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1981 Norwegian parliamentary election

← 1977 13 and 14 September 1981 1985 →

All 155 seats in the Storting
78 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gro Harlem Brundtland Jo Benkow Kåre Kristiansen
Party Labour Conservative Christian Democratic
Last election 42.3%, 76 seats 24.5%, 41 seats 9.7%, 22 seats
Seats won 66 53 15
Seat change Decrease10 Increase12 Decrease7
Popular vote 914,749 780,372 219,179
Percentage 37.2% 31.7% 8.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Johan J. Jakobsen Berge Furre Carl I. Hagen
Party Centre Socialist Left Progress
Last election 8.0%, 12 seats 4.2%, 2 seats 1.9%, 0 seats
Seats won 11 4 4
Seat change Decrease1 Increase2 Increase4
Popular vote 103,753 121,561 109,564
Percentage 4.2% 4.9% 4.5%

  Seventh party
 
Leader Hans Hammond Rossbach
Party Liberal
Last election 2.4%, 2 seats
Seats won 2
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 79,064
Percentage 3.2%

Results by county

Prime Minister before election

Gro Harlem Brundtland
Labour

Prime Minister after election

Kåre Willoch
Conservative

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 13 and 14 September 1981.[1] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 66 of the 155 seats. The Conservative Party made the strongest gains and formed a government on its own. In 1983 a majority coalition government with the Christian People's Party and the Centre Party was established.

Contesting parties

Name Ideology Position Leader 1977 result
Votes (%) Seats
Ap Labour Party
Arbeiderpartiet
Social democracy Centre-left Gro Harlem Brundtland 42.2%
76 / 155
H Conservative Party
Høyre
Conservatism Centre-right Jo Benkow 24.5%
40 / 155
KrF Christian Democratic Party
Kristelig Folkeparti
Christian democracy Centre to centre-right Kåre Kristiansen 9.7%
18 / 155
Sp Centre Party
Senterpartiet
Agrarianism Centre Johan J. Jakobsen 8.0%
11 / 155
SV Socialist Left Party
Sosialistisk Venstreparti
Democratic socialism Left-wing Berge Furre 4.1%
2 / 155
V Liberal Party
Venstre
Social liberalism Centre Hans Hammond Rossbach 2.3%
1 / 155
FrP Progress Party
Fremskrittspartiet
Classical liberalism Right-wing Carl I. Hagen 1.8%
0 / 155

Leadership changes and challenges

Progress Party

Carl I. Hagen was elected chairman on 12 February 1978 after Arve Lønnum declined to seek reelection.

CandidateVotes%
Carl I. Hagen3370.21
Jens Marcussen1429.79
Total47100.00
Source: Moss Dagblad

Christian People's Party

After Lars Korvald declined to seek reelection, Kåre Kristiansen was elected chairman on 21 April 1979. Despite not being a candidate, Kjell Magne Bondevik received 44 votes.

CandidateVotes%
Kåre Kristiansen19782.77
Kjell Magne Bondevik4117.23
Total238100.00
Source: Rana Blad

Campaign

Slogans

Party Original slogan English translation
Labour Party Arbeid for alle Labour for everyone
Conservative Party
Centre Party
Christian Democratic Party
Liberal Party
Communist Party of Norway
Sources: [2]

Debates

1981 Norwegian general election debates
Date Organiser  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee 
Ap H KrF Sp Sv V Frp Dlp NKP R Refs
9 April NRK P
Gro Harlem Brundtland
P
Kåre Willoch
N
Kåre Kristiansen
N
Johan J. Jakobsen
N
Hanna Kvanmo
N
Hans Hammond Rossbach
N
Carl I. Hagen
N
Gerd Søraa
N
Martin Gunnar Knutsen
N
Sigurd Allern
[3]
11 September NRK P
Einar FørdeGro Harlem Brundtland
P
Kåre Willoch
P
Kåre Kristiansen
P
Johan J. Jakobsen
P
Hanna Kvanmo
P
Hans Hammond Rossbach
P
Carl I. Hagen
P
Gerd Søraa
P
Martin Gunnar Knutsen
P
Sigurd Allern
[4]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party914,74937.2066–10
Conservative Party780,37231.7453+12
Christian Democratic Party219,1798.9115–7
Socialist Left Party121,5614.944+2
Progress Party109,5644.464+4
Centre Party103,7534.226–1
Non-socialist joint lists[a]88,9693.625
Liberal Party79,0643.2220
Red Electoral Alliance17,8440.7300
Liberal People's Party13,3440.5400
Communist Party6,6730.2700
Plebiscite Party1,1450.050New
Tom A. Schanke's Party8260.030New
Freely Elected Representatives8010.0300
Lapp People's List5940.0200
Broad-Based Non-Partisan List3830.020New
Total2,458,821100.001550
Valid votes2,458,82199.86
Invalid/blank votes3,3870.14
Total votes2,462,208100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,003,09381.99
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Voter demographics

Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Ap H KrF Sv FrP Sp V Others
Total vote 37.2% 31.7% 8.9% 4.9% 4.5% 4.2% 3.2%
Gender
Females 35.6% 30.3% 12.8% 4.5% 3.7% 4.3% 3.3%
Males 38.4% 33.1% 5.5% 5.5% 5.3% 4.2% 3.1%
Age
18–30 years old 26.2% 33.8% 5.2% 8.8% 10.1% 4.6% 4.3%
30-59 years old 39.2% 32.3% 8% 4.8% 3.5% 3.8% 3.6%
60 years old and older 43.5% 28.9% 14.9% 1.5% 1.2% 4.9% 1.2%
Work
low income 43.5% 25.9% 11.8% 4.4% 7.1% 5.6% 2.4%
Average income 43.9% 27.2% 8.1% 5.8% 3.6% 4% 3.6%
High income 23.3% 50.3% 6.5% 4.5% 3.8% 2.4% 3.4%
Education
Primary school 55.2% 18.7% 9.6% 3.1% 4.4% 3.6% 1%
High school 36% 33% 8.9% 4.7% 5.1% 5% 3%
University/college 12.9% 47.7% 7.9% 9.1% 3.3% 2.9% 7.5%
Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research[6]

Seat distribution

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
Ap H KrF Sp SV Frp V
Akershus 10 4 5 1
Aust-Agder 4 2 1 1
Buskerud 7 4 2 1
Finnmark 4 3 1
Hedmark 8 5 2 1
Hordaland 15 4 5 2 1 1 1 1
Møre og Romsdal 10 3 3 2 1 1
Nord-Trøndelag 6 3 1 2
Nordland 12 5 4 1 1 1
Oppland 7 4 2 1
Oslo 15 5 7 1 1 1
Østfold 8 4 3 1
Rogaland 10 3 3 2 1 1
Sogn og Fjordane 5 2 1 1 1
Sør-Trøndelag 10 4 3 1 1 1
Telemark 6 3 2 1
Troms 6 3 2 1
Vest-Agder 5 2 2 1
Vestfold 7 3 4
Total 155 66 53 15 11 4 4 2
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

  1. ^ Five seats were won by joint lists, all of which were taken by the Centre Party.[5]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ "Historiske slagord og plakater". Arbeiderpartiet (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  3. ^ "Tema: Hvilken politikk er best egnet til å møte 80-årenes utfordringer?". 9 April 1981.
  4. ^ "Partilederdebatt, Partilederne i valgkampinnspurten foran Stortingsvalget 1981". 11 September 1981.
  5. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1460
  6. ^ "Kristelig Folkeparti - Valgforskning". Retrieved 16 February 2024.