1969 Norwegian parliamentary election

1969 Norwegian parliamentary election

←  1965 7 and 8 September 1969 1973  →
All 150 seats in the Storting 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.8%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Trygve Bratteli John Lyng John Austrheim Party Labour Conservative Centre Last election 43.1%, 68 seats 21.4%, 31 seats 10.1%, 18 seats Seats won 74 29 20 Seat change 6 2 2 Popular vote 1,004,348 489,282 [a] 277,201 [b] Percentage 46.5% 22.7% [a] 12.9% [b]   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Lars Korvald Gunnar Garbo Party Christian Democratic Liberal Last election 8.9%, 13 seats 9.4%, 18 seats Seats won 14 13 Seat change 1 5 Popular vote 252,376 [a] [b] 202,553 Percentage 11.7% [a] [b] 9.4%
Results by county
Prime Minister before election Per Borten Centre Prime Minister after election Per Borten Centre

Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 and 8 September 1969. ^[1] Although the Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 74 of the 150 seats, the coalition of right-of-centre parties won 76 seats and retained power. The closeness of the result and fears of the two blocs winning an equal number of seats led to the number of seats being increased to an odd number for the next elections.

Contesting parties

See also: List of political parties in Norway

Name			Ideology	Position	Leader	1965 result
						Votes (%)	Seats
	Ap	Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet	Social democracy	Centre-left	Trygve Bratteli	43.1%	68 / 150
	H	Conservative Party Høyre	Conservatism	Centre-right	John Lyng	20.3%	31 / 150
	V	Liberal Party Venstre	Social liberalism	Centre	Gunnar Garbo	10.1%	18 / 150
	Sp	Centre Party Senterpartiet	Agrarianism	Centre	John Austrheim	9.3%	18 / 150
	KrF	Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right	Lars Korvald	7.8%	13 / 150
	SF	Socialist People's Party Sosialistisk Folkeparti	Socialism	Left-wing to Far-left	Torolv Solheim	5.9%	2 / 150
	NKP	Communist Party of Norway Norges Kommunistiske Parti	Communism	Far-left	Reidar T. Larsen	1.3%	0 / 155

Campaign

Slogans

Party		Original slogan	English translation
	Labour Party	"Trygghet i fellesskapet"	"Safety in the community"
	Conservative Party	"Et samfunn i samarbeide"	"A society working together"
	Liberal Party
	Centre Party	"Bestem med senterpartiet"	"Decide with the center party"
	Christian Democratic Party
	Communist Party of Norway
Sources: [2] [3] [4]

Debates

1969 Norwegian general election debates
Date	Time	Organizers	P  Present   I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee
			Ap	H	V	Sp	KrF	SF	NKP	Refs
5 September	19:00-22:00 [5]	NRK	P Trygve Bratteli, Reiulf Steen	P Svenn Stray	P Bent Røiseland	P Per Borten, John Austrheim	P Lars Korvald	P Finn Gustavsen	P Reidar T. Larsen	[6]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Labour Party	1,004,348	46.53	74	+6
	Conservative Party	406,209	18.82	28	–2
	Liberal Party	202,553	9.38	13	–5
	Centre Party	194,128	8.99	17	+2
	Christian Democratic Party	169,303	7.84	12	+1
	Socialist People's Party	73,284	3.39	0	–2
	Communist Party	21,517	1.00	0	0
	Christians–Conservatives [a]	83,073	3.85	2	–
	Centrists–Christians [b]			4	–
	Socialists–Communists	3,203	0.15	0	–
	Democratic Party	561	0.03	0	0
	Lapp People's List	527	0.02	0	New
Wild votes		6	0.00	–	–
Total		2,158,712	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		2,158,712	99.82
Invalid/blank votes		3,884	0.18
Total votes		2,162,596	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,579,566	83.84
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Voter demographics

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Ap	H	Sp	KrF	V	SF	Others
Total vote	46.5%	22.7%	12.9%	11.7%	9.4%	3.39%
Gender
Females	48.8%	18.7%	8.2%	11.4%	10%	2.5%
Males	48.2%	20.5%	10.4%	5.3%	9.6%	4.5%
Age
18–30 years old	48.2%	23.9%	6.9%	4.9%	8.5%	6.9%
30-59 years old	50.2%	18.5%	9.9%	6.4%	10.8%	3.2%
60 years old and older	44.8%	19.4%	10%	14.8%	8.5%	1.5%
Work
low income	49.8%	12.5%	15%	11.2%	8%	2.6%
Average income	56.7%	9.7%	10.1%	8.5%	9.7%	4.3%
High income	38.1%	35.9%	4.9%	5.9%	11%	3.2%
Education
Primary school	67.2%	7.4%	8.3%	7.4%	6.2%	2.4%
High school	44.7%	19.3%	11.8%	8.8%	10%	4.4%
University/college	15.2%	50.5%	3.9%	7.8%	18.1%	3.4%
Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research [8]

Seat distribution

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		Ap	H	Sp	KrF	V
Akershus	7	3	2	1		1
Aust-Agder	4	2	1			1
Bergen	5	2	1		1	1
Buskerud	7	4	2	1
Finnmark	4	3	1
Hedmark	8	5	1	2
Hordaland	10	4	2	1	2	1
Møre og Romsdal	10	3	1	2	2	2
Nord-Trøndelag	6	3		2		1
Nordland	12	6	2	2	1	1
Oppland	7	5		2
Oslo	13	6	5		1	1
Østfold	8	5	1	1	1
Rogaland	10	4	2	1	2	1
Sogn og Fjordane	5	2	1	1	1
Sør-Trøndelag	10	5	2	2	1
Telemark	6	3	1		1	1
Troms	6	3	1	1		1
Vest-Agder	5	2	1		1	1
Vestfold	7	4	2	1
Total	150	74	29	20	14	13
Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk

Notes

1. The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian Democratic Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each. ^[7]
2. The joint list of the Centre Party and the Christian Democratic Party won four seats, three taken by the Centre Party and one by the Christian People's Party. ^[7]

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. "Bygdeposten, onsdag 3. september 1969". Bygdeposten . September 3, 1969. p. 2. Foran høstens stortingsvalg har dere sikkert lagt merke til slagordet "Bestem med Senterpartiet". Det er kanskjeet typisk trekk ve dagens ungdom at vi trekker på skuldrene av alle som e slagord som kastes mot oss i en tid som denne. Men av og til kan et slagord virkelig si noe mer en vanlig "Bestem med Senterpartiet" en slik invitajon går ut på at vi sammen med Senterpartiet skal forsøke å lede utvikigen inn i det spor vi ønsker. Men hvorfor da ikke like godt besteme sammen med andre partier? For meg er svaret klart Jeg støtter Senterpartiet fordig jeg ønsker at folk og klasammfun skal få andleing til å bestemme mer over seg selv. sier mannen i heggen og snarum senterungdom. Jon grøtrud.
4. "Sandefjords Blad, fredag 22. august 1969". August 22, 1969. p. 2. Et samfunn i samarbeide Er høyres motto foran dette valg, sa Odd Vattekar i Andebu igår
5. "Nasjonalbiblioteket".
6. "Partilederdebatt 1973". 15 March 2017.
7. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1459-1460
8. "Kristelig Folkeparti - Valgforskning" . Retrieved 16 February 2024.