |
| Children–Elderly | — | 0 | — | 246 | 0.0% | — | |
| Society Party | — | 0 | 0 | 214 | 0.0% | — |