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Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 and 12 September 1977. [1] The Labour Party remained the largest party in the Storting, winning 76 of the 155 seats.
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | 1973 result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| Ap | Labour Party Arbeiderpartiet | Social democracy | Centre-left | Reiulf Steen | 35.2% | 62 / 155 | |
| H | Conservative Party Høyre | Conservatism | Centre-right | Erling Norvik | 17.2% | 29 / 155 | |
| KrF | Christian Democratic Party Kristelig Folkeparti | Christian democracy | Centre to centre-right | Lars Korvald | 11.8% | 20 / 155 | |
| SV | Socialist Left Party Sosialistisk Venstreparti | Democratic socialism | Left-wing | Berge Furre | 11.2% | 16 / 155 | |
| Sp | Centre Party Senterpartiet | Agrarianism | Centre | Gunnar Stålsett | 6.8% | 21 / 155 | |
| FrP | Progress Party Fremskrittspartiet | Classical liberalism Right-libertarianism | Right-wing | Arve Lønnum | 5.0% | 4 / 155 | |
| DLF | New People's Party Det Liberale Folkepartiet | Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism | Centre | Magne Lerheim | 3.4% | 1 / 155 | |
| V | Liberal Party Venstre | Social liberalism | Centre | Hans Hammond Rossbach | 2.3% | 2 / 155 | |
| Party | Original slogan | English translation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | "Vekst og vern - demokrati og likestilling" | "Growth and protection - democracy and equality" | |
| Conservative Party | |||
| Centre Party | |||
| Christian Democratic Party | |||
| Liberal Party | |||
| Communist Party of Norway | |||
| Sources: [2] | |||
| 1977 Norwegian general election debates | ||||||||||||
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| Date | Organisers | P Present I Invitee N Non-invitee | ||||||||||
| Ap | H | KrF | Sv | Sp | Frp | Dlp | V | NKP | Refs | |||
| 8 September | NRK | P Reiulf Steen, Odvar Nordli | P Erling Norvik | P Lars Korvald | P Berge Furre | P Gunnar Stålsett | P Arve Lønnum | P Magne Lerheim | P Hans Hammond Rossbach | P Martin Gunnar Knutsen | [3] | |
| 12 September | NRK | P Reiulf Steen, Odvar Nordli | P Kåre Willoch | P Lars Korvald | P Reidar T. Larsen | P Gunnar Stålsett | P Arve Lønnum | P Magne Lerheim | P Hans Hammond Rossbach | P Martin Gunnar Knutsen | [4] | |
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Labour Party | 972,434 | 42.26 | 76 | +14 | |
| Conservative Party | 563,783 | 24.50 | 40 | +12 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 224,355 | 9.75 | 18 | +2 | |
| Centre Party | 184,087 | 8.00 | 11 | –9 | |
| Non-socialist joint lists [lower-alpha 2] | 111,412 | 4.84 | 7 | – | |
| Socialist Left Party | 96,248 | 4.18 | 2 | –14 | |
| Liberal Party | 54,243 | 2.36 | 1 | 0 | |
| Progress Party | 43,351 | 1.88 | 0 | –4 | |
| New People's Party | 22,524 | 0.98 | 0 | –1 | |
| Red Electoral Alliance | 14,515 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communist Party | 8,448 | 0.37 | 0 | – | |
| Single Person's Party | 2,740 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | 1,322 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freely Elected Representatives | 1,149 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Lapp People's List | 499 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,301,110 | 100.00 | 155 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,301,110 | 99.85 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,386 | 0.15 | |||
| Total votes | 2,304,496 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,780,190 | 82.89 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ap | H | KrF | Sp | Sv | V | FrP | Others | |
| Total vote | 42.5% | 24.5% | 9.7% | 8.0% | 4.2% | 2.4% | 1.88% | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Females | 42.4% | 22.5% | 12.8% | 7.3% | 3.8% | 2.7% | 1.6% | |
| Males | 42.2% | 26.6% | 6.8% | 8.7% | 4.5% | 2% | 2% | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–30 years old | 31.9% | 25.5% | 5.7% | 9.9% | 10.3% | 3.5% | 3.9% | |
| 30-59 years old | 45.4% | 24.6% | 8.4% | 6.9% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 1.8% | |
| 60 years old and older | 43.3% | 23% | 15.8% | 9% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 0.6% | |
| Work | ||||||||
| low income | 38.4% | 18.1% | 14.2% | 13.3% | 6.9% | 2.7% | 0.6% | |
| Average income | 50% | 15.5% | 9% | 8.3% | 4.8% | 2.7% | 2.7% | |
| High income | 36.2% | 37% | 7% | 4.8% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 2.1% | |
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary school | 60% | 11.9% | 11.3% | 6.8% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 1.8% | |
| High school | 38.2% | 28.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% | 3.8% | 3% | 1.9% | |
| University/college | 15.2% | 40.2% | 8.9% | 5.4% | 8.9% | 3.1% | 2.2% | |
| Source: Norwegian Institute for Social Research [6] | ||||||||
| Constituency | Total seats | Seats won | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ap | H | KrF | Sp | SV | V | ||
| Akershus | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Aust-Agder | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Buskerud | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Finnmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Hedmark | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hordaland | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Møre og Romsdal | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nord-Trøndelag | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Nordland | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Oppland | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Oslo | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Østfold | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Rogaland | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sør-Trøndelag | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Telemark | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Troms | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Vest-Agder | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Vestfold | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 155 | 76 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| Source: Norges Offisielle Statistikk | |||||||
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